https://dataswamp.org/~incal/data/LONG-EAR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ patents 2019 applications [1] population [2] -------------------------------------------------- 1. China 59 045 1 433 783 686 2. USA 57 705 329 064 917 3. Japan 52 683 126 860 301 4. Germany 19 337 83 517 045 5. South Korea 19 076 51 225 308 6. France 7 936 65 129 728 7. UK 5 768 67 530 172 8. Switzerland 4 620 8 591 365 9. Sweden 4 196 10 036 379 10. Netherlands 4 044 17 097 130 applications 2019 by population (above 10 only) ------------------------------- 1. Switzerland 0.000538 2. Sweden 0.000418 3. Japan 0.000415 4. South Korea 0.000372 5. Netherlands 0.000237 6. Germany 0.000232 7. USA 0.000175 8. France 0.000122 9. UK 0.000085 10. China 0.000041 innovation: 2003 [3] overall inputs performance ----------------------------------------------- 1. South Korea 2.26 1.75 2.55 2. US 1.80 1.28 2.16 3. Japan 1.79 1.16 2.25 4. Sweden 1.64 1.25 1.88 5. Netherlands 1.55 1.40 1.55 6. Canada 1.42 1.39 1.32 7. UK 1.42 1.33 1.37 8. Germany 1.12 1.05 1.09 9. France 1.12 1.17 0.96 10. Australia 1.02 0.89 1.05 11. Spain 0.93 0.83 0.95 12. Belgium 0.86 0.85 0.79 13. China 0.73 0.07 1.32 14. Italy 0.21 0.16 0.24 15. India 0.06 0.14 -0.02 16. Russia -0.09 -0.02 -0.16 17. Mexico -0.16 0.11 -0.42 18. Turkey -0.21 0.15 -0.55 19. Indonesia -0.57 -0.63 -0.46 20. Brazil -0.59 -0.62 -0.51 ----------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/256845/ranking-of-the-10-countries-who-filed-the-most-international-patent-applications/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_(United_Nations) [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Innovation_Index "the twenty largest countries (as measured by GDP)"