Countries by Patent Applications Filed 2024

About This Dataset

Countries ranked by total patent applications filed with intellectual property offices in 2024 according to WIPO World Intellectual Property Indicators. China became the world's largest patent filing country in 2011 and has widened its lead substantially since — filing over 1.6 million patent applications in 2024 through the National Intellectual Property Administration, more than triple the volume of the United States and reflecting a national innovation strategy that treats patent filing as a metric of technological development.

✨ AI Insight

China's overwhelming lead in patent applications, with 1.64 million filings, represents a strategic push towards innovation, far surpassing the United States' 600,000 applications. This gap of over a million applications emphasizes the differing approaches to intellectual property in these countries, with China viewing patent filings as a critical component of its technological development strategy. Japan and South Korea, while notable with 289,000 and 242,000 applications respectively, still lag significantly behind the leaders. The European Patent Office, with 193,000 filings, indicates a strong European presence, but the overall trend suggests that Asia, particularly China, is becoming the epicenter of global innovation.

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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China leads with 1,640,000 in 2024.

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Average value in 2024: 390,875 · median: 217,500.

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Gap in 2024: China is 45.6× larger than Canada.