Most Patent Applications Filed by Country 2024
About This Dataset
Most Patent Applications Filed by Country 2024
Countries ranked by the number of patent applications filed with national and international intellectual property offices in 2024. China became the world's largest filer of patent applications in 2011 and has extended its lead every year since, with the CNIPA receiving over 1.6 million applications annually.
Analysis
The top three in Patent Applications (Thousands) in 2024 are China (1,593), United States (589) and Japan (289). The 8 entries cover a range of 1,579, from 1,593 down to 14. Most of that gap is between first and second alone (1,004 of 1,579); the other 7 are separated by just 575. Only 1 of the 8 reaches even half the leader's figure (796.5 or more).
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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China leads in Patent Applications (Thousands) with 1,593 in 2024.
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Average Patent Applications (Thousands) in 2024: 359 · median: 155.
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Gap in 2024: China is 113.8× larger than United Kingdom.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Patent Applications (Thousands)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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