The data displays a ranking of resident patent applications per 100 billion GDP (in 2011 PPP USD) for selected origins in 2016. In 2016, Republic of Korea was leading the ranking with about 9,115 patent applications per 100 billion GDP in USD.
Republic of Korea | 9115 |
China | 6069 |
Japan | 5359 |
Germany | 2019 |
Switzerland | 1841 |
United States | 1716 |
Finland | 1421 |
Denmark | 1307 |
Sweden | 1215 |
Netherlands | 1138 |
Luxembourg | 1100 |
Austria | 1066 |
France | 971 |
Russian Federation | 770 |
United Kingdom | 744 |
Ukraine | 682 |
Belgium | 681 |
New Zealand | 650 |
Italy | 621 |
Norway | 526 |