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Bulgaria vs Tunisia: Patent applications, residents

Bulgaria
165
in 2021
Tunisia
180
in 2018
Bulgaria rank
60th
Tunisia rank
59th

Patent applications, residents over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Tunisia
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How they compare

Tunisia currently reports 180 against 165 in Bulgaria, a difference of 15.

That makes Tunisia's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Globally, Bulgaria ranks 60th and Tunisia ranks 59th of 135 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Patent applications, residents
Source
WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the trans
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
147 places, 4,224 data points, 1980–2021
Last refreshed

Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.