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Costa Rica vs Rwanda: Patent applications, residents

Costa Rica
15
in 2021
Rwanda
14
in 2021
Costa Rica rank
99th
Rwanda rank
100th

Patent applications, residents over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Rwanda
0204060198020002021

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 15 against 14 in Rwanda, a difference of 1.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Globally, Costa Rica ranks 99th and Rwanda ranks 100th 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.