Peru vs Syria: Patent applications, residents

Peru

in 2021

Syria

102

in 2021

Peru rank

71st

Syria rank

69th

Patent applications, residents over time

Peru
Syria

How they compare

Syria currently reports 102 against 94 in Peru, a difference of 8.

That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Peru ahead.

Globally, Peru ranks 71st and Syria ranks 69th 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: 06 August 2026

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.