What is the highest patent applications, nonresidents recorded in Eswatini?

The highest recorded value was 47 in 1992.

What is the lowest patent applications, nonresidents recorded in Eswatini?

The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2014.

How does Eswatini rank for patent applications, nonresidents?

Eswatini ranks 139th out of 150 countries with data for 2015.

Patent applications, nonresidents in Eswatini

Name: Patent applications, nonresidents in Eswatini
Creator: 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
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Eswatini: Patent applications, nonresidents was 2 in 2015. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2015)

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

139th

of 150 countries

All-time high

in 1992

All-time low

in 2014

Years of data

1984–2015

Patent applications, nonresidents in Eswatini, 1984–2015

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.

Analysis

Eswatini recorded 2 for patent applications, nonresidents in 2015. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.

That represents a change of down 66.7% over five years.

Over the whole period, patent applications, nonresidents in Eswatini peaked at 47 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2, in 2014.

That places Eswatini 139th out of 150 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1980s	30.67	27	35	3
1990s	47	47	47	1
2010s	3.25	2	6	4

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Frequently asked questions

What is patent applications, nonresidents in Eswatini?: Patent applications, nonresidents in Eswatini was 2 in 2015, according to 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.
What is the highest patent applications, nonresidents recorded in Eswatini?: The highest recorded value was 47 in 1992.
What is the lowest patent applications, nonresidents recorded in Eswatini?: The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2014.
How does Eswatini rank for patent applications, nonresidents?: Eswatini ranks 139th out of 150 countries with data for 2015.
Where does this Eswatini data come from?: The figures come from 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, published as part of Patent applications, nonresidents. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Patent applications, nonresidents
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: 162 places, 4,548 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.