Share of nanotechnology patent applications to total patent applications (Percent)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | |||
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1 | Nigeria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.33 | 50.00 | |
2 | Bangladesh | 0.00 | 0.00 | 25.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50.00 | |
3 | Jamaica | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 33.33 | |
4 | Saudi Arabia | 9.84 | 8.27 | 16.19 | 17.79 | 15.89 | 17.75 | 16.18 | 18.61 | |
5 | Qatar | 5.36 | 4.76 | 3.92 | 15.15 | 9.62 | 15.25 | 14.29 | 17.11 | |
6 | Tunisia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.29 | 14.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 | 16.67 | |
7 | Iran | 48.94 | 28.72 | 21.37 | 26.75 | 21.05 | 27.40 | 17.54 | 15.22 | |
8 | Cuba | 9.09 | 5.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 31.25 | 5.56 | 14.81 | |
9 | UAE | 4.00 | 2.08 | 0.61 | 4.41 | 6.61 | 7.97 | 10.05 | 14.36 | |
10 | Egypt | 32.43 | 14.29 | 12.50 | 12.50 | 11.76 | 13.79 | 20.00 | 14.29 | |
11 | Chile | 8.82 | 4.20 | 2.75 | 9.60 | 10.56 | 9.65 | 10.56 | 12.31 | |
12 | Pakistan | 3.13 | 23.08 | 12.50 | 10.00 | 17.39 | 11.11 | 0.00 | 11.76 | |
13 | Slovakia | 0.00 | 1.56 | 3.08 | 0.00 | 2.04 | 3.39 | 7.50 | 10.00 | |
14 | Morocco | 0.00 | 28.57 | 25.00 | 0.00 | 7.69 | 9.09 | 0.00 | 10.00 | |
15 | Colombia | 6.49 | 4.41 | 7.02 | 8.33 | 6.35 | 4.11 | 7.14 | 9.84 | |
16 | Lebanon | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.69 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 17.65 | 9.09 | |
17 | Turkey | 1.92 | 4.11 | 2.56 | 8.65 | 2.51 | 6.99 | 4.68 | 8.71 | |
18 | Vietnam | 18.75 | 8.33 | 0.00 | 15.00 | 13.79 | 8.33 | 2.33 | 8.22 | |
19 | Czech Republic | 3.93 | 3.56 | 2.65 | 4.29 | 4.00 | 2.04 | 4.29 | 8.09 | |
20 | Estonia | 1.56 | 4.48 | 4.55 | 7.14 | 0.00 | 1.39 | 5.62 | 7.89 | |
21 | Kuwait | 0.00 | 3.85 | 14.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.55 | 0.00 | 7.69 | |
22 | Portugal | 2.79 | 5.67 | 3.20 | 6.91 | 4.88 | 5.58 | 8.09 | 7.45 | |
23 | Taiwan | 4.18 | 3.83 | 3.72 | 4.02 | 4.18 | 4.33 | 6.90 | 6.87 | |
24 | Greece | 2.29 | 2.81 | 2.25 | 2.05 | 3.21 | 2.86 | 8.61 | 6.53 | |
25 | Brazil | 4.65 | 3.51 | 3.36 | 4.98 | 5.42 | 4.03 | 4.72 | 6.49 | |
26 | Slovenia | 3.40 | 1.09 | 6.57 | 2.78 | 3.03 | 3.39 | 11.48 | 6.45 | |
27 | Belgium | 3.18 | 2.25 | 3.37 | 5.49 | 5.21 | 3.50 | 4.41 | 6.26 | |
28 | South Africa | 1.74 | 1.87 | 1.68 | 3.93 | 3.16 | 5.81 | 4.20 | 6.25 | |
29 | Spain | 4.64 | 3.54 | 4.04 | 5.28 | 5.66 | 5.45 | 5.67 | 6.19 | |
30 | Bulgaria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.27 | 0.00 | 4.17 | 6.12 | |
31 | Latvia | 10.14 | 11.54 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 3.33 | 2.63 | 5.88 | |
32 | Poland | 4.67 | 5.01 | 4.32 | 4.53 | 5.33 | 3.40 | 6.65 | 5.00 | |
33 | Malaysia | 2.20 | 5.88 | 2.25 | 7.20 | 4.38 | 3.51 | 2.07 | 4.95 | |
34 | South Korea | 4.50 | 4.89 | 5.02 | 4.33 | 4.63 | 4.07 | 4.78 | 4.70 | |
35 | Mexico | 5.17 | 6.84 | 5.82 | 3.64 | 2.48 | 6.75 | 5.32 | 4.52 | |
36 | Australia | 1.78 | 1.89 | 1.93 | 3.03 | 3.25 | 3.19 | 4.39 | 4.42 | |
37 | India | 4.86 | 4.38 | 3.62 | 4.03 | 3.84 | 4.46 | 4.82 | 4.31 | |
38 | France | 2.42 | 2.06 | 2.13 | 3.51 | 3.18 | 3.45 | 4.03 | 4.15 | |
39 | UK | 2.21 | 1.98 | 2.26 | 3.11 | 3.11 | 3.08 | 3.97 | 4.09 | |
40 | Canada | 2.44 | 2.42 | 2.38 | 3.07 | 3.21 | 3.62 | 3.75 | 4.04 | |
41 | China | 3.31 | 2.98 | 3.15 | 3.86 | 3.11 | 3.35 | 3.60 | 3.76 | |
42 | USA | 2.56 | 2.59 | 2.62 | 3.10 | 3.15 | 3.31 | 3.66 | 3.74 | |
43 | Luxembourg | 1.16 | 1.91 | 2.04 | 4.90 | 2.30 | 3.76 | 5.08 | 3.67 | |
World | 2.39 | 2.39 | 2.41 | 2.84 | 2.84 | 2.96 | 3.42 | 3.55 | | |
44 | Thailand | 3.70 | 1.92 | 1.23 | 1.89 | 1.86 | 3.83 | 2.72 | 3.47 | |
45 | Norway | 1.38 | 1.95 | 0.69 | 3.07 | 3.14 | 3.49 | 2.05 | 3.21 | |
46 | Netherlands | 2.18 | 1.20 | 1.51 | 2.29 | 2.28 | 2.79 | 2.91 | 3.17 | |
47 | Austria | 1.05 | 0.94 | 1.06 | 2.20 | 3.17 | 3.74 | 1.98 | 3.15 | |
48 | Singapore | 4.76 | 4.86 | 3.83 | 4.65 | 5.16 | 3.17 | 4.19 | 3.12 | |
49 | Finland | 1.25 | 2.85 | 3.93 | 3.89 | 3.06 | 3.02 | 3.31 | 2.87 | |
50 | Ireland | 2.84 | 2.14 | 2.03 | 2.07 | 1.55 | 2.22 | 3.23 | 2.77 | |
51 | Lithuania | 10.00 | 7.69 | 7.41 | 5.00 | 2.86 | 5.26 | 4.26 | 2.51 | |
52 | Argentina | 6.17 | 1.09 | 8.54 | 1.08 | 4.23 | 4.40 | 7.59 | 2.50 | |
53 | Italy | 1.49 | 1.18 | 1.48 | 2.13 | 1.89 | 2.40 | 2.01 | 2.41 | |
54 | Switzerland | 1.71 | 1.61 | 1.71 | 2.55 | 2.50 | 2.25 | 2.78 | 2.39 | |
55 | Germany | 1.50 | 1.40 | 1.46 | 1.90 | 1.86 | 1.90 | 2.30 | 2.34 | |
56 | Russia | 2.68 | 4.52 | 4.17 | 1.77 | 1.89 | 2.15 | 2.88 | 2.31 | |
57 | Ukraine | 1.67 | 2.22 | 5.88 | 3.08 | 0.00 | 11.86 | 6.02 | 2.13 | |
58 | Romania | 15.63 | 7.84 | 5.56 | 5.00 | 14.29 | 4.26 | 5.66 | 2.13 | |
59 | Croatia | 3.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.69 | 0.00 | 4.17 | 0.00 | 2.00 | |
60 | Hungary | 2.15 | 3.45 | 2.65 | 0.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.10 | 1.94 | |
61 | Japan | 1.36 | 1.33 | 1.25 | 1.39 | 1.42 | 1.54 | 1.85 | 1.94 | |
62 | Denmark | 1.36 | 1.18 | 1.19 | 1.97 | 2.13 | 1.62 | 1.69 | 1.89 | |
63 | Sweden | 0.93 | 0.75 | 1.08 | 1.24 | 1.22 | 1.29 | 1.55 | 1.33 | |
64 | New Zealand | 1.66 | 1.72 | 1.27 | 1.24 | 2.12 | 2.83 | 2.17 | 0.85 | |
65 | Liechtenstein | 0.57 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 1.30 | 1.84 | 1.53 | 0.75 | |
66 | North Korea | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
67 | Oman | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
68 | Afghanistan | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
69 | Panama | 3.57 | 0.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
70 | Paraguay | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
71 | Peru | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.11 | 5.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
72 | Iceland | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
73 | Serbia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.35 | 0.00 | 10.53 | 0.00 | |
74 | Philippines | 3.13 | 6.82 | 3.13 | 13.79 | 2.63 | 7.14 | 6.67 | 0.00 | |
75 | Kazakhstan | 7.14 | 16.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
76 | Costa rica | 7.41 | 6.67 | 25.00 | 0.00 | 10.53 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | |
77 | Bosnia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
78 | Indonesia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.69 | 0.00 | |
79 | Belarus | 7.14 | 26.67 | 25.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
80 | Iraq | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
81 | Cyprus | 2.56 | 0.74 | 2.08 | 4.40 | 5.10 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 0.00 | |
82 | Jordan | 5.26 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 4.55 | 9.09 | 0.00 | 22.22 | 0.00 | |
83 | Azerbaijan | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
84 | Bahrain | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
85 | Armenia | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
86 | Algeria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
87 | Georgia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
88 | Yemen | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
89 | Uzbekistan | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
90 | Uruguay | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.88 | 0.00 | 13.64 | 0.00 | |
91 | Syria | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
92 | Venezuela | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
93 | Angola | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.14 | 0.00 | 9.09 | | |||
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