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Indicator : Share of nanotechnology patent applications to total patent applications (Percent)
Description : The indicator shows the share of nanotechnology published patent applications to total published patent applications registered in either USPTO or EPO.
Source : Orbit.com
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Share of nanotechnology patent applications to total patent applications (Percent)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024 2025 [Mar]
1 Costa rica Costa rica 7.41 6.67 25.00 0.00 10.53 0.00 8.00 0.00 9.09 50.00
2 Qatar Qatar 5.36 4.76 3.92 15.15 9.62 15.25 14.29 17.11 17.74 50.00
3 Jordan Jordan 5.26 0.00 5.00 4.55 9.09 0.00 22.22 0.00 11.11 50.00
4 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 50.00
5 Iran Iran 48.94 28.72 21.37 26.75 21.05 27.40 17.54 15.22 15.15 37.50
6 Croatia Croatia 3.85 0.00 0.00 7.69 0.00 4.17 0.00 2.00 2.60 21.74
7 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 9.84 8.27 16.19 17.79 15.89 17.75 16.18 18.61 18.47 21.28
8 Chile Chile 8.82 4.20 2.75 9.60 10.56 9.65 10.56 12.31 11.54 19.05
9 Colombia Colombia 6.49 4.41 7.02 8.33 6.35 4.11 7.14 9.84 13.04 18.18
10 Kuwait Kuwait 0.00 3.85 14.29 0.00 0.00 4.55 0.00 7.69 0.00 14.29
11 Ukraine Ukraine 1.67 2.22 5.88 3.08 0.00 11.86 6.02 2.13 1.72 14.29
12 Malaysia Malaysia 2.20 5.88 2.25 7.20 4.38 3.51 2.07 4.95 4.52 12.50
13 UAE UAE 4.00 2.08 0.61 4.41 6.61 7.97 10.05 14.36 9.09 11.25
14 Uruguay Uruguay 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.88 0.00 13.64 0.00 4.17 11.11
15 Vietnam Vietnam 18.75 8.33 0.00 15.00 13.79 8.33 2.33 8.22 3.17 11.11
16 Poland Poland 4.67 5.01 4.32 4.53 5.33 3.40 6.65 5.00 5.26 9.89
17 South Africa South Africa 1.74 1.87 1.68 3.93 3.16 5.81 4.20 6.25 3.86 8.70
18 Brazil Brazil 4.65 3.51 3.36 4.98 5.42 4.03 4.72 6.49 6.02 8.51
19 Turkey Turkey 1.92 4.11 2.56 8.65 2.51 6.99 4.68 8.71 4.66 7.94
20 Spain Spain 4.64 3.54 4.04 5.28 5.66 5.45 5.67 6.19 6.29 7.82
21 Bulgaria Bulgaria 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.27 0.00 4.17 6.12 4.55 7.69
22 Greece Greece 2.29 2.81 2.25 2.05 3.21 2.86 8.61 6.53 7.39 7.55
23 Taiwan Taiwan 4.18 3.83 3.72 4.02 4.18 4.33 6.90 6.87 6.90 7.18
24 Belgium Belgium 3.18 2.25 3.37 5.49 5.21 3.50 4.41 6.26 3.66 5.76
25 Portugal Portugal 2.79 5.67 3.20 6.91 4.88 5.58 8.09 7.45 4.04 5.15
26 South Korea South Korea 4.50 4.89 5.02 4.33 4.63 4.07 4.78 4.70 5.11 5.06
27 Luxembourg Luxembourg 1.16 1.91 2.04 4.90 2.30 3.76 5.08 3.67 4.12 4.81
28 Canada Canada 2.44 2.42 2.38 3.07 3.21 3.62 3.75 4.04 4.14 4.62
29 Estonia Estonia 1.56 4.48 4.55 7.14 0.00 1.39 5.62 7.89 5.81 4.55
30 France France 2.42 2.06 2.13 3.51 3.18 3.45 4.03 4.15 2.56 4.33
31 India India 4.86 4.38 3.62 4.03 3.84 4.46 4.82 4.31 3.89 4.31
32 Australia Australia 1.78 1.89 1.93 3.03 3.25 3.19 4.39 4.42 4.05 4.26
33 Mexico Mexico 5.17 6.84 5.82 3.64 2.48 6.75 5.32 4.52 3.52 4.17
34 Singapore Singapore 4.76 4.86 3.83 4.65 5.16 3.17 4.19 3.12 2.84 4.03
35 China China 3.31 2.98 3.15 3.86 3.11 3.35 3.60 3.76 3.84 3.92
36 Russia Russia 2.68 4.52 4.17 1.77 1.89 2.15 2.88 2.31 1.48 3.90
World World 2.39 2.39 2.41 2.84 2.84 2.96 3.42 3.55 3.15 3.62
37 USA USA 2.56 2.59 2.62 3.10 3.15 3.31 3.66 3.74 3.16 3.60
38 Austria Austria 1.05 0.94 1.06 2.20 3.17 3.74 1.98 3.15 1.91 3.55
39 Netherlands Netherlands 2.18 1.20 1.51 2.29 2.28 2.79 2.91 3.17 2.10 3.54
40 Thailand Thailand 3.70 1.92 1.23 1.89 1.86 3.83 2.72 3.47 1.79 3.51
41 Hungary Hungary 2.15 3.45 2.65 0.95 0.00 0.00 4.10 1.94 1.49 3.45
42 UK UK 2.21 1.98 2.26 3.11 3.11 3.08 3.97 4.09 2.65 3.21
43 New Zealand New Zealand 1.66 1.72 1.27 1.24 2.12 2.83 2.17 0.85 1.85 3.05
44 Slovenia Slovenia 3.40 1.09 6.57 2.78 3.03 3.39 11.48 6.45 4.21 2.94
45 Italy Italy 1.49 1.18 1.48 2.13 1.89 2.40 2.01 2.41 1.43 2.84
46 Switzerland Switzerland 1.71 1.61 1.71 2.55 2.50 2.25 2.78 2.39 2.01 2.69
47 Ireland Ireland 2.84 2.14 2.03 2.07 1.55 2.22 3.23 2.77 1.79 2.61
48 Sweden Sweden 0.93 0.75 1.08 1.24 1.22 1.29 1.55 1.33 0.97 2.52
49 Czech Republic Czech Republic 3.93 3.56 2.65 4.29 4.00 2.04 4.29 8.09 4.79 2.41
50 Finland Finland 1.25 2.85 3.93 3.89 3.06 3.02 3.31 2.87 2.30 2.38
51 Lithuania Lithuania 10.00 7.69 7.41 5.00 2.86 5.26 4.26 2.51 4.17 2.17
52 Germany Germany 1.50 1.40 1.46 1.90 1.86 1.90 2.30 2.34 1.83 2.14
53 Japan Japan 1.36 1.33 1.25 1.39 1.42 1.54 1.85 1.94 1.80 1.99
54 Denmark Denmark 1.36 1.18 1.19 1.97 2.13 1.62 1.69 1.89 1.35 1.78
55 Norway Norway 1.38 1.95 0.69 3.07 3.14 3.49 2.05 3.21 1.54 0.46
56 Tunisia Tunisia 0.00 0.00 14.29 14.29 0.00 0.00 12.50 16.67 10.00 0.00
57 Latvia Latvia 10.14 11.54 4.00 0.00 5.00 3.33 2.63 5.88 1.67 0.00
58 Algeria Algeria 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
59 Oman Oman 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
60 North Korea North Korea 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
61 Nigeria Nigeria 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 33.33 50.00 0.00 0.00
62 Morocco Morocco 0.00 28.57 25.00 0.00 7.69 9.09 0.00 10.00 0.00 0.00
63 Lebanon Lebanon 0.00 0.00 7.69 0.00 0.00 5.00 17.65 9.09 6.67 0.00
64 Syria Syria 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
65 Iraq Iraq 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
66 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 7.14 16.67 0.00 0.00 13.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
67 Yemen Yemen 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
68 Slovakia Slovakia 0.00 1.56 3.08 0.00 2.04 3.39 7.50 10.00 2.33 0.00
69 Serbia Serbia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.35 0.00 10.53 0.00 0.00 0.00
70 Afghanistan Afghanistan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
71 Romania Romania 15.63 7.84 5.56 5.00 14.29 4.26 5.66 2.13 7.69 0.00
72 Philippines Philippines 3.13 6.82 3.13 13.79 2.63 7.14 6.67 0.00 0.00 0.00
73 Jamaica Jamaica 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 33.33 0.00 0.00
74 Indonesia Indonesia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.69 0.00 0.00 0.00
75 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
76 Armenia Armenia 10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
77 Paraguay Paraguay 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
78 Peru Peru 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.11 5.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
79 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 0.57 0.20 0.33 0.26 1.30 1.84 1.53 0.75 1.44 0.00
80 Panama Panama 3.57 0.00 15.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
81 Pakistan Pakistan 3.13 23.08 12.50 10.00 17.39 11.11 0.00 11.76 8.33 0.00
82 Argentina Argentina 6.17 1.09 8.54 1.08 4.23 4.40 7.59 2.50 4.88 0.00
83 Bahrain Bahrain 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
84 Iceland Iceland 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
85 Bangladesh Bangladesh 0.00 0.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 0.00 0.00
86 Belarus Belarus 7.14 26.67 25.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 0.00
87 Bosnia Bosnia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
88 Cuba Cuba 9.09 5.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 31.25 5.56 14.81 6.67 0.00
89 Cyprus Cyprus 2.56 0.74 2.08 4.40 5.10 0.00 3.16 0.00 0.00 0.00
90 Egypt Egypt 32.43 14.29 12.50 12.50 11.76 13.79 20.00 14.29 12.00 0.00
91 Georgia Georgia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
92 Venezuela Venezuela 0.00 0.00 5.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
93 Angola Angola 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Share of nanotechnology patent applications to total patent applications (Percent)