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Indicator : Ratio of nanotechnology patents to nano-articles (Patents per 100 articles)
Description : Ratio of nanotechnology patents granted or published in USPTO and EPO per 100 ISI nano-articles published in the same year.
Source : Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)
CHART TYPE Disabled in table mode
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Ratio of nanotechnology patents to nano-articles (Patents per 100 articles)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 [Sep]
1 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 275.00 75.00 250.00 120.00 20.00 220.00 0.00 300.00 200.00 157.14 233.33 120.00
2 USA USA 46.89 43.86 43.41 43.70 42.67 45.96 45.48 48.01 49.01 55.23 54.97 54.62
3 Taiwan Taiwan 37.85 39.01 36.12 33.76 33.09 37.25 32.37 31.39 38.29 43.97 45.70 45.50
4 South Korea South Korea 25.22 26.91 29.10 30.02 24.81 25.99 25.51 24.28 24.72 28.99 32.20 33.01
5 Japan Japan 28.76 30.27 27.59 26.10 27.28 28.47 26.08 26.36 29.14 30.27 31.13 30.50
6 Switzerland Switzerland 20.81 16.05 16.54 18.69 19.12 18.76 17.55 20.27 20.71 21.13 25.66 24.85
7 Luxembourg Luxembourg 35.85 45.28 32.58 61.54 53.19 47.66 45.71 40.15 45.24 31.97 40.16 20.41
8 Finland Finland 13.15 11.25 19.20 19.65 15.28 17.09 17.06 16.31 15.80 16.12 19.34 19.74
9 Netherlands Netherlands 21.60 23.91 17.26 18.52 18.34 17.86 18.11 18.99 16.08 17.75 17.30 19.11
10 France France 15.68 15.07 13.44 14.07 16.10 14.67 13.02 12.89 14.37 14.94 14.25 14.57
11 Germany Germany 15.36 14.46 13.34 14.76 13.92 14.56 12.68 12.21 13.03 13.70 14.87 14.31
12 Belgium Belgium 13.34 12.44 10.15 13.00 15.53 14.48 11.14 15.05 11.96 15.96 74.32 13.62
13 Ireland Ireland 11.66 10.12 7.59 8.18 7.89 8.99 12.02 14.10 13.50 14.86 15.01 13.15
14 Canada Canada 9.97 10.07 9.98 9.28 9.51 10.53 10.07 10.70 10.12 11.31 12.59 12.57
World World 16.87 16.00 15.39 14.95 14.09 13.87 13.02 12.59 11.50 12.43 12.43 12.05
15 Austria Austria 8.72 7.84 6.47 6.75 8.47 11.93 13.04 12.01 7.12 9.26 8.94 9.63
16 Sweden Sweden 11.45 9.44 8.42 8.02 7.20 7.59 6.44 7.07 8.00 7.70 8.13 9.48
17 UK UK 9.04 8.28 7.72 8.50 8.26 9.16 8.50 8.39 8.46 9.40 9.92 9.42
18 Estonia Estonia 3.28 2.16 3.62 4.11 5.48 0.72 0.68 5.32 4.37 4.59 3.72 8.62
19 Denmark Denmark 5.91 7.21 6.73 5.75 7.14 7.85 6.32 6.21 7.35 7.38 7.52 8.30
20 Croatia Croatia 0.74 0.68 0.00 0.00 1.15 0.49 0.45 0.00 0.34 0.38 0.83 8.05
21 Singapore Singapore 5.61 7.36 7.39 6.67 7.45 8.27 6.46 6.17 6.57 6.11 6.66 7.35
22 Qatar Qatar 1.00 1.43 0.90 1.24 3.56 3.23 2.12 3.38 3.92 4.39 4.52 6.19
23 Norway Norway 7.17 7.32 10.38 5.96 8.63 9.36 8.92 5.56 6.89 6.30 6.93 6.14
24 Lithuania Lithuania 5.39 3.43 4.00 5.24 2.55 0.96 1.95 2.93 2.21 3.41 5.00 5.77
25 Cuba Cuba 9.76 4.26 6.00 3.57 0.00 0.00 7.69 5.88 1.96 13.21 4.17 5.56
26 Uruguay Uruguay 0.00 0.00 2.86 1.72 0.00 1.54 0.00 0.00 5.26 0.00 1.47 5.13
27 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 5.38 5.38 4.90 9.09 10.27 10.14 7.13 6.34 4.81 5.57 5.68 4.91
28 Slovenia Slovenia 5.12 4.02 1.57 4.70 4.11 1.60 3.66 2.22 3.91 2.89 3.30 4.71
29 Italy Italy 4.82 4.43 4.06 4.34 4.49 4.88 4.88 4.12 3.90 4.61 4.76 4.66
30 Spain Spain 3.57 3.75 3.06 3.56 3.54 4.13 3.46 3.82 3.64 3.75 4.03 4.58
31 Costa rica Costa rica 20.00 18.18 18.18 10.00 0.00 19.05 8.11 15.38 3.92 2.70 2.22 4.35
32 UAE UAE 3.88 4.00 2.48 1.73 2.36 2.59 2.43 3.17 2.66 3.16 3.46 3.93
33 Bulgaria Bulgaria 0.00 0.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.45 0.00 1.15 0.68 1.28 1.32 3.80
34 New Zealand New Zealand 4.31 5.14 4.87 5.85 2.94 3.29 5.80 2.35 4.50 2.76 6.30 3.22
35 Australia Australia 2.43 2.29 2.49 2.71 2.71 2.64 2.54 2.79 2.66 3.32 3.60 3.20
36 China China 2.25 2.25 2.25 2.42 2.46 2.39 2.60 2.91 2.62 2.84 3.02 2.96
37 Iceland Iceland 5.13 7.32 0.00 0.00 5.36 3.85 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.75 0.00 2.94
38 Cyprus Cyprus 3.77 6.90 7.14 5.00 11.84 9.84 3.41 0.90 4.13 1.50 0.64 2.80
39 Greece Greece 1.08 0.75 0.97 0.98 0.52 1.02 1.00 2.01 2.55 1.84 2.71 2.44
40 Portugal Portugal 1.17 1.34 2.05 1.38 1.61 1.82 1.58 2.05 1.98 2.26 1.68 2.40
41 Poland Poland 1.08 2.00 2.13 2.09 1.60 1.66 1.29 1.35 1.43 1.52 2.02 2.39
42 Chile Chile 4.09 3.74 1.85 1.97 2.33 3.47 2.35 3.34 3.58 2.91 2.47 2.19
43 Kuwait Kuwait 0.00 2.56 1.89 9.46 3.25 0.50 0.53 1.55 0.87 0.23 0.89 1.82
44 Colombia Colombia 2.34 2.96 3.54 2.13 1.84 2.08 1.34 1.83 1.74 1.69 2.85 1.79
45 Slovakia Slovakia 0.00 0.00 0.38 0.51 0.30 0.54 0.90 0.64 1.15 1.86 0.84 1.48
46 Brazil Brazil 1.93 1.65 1.16 1.35 1.32 1.36 0.83 1.06 1.01 1.43 1.26 1.22
47 Czech Republic Czech Republic 3.44 2.09 2.19 1.63 2.40 1.87 1.38 2.10 1.16 2.31 2.06 1.13
48 Hungary Hungary 3.02 2.06 2.38 1.05 0.82 0.82 0.52 0.62 0.97 0.67 0.79 1.11
49 Mexico Mexico 3.15 2.79 2.12 2.61 1.69 0.79 1.35 0.51 0.65 0.85 0.50 1.10
50 South Africa South Africa 3.28 2.33 1.74 1.68 1.47 1.06 1.27 1.11 0.57 0.87 0.99 0.92
51 Turkey Turkey 0.90 1.27 2.13 1.50 2.28 1.28 1.37 0.99 0.82 1.22 1.07 0.91
52 India India 1.36 1.63 1.45 1.25 1.07 0.92 0.74 0.67 0.65 0.54 0.55 0.56
53 Argentina Argentina 0.61 1.10 0.51 1.24 0.42 0.83 0.65 1.72 1.13 0.60 0.93 0.39
54 Romania Romania 1.09 1.50 1.47 0.99 0.68 0.67 0.62 0.40 0.29 0.32 0.83 0.37
55 Serbia Serbia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.47 0.00 0.22 0.34
56 Malaysia Malaysia 0.81 0.75 1.02 0.39 0.72 0.39 0.41 0.19 0.12 0.23 0.39 0.31
57 Ukraine Ukraine 0.26 0.14 0.54 0.64 0.37 0.26 0.65 0.77 0.45 0.11 0.44 0.31
58 Russia Russia 1.20 0.71 0.96 0.71 0.33 0.30 0.39 0.49 0.39 0.22 0.11 0.28
59 Jordan Jordan 1.67 1.09 0.00 0.81 2.76 0.60 0.00 0.26 0.36 0.00 0.12 0.28
60 Thailand Thailand 0.95 0.61 0.26 0.32 0.59 0.46 0.61 0.44 0.35 0.32 0.41 0.25
61 Iran Iran 0.38 0.54 0.47 0.42 0.62 0.37 0.46 0.45 0.27 0.13 0.18 0.17
62 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 3.57 3.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.41 0.17
63 Vietnam Vietnam 0.34 1.90 0.44 0.00 0.39 0.40 0.25 0.41 0.24 0.56 0.46 0.15
64 Bangladesh Bangladesh 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.48 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.14
65 Morocco Morocco 0.00 0.00 1.00 1.78 1.48 0.28 0.40 0.32 0.13 0.26 0.11 0.13
66 Egypt Egypt 0.54 1.45 0.46 0.27 0.36 0.18 0.16 0.06 0.13 0.06 0.06 0.06
67 Pakistan Pakistan 0.63 0.22 0.32 0.47 0.10 0.26 0.13 0.06 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02
68 Jamaica Jamaica 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 0.00 0.00
69 Angola Angola 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 66.67 0.00 0.00
70 Venezuela Venezuela 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.78 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
71 Peru Peru 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.75 1.47 0.91 0.00 0.51 0.66 0.00
72 Paraguay Paraguay 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
73 Philippines Philippines 0.00 5.71 6.67 1.25 5.48 5.38 5.60 0.00 2.27 0.00 0.00 0.00
74 Panama Panama 50.00 100.00 0.00 83.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.76 0.00 5.00 9.09 0.00
75 Oman Oman 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.95 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
76 North Korea North Korea 0.00 12.50 16.67 0.00 9.09 2.70 0.00 2.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
77 Nigeria Nigeria 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.23 0.23 0.00 0.00
78 Algeria Algeria 1.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
79 Tunisia Tunisia 0.35 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.00
80 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
81 Syria Syria 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
82 Armenia Armenia 0.00 1.45 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
83 Afghanistan Afghanistan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
84 Yemen Yemen 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
85 Lebanon Lebanon 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.74 0.00 0.00 0.63 0.66 1.92 0.20 0.16 0.00
86 Bosnia Bosnia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
87 Latvia Latvia 0.00 6.42 6.38 4.40 1.00 2.44 0.83 3.15 1.10 1.00 0.53 0.00
88 Bahrain Bahrain 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
89 Georgia Georgia 0.00 4.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.33 0.00
90 Belarus Belarus 2.60 0.57 2.16 1.42 0.45 0.00 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.34 0.00
91 Iraq Iraq 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
92 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 5.00 1.64 2.15 0.83 0.76 1.98 0.00 0.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
93 Indonesia Indonesia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ratio of nanotechnology patents to nano-articles (Patents per 100 articles)