Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Burundi

Patent applications by nonresidents in Burundi in 2020 — 5 filings. Ranked 115 in the world out of 132. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 50%.

2020 5 filings −66.67% vs 2019
World rank 115of 132
Period maximum 15 filings2019
Period minimum 1 filings1989

Trend over time

1980–2020 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Burundi, 1980–2020051015198019841988199219962000200420082012201620201980: 10 filings1981: 5 filings1982: 2 filings1983: 2 filings1984: 7 filings1986: 2 filings1989: 1 filings1990: 3 filings1992: 2 filings1993: 1 filings1994: 4 filings1995: 1 filings1996: 4 filings2017: 10 filings2018: 2 filings2019: 15 filings2020: 5 filings
Change over the period: −5 (−50%) Average annual rate: -1.72 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burundi

Burundi 5 filings
World 970,400 filings
Sub-Saharan Africa 8,160 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2020 5 −10 −66.67%
2019 15 +13 +650%
2018 2 −8 −80%
2017 10
1996 4 +3 +300%
1995 1 −3 −75%
1994 4 +3 +300%
1993 1 −1 −50%
1992 2
1990 3 +2 +200%
1989 1
1986 2
1984 7 +5 +250%
1983 2 +0 +0%
1982 2 −3 −60%
1981 5 −5 −50%
1980 10

Eastern Africa, 2020

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of patent applications filed in a country by nonresident applicants. The indicator measures not the inventive activity of the country but the value of its market: a patent has force only where it is granted, so foreign companies file where they intend to sell or where they fear copying. The ratio to applications by residents splits countries into those that invent and those where others file.

Important: A measure of the appeal of a market, not of innovativeness. An application is not a patent: some applications are rejected, and the share of rejections differs across countries.

Source: IP Statistics (WIPO), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.