Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Ethiopia

Patent applications by nonresidents in Ethiopia in 2020 — 54 filings. Ranked 81 in the world out of 132. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 390.9%.

2020 54 filings +10.2% vs 2018
World rank 81of 132
Period maximum 54 filings2020
Period minimum 3 filings2004

Trend over time

1998–2020 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Ethiopia, 1998–20200204060199820012004200720102013201620191998: 11 filings1999: 18 filings2000: 9 filings2001: 15 filings2002: 12 filings2003: 6 filings2004: 3 filings2005: 4 filings2006: 5 filings2007: 25 filings2011: 34 filings2012: 14 filings2013: 24 filings2014: 22 filings2015: 32 filings2016: 26 filings2017: 39 filings2018: 49 filings2020: 54 filings
Change over the period: +43 (+390.91%) Average annual rate: 7.5 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Ethiopia 54 filings
World 970,400 filings
Sub-Saharan Africa 8,160 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2020 54
2018 49 +10 +25.64%
2017 39 +13 +50%
2016 26 −6 −18.75%
2015 32 +10 +45.45%
2014 22 −2 −8.33%
2013 24 +10 +71.43%
2012 14 −20 −58.82%
2011 34
2007 25 +20 +400%
2006 5 +1 +25%
2005 4 +1 +33.33%
2004 3 −3 −50%
2003 6 −6 −50%
2002 12 −3 −20%
2001 15 +6 +66.67%
2000 9 −9 −50%
1999 18 +7 +63.64%
1998 11

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.