Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Ghana

Patent applications by nonresidents in Ghana in 2020 — 8 filings. Ranked 104 in the world out of 132. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 52.9%.

2020 8 filings −79.49% vs 2018
World rank 104of 132
Period maximum 39 filings1994
Period minimum 8 filings2020

Trend over time

1980–2020 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Ghana, 1980–2020010203040198019841988199219962000200420082012201620201980: 17 filings1981: 19 filings1982: 18 filings1983: 14 filings1986: 15 filings1987: 16 filings1989: 12 filings1990: 20 filings1991: 12 filings1992: 11 filings1994: 39 filings2016: 17 filings2017: 11 filings2018: 39 filings2020: 8 filings
Change over the period: −9 (−52.94%) Average annual rate: -1.87 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Ghana 8 filings
World 970,400 filings
Sub-Saharan Africa 8,160 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2020 8
2018 39 +28 +254.55%
2017 11 −6 −35.29%
2016 17
1994 39
1992 11 −1 −8.33%
1991 12 −8 −40%
1990 20 +8 +66.67%
1989 12
1987 16 +1 +6.67%
1986 15
1983 14 −4 −22.22%
1982 18 −1 −5.26%
1981 19 +2 +11.76%
1980 17

Western 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.