Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Tunisia

Patent applications by nonresidents in Tunisia in 2018 — 271 filings. Ranked 50 in the world out of 130. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 26.6%.

2018 271 filings −29.24% vs 2017
World rank 50of 130
Period maximum 543 filings2011
Period minimum 58 filings2002

Trend over time

1980–2018 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Tunisia, 1980–20180200400600198019841988199219962000200420082012201620181980: 214 filings1981: 183 filings1983: 197 filings1984: 201 filings1985: 202 filings1986: 139 filings1987: 120 filings1988: 118 filings1989: 118 filings1990: 134 filings1991: 104 filings1992: 98 filings1993: 100 filings1994: 106 filings1995: 115 filings1996: 128 filings1997: 174 filings1998: 200 filings1999: 190 filings2000: 210 filings2001: 156 filings2002: 58 filings2003: 120 filings2004: 223 filings2005: 282 filings2006: 379 filings2007: 416 filings2008: 472 filings2009: 452 filings2010: 508 filings2011: 543 filings2012: 476 filings2013: 437 filings2014: 400 filings2015: 409 filings2016: 348 filings2017: 383 filings2018: 271 filings
Change over the period: +57 (+26.64%) Average annual rate: 0.62 %

Comparison, 2018

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

Tunisia 271 filings
World 946,300 filings
Northern Africa computed 4,431 filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Tunisia, by year Tunisia All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2018 271 −112 −29.24%
2017 383 +35 +10.06%
2016 348 −61 −14.91%
2015 409 +9 +2.25%
2014 400 −37 −8.47%
2013 437 −39 −8.19%
2012 476 −67 −12.34%
2011 543 +35 +6.89%
2010 508 +56 +12.39%
2009 452 −20 −4.24%
2008 472 +56 +13.46%
2007 416 +37 +9.76%
2006 379 +97 +34.4%
2005 282 +59 +26.46%
2004 223 +103 +85.83%
2003 120 +62 +106.9%
2002 58 −98 −62.82%
2001 156 −54 −25.71%
2000 210 +20 +10.53%
1999 190 −10 −5%
1998 200 +26 +14.94%
1997 174 +46 +35.94%
1996 128 +13 +11.3%
1995 115 +9 +8.49%
1994 106 +6 +6%
1993 100 +2 +2.04%
1992 98 −6 −5.77%
1991 104 −30 −22.39%
1990 134 +16 +13.56%
1989 118 +0 +0%
1988 118 −2 −1.67%
1987 120 −19 −13.67%
1986 139 −63 −31.19%
1985 202 +1 +0.5%
1984 201 +4 +2.03%
1983 197
1981 183 −31 −14.49%
1980 214

Northern Africa, 2018

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.