Patent applications by nonresidents — all countries

Patent applications by nonresidents — Zambia

Patent applications by nonresidents in Zambia in 2021 — 13 filings. Ranked 94 in the world out of 121. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 88.5%.

2021 13 filings +30% vs 2020
World rank 94of 121
Period maximum 113 filings1980
Period minimum 6 filings2002

Trend over time

1980–2021 · applications

Patent applications by nonresidents — Zambia, 1980–20210501001501980198519901995200020052010201520201980: 113 filings1981: 107 filings1982: 91 filings1983: 91 filings1984: 79 filings1985: 105 filings1986: 108 filings1987: 99 filings1988: 74 filings1989: 50 filings1990: 50 filings1991: 47 filings1992: 64 filings1993: 60 filings1995: 39 filings1996: 36 filings1999: 34 filings2001: 25 filings2002: 6 filings2003: 10 filings2004: 27 filings2005: 22 filings2006: 9 filings2007: 20 filings2008: 17 filings2009: 9 filings2010: 12 filings2011: 21 filings2012: 31 filings2013: 26 filings2014: 25 filings2015: 12 filings2016: 18 filings2017: 10 filings2018: 13 filings2019: 21 filings2020: 10 filings2021: 13 filings
Change over the period: −100 (−88.5%) Average annual rate: -5.14 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Zambia 13 filings
World 1.02M filings
Patent applications by nonresidents — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 13 +3 +30%
2020 10 −11 −52.38%
2019 21 +8 +61.54%
2018 13 +3 +30%
2017 10 −8 −44.44%
2016 18 +6 +50%
2015 12 −13 −52%
2014 25 −1 −3.85%
2013 26 −5 −16.13%
2012 31 +10 +47.62%
2011 21 +9 +75%
2010 12 +3 +33.33%
2009 9 −8 −47.06%
2008 17 −3 −15%
2007 20 +11 +122.22%
2006 9 −13 −59.09%
2005 22 −5 −18.52%
2004 27 +17 +170%
2003 10 +4 +66.67%
2002 6 −19 −76%
2001 25
1999 34
1996 36 −3 −7.69%
1995 39
1993 60 −4 −6.25%
1992 64 +17 +36.17%
1991 47 −3 −6%
1990 50 +0 +0%
1989 50 −24 −32.43%
1988 74 −25 −25.25%
1987 99 −9 −8.33%
1986 108 +3 +2.86%
1985 105 +26 +32.91%
1984 79 −12 −13.19%
1983 91 +0 +0%
1982 91 −16 −14.95%
1981 107 −6 −5.31%
1980 113

Eastern Africa, 2021

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.