Patent applications by residents in South Africa in 2021 — 1,804 filings. Ranked 20 in the world out of 113. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 41.7%.
1980–2021 · applications
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,804 | +1,262 | +232.84% |
| 2020 | 542 | −25 | −4.41% |
| 2019 | 567 | −90 | −13.7% |
| 2018 | 657 | −71 | −9.75% |
| 2017 | 728 | +24 | +3.41% |
| 2016 | 704 | −185 | −20.81% |
| 2015 | 889 | +87 | +10.85% |
| 2014 | 802 | +164 | +25.71% |
| 2013 | 638 | +30 | +4.93% |
| 2012 | 608 | −48 | −7.32% |
| 2011 | 656 | −165 | −20.1% |
| 2010 | 821 | −1 | −0.12% |
| 2009 | 822 | −38 | −4.42% |
| 2008 | 860 | −55 | −6.01% |
| 2007 | 915 | +49 | +5.66% |
| 2006 | 866 | −137 | −13.66% |
| 2005 | 1,003 | +47 | +4.92% |
| 2004 | 956 | +34 | +3.69% |
| 2003 | 922 | −61 | −6.21% |
| 2002 | 983 | +17 | +1.76% |
| 2001 | 966 | +71 | +7.93% |
| 2000 | 895 | +757 | +548.55% |
| 1999 | 138 | −62 | −31% |
| 1998 | 200 | −155 | −43.66% |
| 1997 | 355 | −402 | −53.1% |
| 1996 | 757 | −126 | −14.27% |
| 1995 | 883 | −52 | −5.56% |
| 1994 | 935 | +31 | +3.43% |
| 1993 | 904 | +16 | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 888 | −135 | −13.2% |
| 1991 | 1,023 | −70 | −6.4% |
| 1990 | 1,093 | −4,041 | −78.71% |
| 1989 | 5,134 | +305 | +6.32% |
| 1988 | 4,829 | −93 | −1.89% |
| 1987 | 4,922 | +192 | +4.06% |
| 1986 | 4,730 | +679 | +16.76% |
| 1985 | 4,051 | +177 | +4.57% |
| 1984 | 3,874 | −366 | −8.63% |
| 1983 | 4,240 | +1,223 | +40.54% |
| 1982 | 3,017 | −323 | −9.67% |
| 1981 | 3,340 | +248 | +8.02% |
| 1980 | 3,092 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
South Africa
1,804
Botswana
3
The number of applications for a patent filed by residents of a country with a national or regional patent office during the year. An application is not a patent: the share of titles actually granted differs across countries and offices. The indicator reflects inventive activity, but it is sensitive to national patenting practice, which in some countries is encouraged administratively.
Source: IP Statistics (WIPO), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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