Number of patent applications among residents

Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office.

	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Argentina	955	1,062	1,054	552	688	735	643	509	546	884	393	425	442	930	406
Bolivia								9		12	59			8	5
Brazil	2,389	3,179	4,054	4,228	4,695	4,798	4,959	4,659	4,641	5,200	5,480	4,980	5,464	5,280	4,666
Chile	169	241	361	328	339	336	340	452	443	386	425	406	438	372	402
Colombia		75	99	133	183	213	251	260	321	545	595	415	422	369	432
Cuba			105		62	38	27	24		32	29	29	27	33	21
Ecuador		10	11	4			7	24	20	45	16	34	29	33	35
Mexico	661	431	584	951	1,065	1,294	1,210	1,246	1,364	1,310	1,334	1,555	1,305	1,132	1,117
Panama	15	7			21		9	13	14	68	33	135	34	22	35
Paraguay	16	11	24	18								34	4	14	10
Peru	49	40	27	39	39	54	73	83	67	72	100	89	137	125	94
Uruguay		44	24	23	20	22		37	26		23
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	262	56	121	70	61	65	74	55	47	35	96