Top 50 Countries with the Most Active Patents

1. 🇨🇳 China - 5,688,867 (5.69M)

2. 🇺🇸 United States - 3,519,879 (3.52M)

3. 🇯🇵 Japan - 2,085,215 (2.09M)

4. 🇰🇷 South Korea - 1,312,294 (1.31M)

5. 🇩🇪 Germany - 963,941 (964K)

6. 🇫🇷 France - 757,026 (757K)

7. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - 744,130 (744K)

8. 🇮🇹 Italy - 382,444 (382K)

9. 🇨🇭 Switzerland - 268,054 (268K)

10. 🇳🇱 Netherlands - 246,254 (246K)

11. 🇷🇺 Russia - 243,943 (244K)

12. 🇮🇳 India - 228,402 (228K)

13. 🇪🇸 Spain - 217,849 (218K)

14. 🇨🇦 Canada - 201,063 (201K)

15. 🇮🇪 Ireland - 198,100 (198K)

16. 🇧🇪 Belgium - 187,149 (187K)

17. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - 163,418 (163K)

18. 🇦🇺 Australia - 163,069 (163K)

19. 🇸🇪 Sweden - 152,158 (152K)

20. 🇦🇹 Austria - 134,163 (134K)

21. 🇲🇨 Monaco - 120,437 (120K)

22. 🇵🇱 Poland - 111,782 (112K)

23. 🇲🇽 Mexico - 111,190 (111K)

24. 🇩🇰 Denmark - 109,551 (110K)

25. 🇧🇷 Brazil - 106,827 (107K)

26. 🇿🇦 South Africa - 104,012 (104K)

27. 🇫🇮 Finland - 96,416 (96K)

28. 🇹🇷 Türkiye - 89,401 (89K)

29. 🇮🇩 Indonesia - 84,540 (85K)

30. 🇵🇹 Portugal - 81,509 (82K)

31. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong - 73,249 (73K)

32. 🇳🇴 Norway - 55,349 (55K)

33. 🇨🇿 Czechia - 50,433 (50K)

34. 🇸🇬 Singapore - 49,667 (50K)

35. 🇮🇷 Iran - 44,453 (44K)

36. 🇮🇱 Israel - 41,001 (41K)

37. 🇲🇾 Malaysia - 38,168 (38K)

38. 🇭🇺 Hungary - 35,950 (36K)

39. 🇬🇷 Greece - 27,510 (28K)

40. 🇷🇴 Romania - 27,474 (27K)

41. 🇹🇭 Thailand - 24,635 (25K)

42. 🇳🇿 New Zealand - 23,867 (24K)

43. 🇻🇳 Viet Nam - 23,291 (23K)

44. 🇸🇰 Slovakia - 21,189 (21K)

45. 🇨🇱 Chile - 21,079 (21K)

46. 🇺🇦 Ukraine - 20,445 (20K)

47. 🇸🇮 Slovenia - 18,517 (19K)

48. 🇵🇭 Philippines - 15,463 (15K)

49. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - 14,739 (15K)

50. 🇭🇷 Croatia - 13,431 (13K)

Source: World Intellectual Propertv Organizatior Data as of 2024, latest as of March 2026. Via Voronoi by Visual Capitalist.