This article presents resident and nonresident patent applications in Cabo Verde.
Patent applications in Cabo Verde totaled 2 in 2021. Resident applicants filed 1, while nonresident applicants filed 1. Resident applications represented 50.0% of total filings. Total patent applications changed by -33.3% over five years.
In the common comparison year 2021, Cabo Verde ranked 153rd of 155 economies by total patent applications.
Cabo Verde Patent Applications by Year
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators — Patent applications, residents (IP.PAT.RESD); Patent applications, nonresidents (IP.PAT.NRES); Population, total (population); Research and development expenditure, % of GDP (GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS); Researchers in R&D, per million people (SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6).
License: CC BY-4.0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
About the Indicators
Patent applications, residents. Patent applications filed with a national or regional patent office by applicants resident in the country, via the Paris Convention route or a national filing.
Patent applications, nonresidents. Patent applications filed in the country by applicants resident abroad.
Research and development expenditure, % of GDP. Gross domestic spending on research and development, expressed as a share of GDP.
Researchers in R&D, per million people. Professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, products, processes or systems, per million people.