This statistical profile documents patent applications in Cote d'Ivoire in total and relative to population and research capacity.
Resident patent applications in Cote d’Ivoire reached 26 in 2012, compared with 1 nonresident applications. The resident-to-nonresident application ratio was 26.00. Patent activity was equivalent to 0.8 applications per 1 million people. Research and development expenditure represented 0.07% of GDP in 2016, and the country had 64.0 researchers per 1 million people in 2005.
Based on comparable data for 2012, Cote d’Ivoire ranked 6th of 155 economies by the resident share of patent filings.
Cote d'Ivoire 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).
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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.