This article presents resident and nonresident patent applications in Guatemala.
Patent applications in Guatemala totaled 258 in 2021. Resident applicants filed 9, while nonresident applicants filed 249. Resident applications represented 3.5% of total filings. Total patent applications changed by -4.1% over five years and by -22.1% over ten years.
In the common comparison year 2021, Guatemala ranked 75th of 155 economies by total patent applications.
Guatemala 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.