Patent applications of residents fell 21.9% to 993 in Kazakhstan in 2016, according to World Bank.
Historically, patent applications of residents in Kazakhstan reached an all time high of 3,223 in 1993 and an all time low of 433 in 1992. When compared to Kazakhstan's main peers, patent applications of residents in China amounted to 1,204,981, 84.0 in Kyrgyzstan, 26,795 in Russia and 353 in Uzbekistan in 2016.
Kazakhstan has been ranked 36th within the group of 112 countries we follow in terms of patent applications of residents, 11 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Patent Applications (Residents) | Unit | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| China | 535,313 | 704,936 | 801,135 | 968,252 | 1,204,981 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 46,620 | 47,353 | 48,154 | 47,384 | 48,480 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 9,553 | 10,669 | 12,040 | 12,579 | 13,199 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 287,013 | 271,731 | 265,959 | 258,839 | 260,244 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | ... | 1,824 | 1,742 | 1,271 | 993 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | ... | ... | ... | 110 | 111 | 132 | 122 | 84.0 | ... | |||||||||||||
| Russia | 28,701 | 28,765 | 24,072 | 29,269 | 26,795 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | ... | ... | 3.00 | 2.00 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| USA | 268,782 | 287,831 | 285,096 | 288,335 | 295,327 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 257 | 299 | 345 | 288 | 353 |
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