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Applications per million inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Patent applications to the European Patent Office (applications per million inhabitants), 2004 to 2025
Period PortugalSpainEuropean Union
2025 34.2 per million peoplep (provisional) 45.9 per million peoplep (provisional) 152.6 per million peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2024 32.5 per million people 44.9 per million peoplep (provisional) 151.8 per million peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2023 31.3 per million people 44.0 per million peoplep (provisional) 153.1 per million peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2022 29.8 per million people 41.3 per million people 151.2 per million peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2021 27.9 per million people 41.0 per million people 152.1 per million peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2020 24.2 per million people 37.9 per million people 147.6 per million peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2019 26.3 per million people 40.0 per million people 148.9 per million peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2018 21.4 per million people 38.1 per million people 148.4 per million peoplee (estimated)
2017 14.5 per million people 35.9 per million people 143.6 per million peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2016 15.2 per million people 33.9 per million people 139.7 per million peoplee (estimated)
2015 13.6 per million people 32.7 per million people 141.2 per million peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2014 10.9 per million people 31.7 per million people 141.5 per million peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2013 9.1 per million people 32.3 per million people 138.1 per million peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2012 7.2 per million people 33.0 per million people 136.9 per million peopleb (break in time series)
2011 7.7 per million people 30.0 per million people 135.2 per million peopleb (break in time series)
2010 7.7 per million people 30.7 per million people 138.7 per million peopleb (break in time series)
2009 10.7 per million people 27.1 per million people 129.5 per million people
2008 8.1 per million people 28.9 per million people 137.4 per million peopleb (break in time series)
2007 6.7 per million people 28.4 per million people 130.6 per million peopleb (break in time series)
2006 7.5 per million people 24.8 per million people 126.4 per million people
2005 3.9 per million people 22.3 per million people 123.5 per million people
2004 5.0 per million people 19.7 per million people 118.8 per million people

Flags: p provisional; b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
pat_ep_tot · dataset details · view at source
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freq=A coop_ptn=APPL unit=P_MHAB
Observation period
2004 to 2025
Provider update
24 March 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat