UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

The Arab States
Table 17.5: Patent applications in Arab states, 2010–2012
Patent applications residents Patent applications non-residents Total patent applications
2010 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012 2010 2011 2012
Egypt 605 618 683 1 625 1 591 1 528 2 230 2 209 2 211
Morocco 152 169 197 882 880 843 1034 1 049 1 040
Saudi Arabia 288 347 643 643 931 990
Algeria 76 94 119 730 803 781 806 897 900
Tunisia 113 137 150 508 543 476 621 680 626
Jordan 45 40 48 429 360 346 474 400 394
Yemen 20 7 36 55 37 49 75 44 85
Lebanon 0 0 0 13 2 2 13 2 2
Sudan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Syria 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Source: WIPO statistics database, December 2014; Thomson Reuters’ Web of Science, data treatment by Science-Metrix
Figure 17.9: High-tech exports from the Arab world, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012
As a share of manufactured exports (%)
9.79
9
Morocco 7.69
6.68
6
Tunisia 4.89
3
0
UAE 3.20
Oman 3.39
2.76
Lebanon 2.01
Jordan 2.50
1.87
1.62
1.23
0.94
0.80
Syria 1.3
0.61
Sudan 0.70
0.55
Kuwait 0.52
Egypt 0.58
0.51
Saudi Arabia 0.56
0.34
Algeria 0.50
0.31
Yemen 0.22
0.06
Bahrain 0.15
0.01
Qatar 0.04
2006 2008 2010 2012
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Source: United Nations Statistics Division, July 2014
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