Austria vs Belgium: Patents - international collaboration in technology development
Patents - international collaboration in technology development over time
- Austria
- Belgium
How they compare
Austria currently reports 2,136 Co-inventions against 1,644 Co-inventions in Belgium, a difference of 492 Co-inventions.
That makes Austria's figure about 1.3 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 15th and Belgium ranks 18th of 112 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 3 and Belgium in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 643.7 Co-inventions | 711.6 Co-inventions | 67.9 Co-inventions | Belgium |
| 2000s | 1,443 Co-inventions | 1,214 Co-inventions | 228.9 Co-inventions | Austria |
| 2010s | 2,169 Co-inventions | 1,653 Co-inventions | 515.8 Co-inventions | Austria |
| 2020s | 2,229 Co-inventions | 1,793 Co-inventions | 435.5 Co-inventions | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patents - international collaboration in technology development, Austria or Belgium?
- Austria, at 2,136 Co-inventions against 1,644 Co-inventions in Belgium as of 2023.
- What is the difference in patents - international collaboration in technology development between Austria and Belgium?
- 492 Co-inventions, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Belgium?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Austria and Belgium rank globally for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
- Austria ranks 15th and Belgium ranks 18th of 112 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Patents - international collaboration in technology development — Co-inventions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Patent statistics and indicators are suitable for tracking innovation in environment-related technologies. They allow the assessment of countries' innovation performance as well as the design of governments' environmental and innovation policies. This dataset presents data on shares of co-inventions and on shares of inventors’ collaborations across the OECD area and elsewhere, in environment-related technologies, using inventors’ country of residence. For more information on the methodology, click the link below on "Database documentation" Data source(s): OECD, STI Micro-data Lab: Intellectual Property Database, http://oe.cd/ipstats Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: April 16, 2026 Database documentation