Austria vs Italy: Patents - international collaboration in technology development
Patents - international collaboration in technology development over time
- Austria
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 2,976 Co-inventions against 2,136 Co-inventions in Austria, a difference of 840 Co-inventions.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.4 times Austria's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Austria ranks 15th and Italy ranks 13th of 112 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 643.7 Co-inventions | 1,822 Co-inventions | 1,178 Co-inventions | Italy |
| 2000s | 1,443 Co-inventions | 3,675 Co-inventions | 2,232 Co-inventions | Italy |
| 2010s | 2,169 Co-inventions | 3,949 Co-inventions | 1,780 Co-inventions | Italy |
| 2020s | 2,229 Co-inventions | 4,079 Co-inventions | 1,850 Co-inventions | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patents - international collaboration in technology development, Austria or Italy?
- Italy, at 2,976 Co-inventions against 2,136 Co-inventions in Austria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in patents - international collaboration in technology development between Austria and Italy?
- 840 Co-inventions, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Italy?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Austria and Italy rank globally for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
- Austria ranks 15th and Italy ranks 13th 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