Austria vs Sweden: Patents - international collaboration in technology development
Patents - international collaboration in technology development over time
- Austria
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 3,096 Co-inventions against 2,136 Co-inventions in Austria, a difference of 960 Co-inventions.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.4 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 15th and Sweden ranks 12th of 112 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 643.7 Co-inventions | 1,192 Co-inventions | 548.4 Co-inventions | Sweden |
| 2000s | 1,443 Co-inventions | 2,507 Co-inventions | 1,064 Co-inventions | Sweden |
| 2010s | 2,169 Co-inventions | 4,050 Co-inventions | 1,881 Co-inventions | Sweden |
| 2020s | 2,229 Co-inventions | 3,781 Co-inventions | 1,552 Co-inventions | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patents - international collaboration in technology development, Austria or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 3,096 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 Sweden?
- 960 Co-inventions, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sweden?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Austria and Sweden rank globally for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
- Austria ranks 15th and Sweden ranks 12th 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