Barbados vs Costa Rica: Patents - international collaboration in technology development
Patents - international collaboration in technology development over time
- Barbados
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 42 Co-inventions against 35 Co-inventions in Barbados, a difference of 7 Co-inventions.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 56th and Costa Rica ranks 55th of 112 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.33 Co-inventions | 14 Co-inventions | 5.67 Co-inventions | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 20.5 Co-inventions | 47.5 Co-inventions | 27 Co-inventions | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patents - international collaboration in technology development, Barbados or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 42 Co-inventions against 35 Co-inventions in Barbados as of 2023.
- What is the difference in patents - international collaboration in technology development between Barbados and Costa Rica?
- 7 Co-inventions, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Costa Rica?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Costa Rica rank globally for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
- Barbados ranks 56th and Costa Rica ranks 55th 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