Belgium vs Finland: Patents - international collaboration in technology development
Patents - international collaboration in technology development over time
- Belgium
- Finland
How they compare
Finland currently reports 1,920 Co-inventions against 1,644 Co-inventions in Belgium, a difference of 276 Co-inventions.
That makes Finland's figure about 1.2 times Belgium's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Finland has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 18th and Finland ranks 16th of 112 countries.
Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Finland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 711.6 Co-inventions | 966.6 Co-inventions | 255 Co-inventions | Finland |
| 2000s | 1,214 Co-inventions | 1,873 Co-inventions | 658.5 Co-inventions | Finland |
| 2010s | 1,653 Co-inventions | 2,324 Co-inventions | 671 Co-inventions | Finland |
| 2020s | 1,793 Co-inventions | 2,181 Co-inventions | 388 Co-inventions | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patents - international collaboration in technology development, Belgium or Finland?
- Finland, at 1,920 Co-inventions against 1,644 Co-inventions in Belgium as of 2023.
- What is the difference in patents - international collaboration in technology development between Belgium and Finland?
- 276 Co-inventions, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Finland?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Belgium and Finland rank globally for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
- Belgium ranks 18th and Finland ranks 16th 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