Canada vs France: Patents - international collaboration in technology development
Patents - international collaboration in technology development over time
- Canada
- France
How they compare
France currently reports 12,876 Co-inventions against 4,944 Co-inventions in Canada, a difference of 7,932 Co-inventions.
That makes France's figure about 2.6 times Canada's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 9th and France ranks 6th of 112 countries.
France has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,238 Co-inventions | 4,571 Co-inventions | 2,333 Co-inventions | France |
| 2000s | 4,686 Co-inventions | 8,423 Co-inventions | 3,737 Co-inventions | France |
| 2010s | 5,544 Co-inventions | 12,541 Co-inventions | 6,997 Co-inventions | France |
| 2020s | 5,253 Co-inventions | 12,367 Co-inventions | 7,114 Co-inventions | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patents - international collaboration in technology development, Canada or France?
- France, at 12,876 Co-inventions against 4,944 Co-inventions in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in patents - international collaboration in technology development between Canada and France?
- 7,932 Co-inventions, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and France?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Canada and France rank globally for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
- Canada ranks 9th and France ranks 6th 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