Canada vs India: Patents - international collaboration in technology development
Patents - international collaboration in technology development over time
- Canada
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 8,776 Co-inventions against 4,944 Co-inventions in Canada, a difference of 3,832 Co-inventions.
That makes India's figure about 1.8 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 9th and India ranks 7th of 112 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and India in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,238 Co-inventions | 323.5 Co-inventions | 1,915 Co-inventions | Canada |
| 2000s | 4,686 Co-inventions | 2,306 Co-inventions | 2,381 Co-inventions | Canada |
| 2010s | 5,544 Co-inventions | 5,809 Co-inventions | 265.6 Co-inventions | India |
| 2020s | 5,253 Co-inventions | 8,334 Co-inventions | 3,081 Co-inventions | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patents - international collaboration in technology development, Canada or India?
- India, at 8,776 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 India?
- 3,832 Co-inventions, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and India?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Canada and India rank globally for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
- Canada ranks 9th and India ranks 7th 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