France vs Germany: Patents - international collaboration in technology development
Patents - international collaboration in technology development over time
- France
- Germany
How they compare
Germany currently reports 31,514 Co-inventions against 12,876 Co-inventions in France, a difference of 18,638 Co-inventions.
That makes Germany's figure about 2.4 times France's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
France ranks 6th and Germany ranks 3rd of 112 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,571 Co-inventions | 17,585 Co-inventions | 13,014 Co-inventions | Germany |
| 2000s | 8,423 Co-inventions | 28,804 Co-inventions | 20,381 Co-inventions | Germany |
| 2010s | 12,541 Co-inventions | 32,924 Co-inventions | 20,383 Co-inventions | Germany |
| 2020s | 12,367 Co-inventions | 32,292 Co-inventions | 19,926 Co-inventions | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patents - international collaboration in technology development, France or Germany?
- Germany, at 31,514 Co-inventions against 12,876 Co-inventions in France as of 2023.
- What is the difference in patents - international collaboration in technology development between France and Germany?
- 18,638 Co-inventions, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Germany?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do France and Germany rank globally for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
- France ranks 6th and Germany ranks 3rd 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