France vs Japan: Patents - international collaboration in technology development
Patents - international collaboration in technology development over time
- France
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 30,346 Co-inventions against 12,876 Co-inventions in France, a difference of 17,470 Co-inventions.
That makes Japan's figure about 2.4 times France's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
France ranks 6th and Japan ranks 4th of 112 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,571 Co-inventions | 22,446 Co-inventions | 17,875 Co-inventions | Japan |
| 2000s | 8,423 Co-inventions | 36,966 Co-inventions | 28,543 Co-inventions | Japan |
| 2010s | 12,541 Co-inventions | 41,971 Co-inventions | 29,430 Co-inventions | Japan |
| 2020s | 12,367 Co-inventions | 38,578 Co-inventions | 26,212 Co-inventions | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patents - international collaboration in technology development, France or Japan?
- Japan, at 30,346 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 Japan?
- 17,470 Co-inventions, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Japan?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do France and Japan rank globally for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
- France ranks 6th and Japan ranks 4th 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