India vs Japan: Patents - international collaboration in technology development
Patents - international collaboration in technology development over time
- India
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 30,346 Co-inventions against 8,776 Co-inventions in India, a difference of 21,570 Co-inventions.
That makes Japan's figure about 3.5 times India's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
India ranks 7th 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 | India | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 323.5 Co-inventions | 22,446 Co-inventions | 22,122 Co-inventions | Japan |
| 2000s | 2,306 Co-inventions | 36,966 Co-inventions | 34,660 Co-inventions | Japan |
| 2010s | 5,809 Co-inventions | 41,971 Co-inventions | 36,162 Co-inventions | Japan |
| 2020s | 8,334 Co-inventions | 38,578 Co-inventions | 30,245 Co-inventions | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patents - international collaboration in technology development, India or Japan?
- Japan, at 30,346 Co-inventions against 8,776 Co-inventions in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in patents - international collaboration in technology development between India and Japan?
- 21,570 Co-inventions, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do India and Japan rank globally for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
- India ranks 7th 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