Italy vs Spain: Patents - international collaboration in technology development
Patents - international collaboration in technology development over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Italy currently reports 2,976 Co-inventions against 2,258 Co-inventions in Spain, a difference of 718 Co-inventions.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 13th and Spain ranks 14th of 112 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,822 Co-inventions | 644.5 Co-inventions | 1,177 Co-inventions | Italy |
| 2000s | 3,675 Co-inventions | 1,792 Co-inventions | 1,882 Co-inventions | Italy |
| 2010s | 3,949 Co-inventions | 2,822 Co-inventions | 1,127 Co-inventions | Italy |
| 2020s | 4,079 Co-inventions | 2,518 Co-inventions | 1,560 Co-inventions | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher patents - international collaboration in technology development, Italy or Spain?
- Italy, at 2,976 Co-inventions against 2,258 Co-inventions in Spain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in patents - international collaboration in technology development between Italy and Spain?
- 718 Co-inventions, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
- Italy ranks 13th and Spain ranks 14th 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