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Patents - international collaboration in technology development in Belgium

Belgium: Patents - international collaboration in technology development was 1,644 Co-inventions in 2023. β–² Rising

Latest (2023)
1,644 Co-inventions
Change on year
down 8.7%
World rank
18th
of 112 countries
All-time high
1,880 Co-inventions
in 2021
All-time low
380 Co-inventions
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Patents - international collaboration in technology development in Belgium, 1990–2023

5001.0k1.5k2.0k1990200620231990: 380 Co-inventions1991: 394 Co-inventions1992: 429 Co-inventions1993: 541 Co-inventions1994: 684 Co-inventions1995: 778 Co-inventions1996: 790 Co-inventions1997: 951 Co-inventions1998: 1.1k Co-inventions1999: 1.1k Co-inventions2000: 1.1k Co-inventions2001: 1.1k Co-inventions2002: 1.1k Co-inventions2003: 1.2k Co-inventions2004: 1.2k Co-inventions2005: 1.3k Co-inventions2006: 1.3k Co-inventions2007: 1.3k Co-inventions2008: 1.2k Co-inventions2009: 1.3k Co-inventions2010: 1.3k Co-inventions2011: 1.5k Co-inventions2012: 1.5k Co-inventions2013: 1.5k Co-inventions2014: 1.6k Co-inventions2015: 1.7k Co-inventions2016: 1.8k Co-inventions2017: 1.9k Co-inventions2018: 1.9k Co-inventions2019: 1.8k Co-inventions2020: 1.8k Co-inventions2021: 1.9k Co-inventions2022: 1.8k Co-inventions2023: 1.6k Co-inventions

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Co-inventions.

Analysis

In 2023, patents - international collaboration in technology development in Belgium stood at 1,644 Co-inventions.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.7% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, patents - international collaboration in technology development in Belgium peaked at 1,880 Co-inventions in 2021 and was at its lowest, 380 Co-inventions, in 1990.

Belgium ranks 18th of 112 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 711.6 Co-inventions 380 Co-inventions 1,109 Co-inventions 10
2000s 1,214 Co-inventions 1,076 Co-inventions 1,344 Co-inventions 10
2010s 1,653 Co-inventions 1,338 Co-inventions 1,867 Co-inventions 10
2020s 1,793 Co-inventions 1,644 Co-inventions 1,880 Co-inventions 4

Countries ranked near Belgium

  1. 15 Austria 2,136 Co-inventions compare
  2. 16 Finland 1,920 Co-inventions compare
  3. 17 Saudi Arabia 1,908 Co-inventions compare
  4. 19 Singapore 1,527 Co-inventions compare
  5. 20 Ireland 1,037 Co-inventions compare
  6. 21 Denmark 1,020 Co-inventions compare

See the full ranking of 124 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is patents - international collaboration in technology development in Belgium?
Patents - international collaboration in technology development in Belgium was 1,644 Co-inventions in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest patents - international collaboration in technology development recorded in Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 1,880 Co-inventions in 2021.
What is the lowest patents - international collaboration in technology development recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 380 Co-inventions in 1990.
How does Belgium rank for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
Belgium ranks 18th out of 112 countries with data for 2023.
Is patents - international collaboration in technology development rising or falling in Belgium?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Belgium data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Patents - international collaboration in technology development β€” Co-inventions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Patents - international collaboration in technology development β€” Co-inventions
Unit
Co-inventions
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
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Coverage
124 places, 2,994 data points, 1990–2023
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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