Patents - international collaboration in technology development in France

France: Patents - international collaboration in technology development was 12,876 Co-inventions in 2023. β–² Rising

Latest (2023)
12,876 Co-inventions
Change on year
up 1.5%
World rank
6th
of 112 countries
All-time high
13,112 Co-inventions
in 2019
All-time low
3,686 Co-inventions
in 1992
Years of data
34
1990–2023

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

4.0k6.0k8.0k10.0k12.0k14.0k1990200620231990: 4.0k Co-inventions1991: 3.8k Co-inventions1992: 3.7k Co-inventions1993: 3.7k Co-inventions1994: 4.0k Co-inventions1995: 4.3k Co-inventions1996: 4.6k Co-inventions1997: 5.4k Co-inventions1998: 5.8k Co-inventions1999: 6.4k Co-inventions2000: 6.5k Co-inventions2001: 6.9k Co-inventions2002: 7.0k Co-inventions2003: 7.6k Co-inventions2004: 8.1k Co-inventions2005: 8.4k Co-inventions2006: 8.8k Co-inventions2007: 9.5k Co-inventions2008: 10.8k Co-inventions2009: 10.6k Co-inventions2010: 11.4k Co-inventions2011: 11.7k Co-inventions2012: 12.3k Co-inventions2013: 12.6k Co-inventions2014: 12.8k Co-inventions2015: 12.8k Co-inventions2016: 12.6k Co-inventions2017: 13.0k Co-inventions2018: 13.1k Co-inventions2019: 13.1k Co-inventions2020: 11.5k Co-inventions2021: 12.4k Co-inventions2022: 12.7k Co-inventions2023: 12.9k Co-inventions

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

Analysis

France recorded 12,876 Co-inventions for patents - international collaboration in technology development in 2023.

The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, patents - international collaboration in technology development in France peaked at 13,112 Co-inventions in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3,686 Co-inventions, in 1992.

France ranks 6th of 112 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 4,571 Co-inventions 3,686 Co-inventions 6,394 Co-inventions 10
2000s 8,423 Co-inventions 6,512 Co-inventions 10,824 Co-inventions 10
2010s 12,541 Co-inventions 11,395 Co-inventions 13,112 Co-inventions 10
2020s 12,367 Co-inventions 11,476 Co-inventions 12,876 Co-inventions 4

Countries ranked near France

  1. 3 Germany 31,514 Co-inventions compare
  2. 4 Japan 30,346 Co-inventions compare
  3. 5 Chinese Taipei 16,358 Co-inventions compare
  4. 7 India 8,776 Co-inventions compare
  5. 8 United Kingdom 6,837 Co-inventions compare
  6. 9 Canada 4,944 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 France?
Patents - international collaboration in technology development in France was 12,876 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 France?
The highest recorded value was 13,112 Co-inventions in 2019.
What is the lowest patents - international collaboration in technology development recorded in France?
The lowest recorded value was 3,686 Co-inventions in 1992.
How does France rank for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
France ranks 6th out of 112 countries with data for 2023.
Is patents - international collaboration in technology development rising or falling in France?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this France 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