Patents - international collaboration in technology development in Italy

Italy: Patents - international collaboration in technology development was 2,976 Co-inventions in 2023. β–² Rising

Latest (2023)
2,976 Co-inventions
Change on year
down 34.4%
World rank
13th
of 112 countries
All-time high
4,771 Co-inventions
in 2021
All-time low
1,023 Co-inventions
in 1992
Years of data
34
1990–2023

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

1.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k5.0k1990200620231990: 1.4k Co-inventions1991: 1.4k Co-inventions1992: 1.0k Co-inventions1993: 1.5k Co-inventions1994: 1.6k Co-inventions1995: 2.0k Co-inventions1996: 2.1k Co-inventions1997: 2.3k Co-inventions1998: 2.4k Co-inventions1999: 2.5k Co-inventions2000: 2.8k Co-inventions2001: 2.8k Co-inventions2002: 3.1k Co-inventions2003: 3.3k Co-inventions2004: 3.6k Co-inventions2005: 3.9k Co-inventions2006: 3.9k Co-inventions2007: 4.1k Co-inventions2008: 4.6k Co-inventions2009: 4.8k Co-inventions2010: 4.6k Co-inventions2011: 4.2k Co-inventions2012: 4.1k Co-inventions2013: 4.3k Co-inventions2014: 2.4k Co-inventions2015: 3.5k Co-inventions2016: 4.4k Co-inventions2017: 4.0k Co-inventions2018: 3.6k Co-inventions2019: 4.4k Co-inventions2020: 4.0k Co-inventions2021: 4.8k Co-inventions2022: 4.5k Co-inventions2023: 3.0k Co-inventions

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

Analysis

In 2023, patents - international collaboration in technology development in Italy stood at 2,976 Co-inventions.

That represents a change of down 34.4% on the previous year and down 30.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, patents - international collaboration in technology development in Italy peaked at 4,771 Co-inventions in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,023 Co-inventions, in 1992.

That places Italy 13th out of 112 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 1,822 Co-inventions 1,023 Co-inventions 2,527 Co-inventions 10
2000s 3,675 Co-inventions 2,752 Co-inventions 4,751 Co-inventions 10
2010s 3,949 Co-inventions 2,388 Co-inventions 4,557 Co-inventions 10
2020s 4,079 Co-inventions 2,976 Co-inventions 4,771 Co-inventions 4

Countries ranked near Italy

  1. 10 Switzerland 3,365 Co-inventions compare
  2. 11 Israel 3,194 Co-inventions compare
  3. 12 Sweden 3,096 Co-inventions compare
  4. 14 Spain 2,258 Co-inventions compare
  5. 15 Austria 2,136 Co-inventions compare
  6. 16 Finland 1,920 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 Italy?
Patents - international collaboration in technology development in Italy was 2,976 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 Italy?
The highest recorded value was 4,771 Co-inventions in 2021.
What is the lowest patents - international collaboration in technology development recorded in Italy?
The lowest recorded value was 1,023 Co-inventions in 1992.
How does Italy rank for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
Italy ranks 13th out of 112 countries with data for 2023.
Is patents - international collaboration in technology development rising or falling in Italy?
Over the last ten years it is down 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Italy 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