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Patents - international collaboration in technology development in Japan

Japan: Patents - international collaboration in technology development was 30,346 Co-inventions in 2023. β–² Rising

Latest (2023)
30,346 Co-inventions
Change on year
down 23.1%
World rank
4th
of 112 countries
All-time high
44,308 Co-inventions
in 2017
All-time low
17,648 Co-inventions
in 1992
Years of data
34
1990–2023

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

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k1990200620231990: 20.8k Co-inventions1991: 19.1k Co-inventions1992: 17.6k Co-inventions1993: 19.4k Co-inventions1994: 19.6k Co-inventions1995: 21.9k Co-inventions1996: 24.2k Co-inventions1997: 26.1k Co-inventions1998: 26.3k Co-inventions1999: 29.3k Co-inventions2000: 34.3k Co-inventions2001: 35.3k Co-inventions2002: 35.8k Co-inventions2003: 36.8k Co-inventions2004: 39.5k Co-inventions2005: 39.8k Co-inventions2006: 38.6k Co-inventions2007: 38.5k Co-inventions2008: 35.8k Co-inventions2009: 35.2k Co-inventions2010: 39.7k Co-inventions2011: 41.6k Co-inventions2012: 42.6k Co-inventions2013: 40.7k Co-inventions2014: 40.8k Co-inventions2015: 40.5k Co-inventions2016: 41.6k Co-inventions2017: 44.3k Co-inventions2018: 44.1k Co-inventions2019: 43.7k Co-inventions2020: 41.4k Co-inventions2021: 43.1k Co-inventions2022: 39.5k Co-inventions2023: 30.3k Co-inventions

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

Analysis

Japan recorded 30,346 Co-inventions for patents - international collaboration in technology development in 2023.

That represents a change of down 23.1% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, patents - international collaboration in technology development in Japan peaked at 44,308 Co-inventions in 2017 and was at its lowest, 17,648 Co-inventions, in 1992.

Japan ranks 4th 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 22,446 Co-inventions 17,648 Co-inventions 29,285 Co-inventions 10
2000s 36,966 Co-inventions 34,328 Co-inventions 39,803 Co-inventions 10
2010s 41,971 Co-inventions 39,747 Co-inventions 44,308 Co-inventions 10
2020s 38,578 Co-inventions 30,346 Co-inventions 43,075 Co-inventions 4

Countries ranked near Japan

  1. 1 China 78,912 Co-inventions compare
  2. 2 United States of America 70,811 Co-inventions compare
  3. 3 Germany 31,514 Co-inventions compare
  4. 5 Chinese Taipei 16,358 Co-inventions compare
  5. 6 France 12,876 Co-inventions compare
  6. 7 India 8,776 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 Japan?
Patents - international collaboration in technology development in Japan was 30,346 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 Japan?
The highest recorded value was 44,308 Co-inventions in 2017.
What is the lowest patents - international collaboration in technology development recorded in Japan?
The lowest recorded value was 17,648 Co-inventions in 1992.
How does Japan rank for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
Japan ranks 4th out of 112 countries with data for 2023.
Is patents - international collaboration in technology development rising or falling in Japan?
Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Japan 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
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
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