Patents - international collaboration in technology development in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Patents - international collaboration in technology development was 6,837 Co-inventions in 2023. ▲ Rising
Patents - international collaboration in technology development in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1990–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Co-inventions.
Analysis
The most recent figure for patents - international collaboration in technology development in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 6,837 Co-inventions, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patents - international collaboration in technology development in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 6,858 Co-inventions in 2014 and was at its lowest, 998 Co-inventions, in 1991.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8th out of 112 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,099 Co-inventions | 998 Co-inventions | 3,975 Co-inventions | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,865 Co-inventions | 4,305 Co-inventions | 5,312 Co-inventions | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,540 Co-inventions | 5,528 Co-inventions | 6,858 Co-inventions | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,706 Co-inventions | 6,567 Co-inventions | 6,837 Co-inventions | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is patents - international collaboration in technology development in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Patents - international collaboration in technology development in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 6,837 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 6,858 Co-inventions in 2014.
- What is the lowest patents - international collaboration in technology development recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 998 Co-inventions in 1991.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for patents - international collaboration in technology development?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 8th out of 112 countries with data for 2023.
- Is patents - international collaboration in technology development rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Patents - international collaboration in technology development — Co-inventions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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