Korea vs OECD: Environment-related technologies patents — Patent grants
Korea
1,263 Patents
in 2022
OECD
22,278 Patents
in 2022
Korea rank
2nd
OECD rank
1st
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent grants over time
- Korea
- OECD
How they compare
OECD currently reports 22,278 Patents against 1,263 Patents in Korea, a difference of 21,015 Patents.
That makes OECD's figure about 17.6 times Korea's.
Across all 45 years both countries report, OECD has been ahead every year.
Korea ranks 2nd and OECD ranks 1st of 13 groups.
OECD has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | OECD | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0 Patents | 5,755 Patents | 5,755 Patents | OECD |
| 1980s | 6.2 Patents | 25,346 Patents | 25,340 Patents | OECD |
| 1990s | 233.33 Patents | 45,398 Patents | 45,165 Patents | OECD |
| 2000s | 1,711 Patents | 65,515 Patents | 63,804 Patents | OECD |
| 2010s | 4,479 Patents | 84,599 Patents | 80,121 Patents | OECD |
| 2020s | 2,518 Patents | 39,168 Patents | 36,650 Patents | OECD |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher environment-related technologies patents — patent grants, Korea or OECD?
- OECD, at 22,278 Patents against 1,263 Patents in Korea as of 2022.
- What is the difference in environment-related technologies patents — patent grants between Korea and OECD?
- 21,015 Patents, with OECD ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and OECD?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2022.
- How do Korea and OECD rank globally for environment-related technologies patents — patent grants?
- Korea ranks 2nd and OECD ranks 1st of 13 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Environment-related technologies patents — Patent grants. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
To identify patents in environment-related technologies (ENV-TECH), detailed search strategies have been developed drawing on more than 200,000 classification symbols. The search strategies encompass a broad spectrum of technologies related to environmental pollution, water scarcity, climate change mitigation.