Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Alicante/Alacant
Alicante/Alacant: Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications was 21.4 Patents in 2022. ▲ Rising
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Alicante/Alacant, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Patents.
Analysis
In 2022, total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Alicante/Alacant stood at 21.4 Patents.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.2% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Alicante/Alacant peaked at 31.1 Patents in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.7 Patents, in 2004.
That places Alicante/Alacant 337th out of 873 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Alicante/Alacant, year by year
| Year | Patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.4 Patents | — |
| 2001 | 7.9 Patents | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 5.9 Patents | -25.3% |
| 2003 | 10.1 Patents | +71.2% |
| 2004 | 5.7 Patents | -43.6% |
| 2005 | 13.3 Patents | +133.3% |
| 2006 | 16.7 Patents | +25.6% |
| 2007 | 16.5 Patents | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 17.6 Patents | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 10.9 Patents | -38.1% |
| 2010 | 18 Patents | +65.1% |
| 2011 | 17.4 Patents | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 20.6 Patents | +18.4% |
| 2013 | 19 Patents | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 22.9 Patents | +20.5% |
| 2015 | 24.6 Patents | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 30.1 Patents | +22.4% |
| 2017 | 21.4 Patents | -28.9% |
| 2018 | 24.3 Patents | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 24.1 Patents | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 25.7 Patents | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 31.1 Patents | +21.0% |
| 2022 | 21.4 Patents | -31.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.3 Patents | 5.7 Patents | 17.6 Patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.24 Patents | 17.4 Patents | 30.1 Patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.07 Patents | 21.4 Patents | 31.1 Patents | 3 |
More environment data for Alicante/Alacant
- Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly -18.8 Percentage change (2025)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste 0.14 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime summer land 38.3 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime winter land 18.83 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime yearly land 30.46 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime summer land 21.19 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land 7.32 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime yearly land 14.56 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to nitrogen 38.77 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to ozone 119.48 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Alicante/Alacant?
- Total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Alicante/Alacant was 21.4 Patents in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications recorded in Alicante/Alacant?
- The highest recorded value was 31.1 Patents in 2021.
- What is the lowest total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications recorded in Alicante/Alacant?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.7 Patents in 2004.
- How does Alicante/Alacant rank for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications?
- Alicante/Alacant ranks 337th out of 873 regions with data for 2022.
- Is total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications rising or falling in Alicante/Alacant?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Alicante/Alacant data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators on total and environment-related patents in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs). The indicator is defined as the fractional count of (environment-related) patent applications. Data sources and methodology The indicator uses patent applications filled under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) at the World International Property Organisation (WIPO) from the OECD, STI Micro-data Lab Intellectual Property Database, http://oe.cd/ipstats. Patents are allocated to FUAs based on the postal addresses of inventors. The year refers to the date the patent application was filed. Patents are classified as environment-related following their technology domain, obtained from the methodology of the Environment-related technologies patents national-level dataset (database documentation). Environment-related patents include patents on climate change mitigation, environmental management, sustainable ocean economy and climate change adaptation technologies. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Environment-related patents - FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org