Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast: Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications was 7.5 Patents in 2022. ▼ Falling
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Sunshine Coast, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Patents.
Analysis
Sunshine Coast recorded 7.5 Patents for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in 2022.
That represents a change of up 10.3% on the previous year and down 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Sunshine Coast peaked at 16.4 Patents in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.5 Patents, in 2005.
That places Sunshine Coast 483rd out of 873 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in Sunshine Coast, year by year
| Year | Patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.8 Patents | — |
| 2001 | 7.2 Patents | +24.1% |
| 2002 | 5.5 Patents | -23.6% |
| 2003 | 11.8 Patents | +114.5% |
| 2004 | 5.3 Patents | -55.1% |
| 2005 | 2.5 Patents | -52.8% |
| 2006 | 9.1 Patents | +264.0% |
| 2007 | 9.1 Patents | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8.5 Patents | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 14.4 Patents | +69.4% |
| 2010 | 16.4 Patents | +13.9% |
| 2011 | 9 Patents | -45.1% |
| 2012 | 13.7 Patents | +52.2% |
| 2013 | 11.1 Patents | -19.0% |
| 2014 | 5.5 Patents | -50.5% |
| 2015 | 8.3 Patents | +50.9% |
| 2016 | 9 Patents | +8.4% |
| 2017 | 6 Patents | -33.3% |
| 2018 | 2.7 Patents | -55.0% |
| 2019 | 5.8 Patents | +114.8% |
| 2020 | 5.6 Patents | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 6.8 Patents | +21.4% |
| 2022 | 7.5 Patents | +10.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.92 Patents | 2.5 Patents | 14.4 Patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.75 Patents | 2.7 Patents | 16.4 Patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.63 Patents | 5.6 Patents | 7.5 Patents | 3 |
More environment data for Sunshine Coast
- Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly 11 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 13.13 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 10.21 Percentage change (2025)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste 0.02 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2024)
- River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding 0 Percentage of agricultural land area (2022)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime summer land 31.81 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime winter land 21.14 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime yearly land 25.03 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime summer land 20.15 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land 11.94 Degrees celsius (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Sunshine Coast?
- Total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in Sunshine Coast was 7.5 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 Sunshine Coast?
- The highest recorded value was 16.4 Patents in 2010.
- What is the lowest total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications recorded in Sunshine Coast?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5 Patents in 2005.
- How does Sunshine Coast rank for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications?
- Sunshine Coast ranks 483rd out of 873 regions with data for 2022.
- Is total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications rising or falling in Sunshine Coast?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sunshine Coast 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