Dataset
<p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>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.</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'> </span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>This dataset presents data on inventions in environment-related technologies, using inventors’ country of residence, as well as on shares of inventions by gender of the inventor.</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'> </span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Data source(s)</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>OECD, STI Micro-data Lab: Intellectual Property Database,<span style="color:#4F81BD;"> <a href="http://oe.cd/ipstats">http://oe.cd/ipstats</a></span></span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'> </span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Contact</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>: </span><a href="mailto:ENV.Stat@oecd.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>ENV.Stat@oecd.org</span></a></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'> </span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Dataset release date</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>: April 16, 2026</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'> </span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><a href="https://webfs-env.oecd.org/files/Patent%20metadata.pdf"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Database documentation</span></a></p>
oecd-sdmx:DSD_PAT_DEV@DF_PAT_DEV
OECD.ENV.EPI
Patents - technology development carries observations for 220 countries and areas:
Aruba · Afghanistan · Angola · Albania · Andorra · United Arab Emirates · Argentina · Armenia · Antigua and Barbuda · Australia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Burundi · Belgium · Benin · Burkina Faso · Bangladesh · Bulgaria · Bahrain · Bahamas · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Belarus · Belize · Bolivia · Brazil · Barbados · Brunei Darussalam · Bhutan · Botswana · Central African Republic · Canada · Switzerland · Chile · China (People’s Republic of) · Côte d’Ivoire · Cameroon · Congo · Cook Islands · Colombia · Comoros · Cabo Verde · Costa Rica · Cuba · Cyprus · Czechia · Germany · Djibouti · Dominica · Denmark · Dominican Republic · Algeria · Euro area (19 countries) · Ecuador · Egypt · Eritrea · Western Sahara · Spain · Estonia · Ethiopia · European Union (27 countries) · European Union (27 countries from 01/02/2020) · Finland · Fiji · France · Faroe Islands · Micronesia · Gabon · United Kingdom · Georgia · Ghana · Gibraltar · Guinea · Guadeloupe · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Greece · Grenada · Greenland · Guatemala · French Guiana · Guyana · Hong Kong (China) · Honduras · Croatia · Haiti · Hungary · Indonesia · Isle of Man · India · Ireland · Iran · Iraq · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Jamaica · Jordan · Japan · Kazakhstan · Kenya · Kyrgyzstan · Cambodia · Kiribati · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Korea · Kuwait · Lao People’s Democratic Republic · Lebanon · Liberia · Libya · Saint Lucia · Liechtenstein · Sri Lanka · Lesotho · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Latvia · Macau (China) · Morocco · Monaco · Moldova · Madagascar · Maldives · Mexico · Marshall Islands · North Macedonia · Mali · Malta · Myanmar · Montenegro · Mongolia · Mozambique · Mauritania · Martinique · Mauritius · Malawi · Malaysia · Namibia · New Caledonia · Niger · Nigeria · Nicaragua · Niue · Netherlands · Norway · Nepal · Nauru · New Zealand · OECD · OECD America · OECD Europe · OECD Asia Oceania · Oman · Pakistan · Panama · Peru · Philippines · Palau · Papua New Guinea · Poland · Puerto Rico · Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Portugal · Paraguay · Palestinian Authority or West Bank and Gaza Strip · French Polynesia · Qatar · Réunion · Romania · Russia · Rwanda · Saudi Arabia · Sudan · Senegal · Singapore · Solomon Islands · Sierra Leone · El Salvador · San Marino · Somalia · Serbia · South Sudan · Suriname · Slovak Republic · Slovenia · Sweden · Eswatini · Seychelles · Syrian Arab Republic · Chad · Togo · Thailand · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan · Timor-Leste · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Tunisia · Türkiye · Tuvalu · Chinese Taipei · Tanzania · Uganda · Ukraine · Uruguay · United States · Uzbekistan · Holy See · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Venezuela · British Virgin Islands · United States Virgin Islands · Viet Nam · Vanuatu · World · Samoa · Yemen · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe