Australia vs Austria: Annual patent applications

Australia
2,966
in 2021
Austria
1,872
in 2021
Australia rank
17th
Austria rank
20th

Annual patent applications over time

  • Australia
  • Austria
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 2,966 against 1,872 in Austria, a difference of 1,094.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.6 times Austria's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Austria ahead.

Australia ranks 17th and Austria ranks 20th of 135 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual patent applications
Source
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
135 places, 3,804 data points, 1980–2021
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