Belgium vs Denmark: Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors

Belgium
2,548 Number
in 2025
Denmark
2,672 Number
in 2025
Belgium rank
10th
Denmark rank
9th

Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors over time

  • Belgium
  • Denmark
01.0k2.0k3.0k200420142025

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 2,672 Number against 2,548 Number in Belgium, a difference of 124 Number.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 10th and Denmark ranks 9th of 45 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Denmark in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Denmark Difference Ahead
2000s 1,736 Number 1,311 Number 425.67 Number Belgium
2010s 2,093 Number 1,979 Number 113.5 Number Belgium
2020s 2,540 Number 2,593 Number 53.33 Number Denmark

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher patent applications to the epo by country of applicants and inventors, Belgium or Denmark?
Denmark, at 2,672 Number against 2,548 Number in Belgium as of 2025.
What is the difference in patent applications to the epo by country of applicants and inventors between Belgium and Denmark?
124 Number, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Denmark?
22 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Denmark rank globally for patent applications to the epo by country of applicants and inventors?
Belgium ranks 10th and Denmark ranks 9th of 45 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Eurostat, published as Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors (2004 and onwards). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Belgium vs Denmark: Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors. Statizoid, drawing on Eurostat. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://science-tech.statizoid.com/compare/patent-applications-to-the-epo-by-country-of-applicants-and-inventors-2004-and-onwards/belgium/denmark/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://science-tech.statizoid.com/compare/patent-applications-to-the-epo-by-country-of-applicants-and-inventors-2004-and-onwards/belgium/denmark/">Belgium vs Denmark: Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors (2004 and onwards)
Unit
Number
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
46 places, 982 data points, 2004–2025
Last refreshed