China vs Germany: Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies

China
212 patents
in 2024
Germany
91 patents
in 2023
China rank
1st
Germany rank
2nd

Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies over time

  • China
  • Germany
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k200020122024

How they compare

China currently reports 212 patents against 91 patents in Germany, a difference of 121 patents.

That makes China's figure about 2.3 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Germany ahead.

China ranks 1st and Germany ranks 2nd of 52 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies
Unit
patents
Source
IRENA - INSPIRE Platform (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
52 places, 919 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Figures in recent years are subject to a time lag; submitted patents may not yet be reflected in the data.