Which has higher patents - technology diffusion, Costa Rica or Portugal?

Portugal, at 468 Patents against 408 Patents in Costa Rica as of 2023.

What is the difference in patents - technology diffusion between Costa Rica and Portugal?

60 Patents, with Portugal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Portugal?

34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Patents - technology diffusion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Portugal: Patents - technology diffusion

Costa Rica

408 Patents

in 2023

Portugal

468 Patents

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

39th

Portugal rank

37th

Patents - technology diffusion over time

Costa Rica
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 468 Patents against 408 Patents in Costa Rica, a difference of 60 Patents.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 39th and Portugal ranks 37th of 104 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1990s	26.2 Patents	2,857 Patents	2,830 Patents	Portugal
2000s	421.8 Patents	2,996 Patents	2,574 Patents	Portugal
2010s	851.2 Patents	2,406 Patents	1,555 Patents	Portugal
2020s	640.5 Patents	826.75 Patents	186.25 Patents	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher patents - technology diffusion, Costa Rica or Portugal?: Portugal, at 468 Patents against 408 Patents in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in patents - technology diffusion between Costa Rica and Portugal?: 60 Patents, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Portugal?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Portugal rank globally for patents - technology diffusion?: Costa Rica ranks 39th and Portugal ranks 37th of 104 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Patents - technology diffusion. 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

Costa Rica vs Portugal: Patents - technology diffusion. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://science-tech.statizoid.com/compare/patents-technology-diffusion/costa-rica/portugal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://science-tech.statizoid.com/compare/patents-technology-diffusion/costa-rica/portugal/">Costa Rica vs Portugal: Patents - technology diffusion</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Patents - technology diffusion
Unit: Patents
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 118 places, 3,266 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

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. This dataset presents data on patent applications by patent office. For more information on the methodology, click the link below on "Database documentation" Data source(s): OECD, STI Micro-data Lab: Intellectual Property Database, http://oe.cd/ipstats Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: April 16, 2026 Database documentation