Which has higher patents - technology diffusion, Israel or Italy?

Israel, at 13,148 Patents against 6,517 Patents in Italy as of 2023.

What is the difference in patents - technology diffusion between Israel and Italy?

6,631 Patents, with Israel ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Italy?

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.

Israel vs Italy: Patents - technology diffusion

Israel

13,148 Patents

in 2023

Italy

6,517 Patents

in 2023

Israel rank

9th

Italy rank

12th

Patents - technology diffusion over time

Israel
Italy

How they compare

Israel currently reports 13,148 Patents against 6,517 Patents in Italy, a difference of 6,631 Patents.

That makes Israel's figure about 2.0 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Italy ahead.

Israel ranks 9th and Italy ranks 12th of 104 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 3 and Italy in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1990s	5,515 Patents	8,310 Patents	2,795 Patents	Italy
2000s	7,642 Patents	6,339 Patents	1,303 Patents	Israel
2010s	8,228 Patents	7,948 Patents	279.7 Patents	Israel
2020s	13,024 Patents	7,918 Patents	5,106 Patents	Israel

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher patents - technology diffusion, Israel or Italy?: Israel, at 13,148 Patents against 6,517 Patents in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in patents - technology diffusion between Israel and Italy?: 6,631 Patents, with Israel ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Italy?: 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Israel and Italy rank globally for patents - technology diffusion?: Israel ranks 9th and Italy ranks 12th 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.

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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