Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Belgium
Belgium: Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies was 1 patents in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2022)
1 patents
Change on year
down 50.0%
World rank
32nd
of 55 countries
All-time high
4 patents
in 2015
All-time low
1 patents
in 2004
Years of data
8
2004–2022
Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Belgium, 2004–2022
Source: IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in patents.
Analysis
In 2022, annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Belgium stood at 1 patents. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is down 50.0% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Belgium peaked at 4 patents in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1 patents, in 2004.
That places Belgium 32nd out of 55 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Belgium, year by year
| Year | patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 patents | — |
| 2009 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4 patents | +300.0% |
| 2018 | 1 patents | -75.0% |
| 2020 | 2 patents | +100.0% |
| 2022 | 1 patents | -50.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 1 patents is below the median for high income countries, which is 2 patents, 50% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 1 patents is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1 patents, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 patents | 1 patents | 1 patents | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.75 patents | 1 patents | 4 patents | 4 |
| 2020s | 1.5 patents | 1 patents | 2 patents | 2 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 32 Austria 1 patents compare
- 32 Colombia 1 patents compare
- 32 Croatia 1 patents compare
- 32 Cyprus 1 patents compare
- 32 Denmark 1 patents compare
- 32 Ecuador 1 patents compare
- 32 Finland 1 patents compare
- 32 Georgia 1 patents compare
- 32 Israel 1 patents compare
- 32 Lithuania 1 patents compare
- 32 Luxembourg 1 patents compare
- 32 Malaysia 1 patents compare
- 32 New Zealand 1 patents compare
- 32 Philippines 1 patents compare
- 32 Poland 1 patents compare
- 32 Serbia 1 patents compare
- 32 Singapore 1 patents compare
- 32 South Korea 1 patents compare
- 32 Sweden 1 patents compare
- 32 Switzerland 1 patents compare
- 32 Ukraine 1 patents compare
- 32 Uruguay 1 patents compare
- 32 San Marino 1 patents compare
More science & technology data for Belgium
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 103.91 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.03 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 12.20 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 396.38 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.687 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 0.9084 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 16,816 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0014 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Belgium?
- Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Belgium was 1 patents in 2022, according to IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 4 patents in 2015.
- What is the lowest annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 patents in 2004.
- How does Belgium rank for annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies?
- Belgium ranks 32nd out of 55 countries with data for 2022.
- Is annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Figures in recent years are subject to a time lag; submitted patents may not yet be reflected in the data.