Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Denmark
Denmark: Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies was 1 patents in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
1 patents
Change on year
down 50.0%
World rank
32nd
of 55 countries
All-time high
22 patents
in 2009
All-time low
1 patents
in 2025
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Denmark, 2000–2025
Source: IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in patents.
Analysis
In 2025, annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Denmark stood at 1 patents. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.0% on the previous year and down 94.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Denmark peaked at 22 patents in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1 patents, in 2025.
That places Denmark 32nd out of 55 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Denmark, year by year
| Year | patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4 patents | — |
| 2001 | 5 patents | +25.0% |
| 2002 | 5 patents | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3 patents | -40.0% |
| 2004 | 10 patents | +233.3% |
| 2005 | 11 patents | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 12 patents | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 8 patents | -33.3% |
| 2008 | 12 patents | +50.0% |
| 2009 | 22 patents | +83.3% |
| 2010 | 15 patents | -31.8% |
| 2011 | 16 patents | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 13 patents | -18.8% |
| 2013 | 19 patents | +46.2% |
| 2014 | 12 patents | -36.8% |
| 2015 | 17 patents | +41.7% |
| 2016 | 16 patents | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 9 patents | -43.8% |
| 2018 | 8 patents | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 12 patents | +50.0% |
| 2020 | 4 patents | -66.7% |
| 2021 | 2 patents | -50.0% |
| 2022 | 5 patents | +150.0% |
| 2023 | 2 patents | -60.0% |
| 2024 | 2 patents | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1 patents | -50.0% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 1 patents is below the median for high income countries, which is 2 patents, 50% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Denmark'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 | 9.2 patents | 3 patents | 22 patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.7 patents | 8 patents | 19 patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.67 patents | 1 patents | 5 patents | 6 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 32 Austria 1 patents compare
- 32 Belgium 1 patents compare
- 32 Colombia 1 patents compare
- 32 Croatia 1 patents compare
- 32 Cyprus 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 Denmark
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- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 126.69 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.27 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 7.57 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 188.43 units per square kilometre (2023)
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- Scientific and technical journal articles 15,603 (2023)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Denmark?
- Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Denmark was 1 patents in 2025, 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 Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 22 patents in 2009.
- What is the lowest annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 patents in 2025.
- How does Denmark rank for annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies?
- Denmark ranks 32nd out of 55 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 94.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Denmark 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.