Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in South Korea
South Korea: Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies was 1 patents in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
1 patents
Change on year
down 98.0%
World rank
32nd
of 55 countries
All-time high
302 patents
in 2023
All-time low
1 patents
in 2025
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in South Korea, 2000–2025
Source: IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in patents.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in South Korea is 1 patents, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 98.0% on the previous year and down 99.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in South Korea peaked at 302 patents in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1 patents, in 2025.
That places South Korea 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 South Korea, year by year
| Year | patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 36 patents | — |
| 2001 | 24 patents | -33.3% |
| 2002 | 33 patents | +37.5% |
| 2003 | 30 patents | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 20 patents | -33.3% |
| 2005 | 33 patents | +65.0% |
| 2006 | 30 patents | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 56 patents | +86.7% |
| 2008 | 92 patents | +64.3% |
| 2009 | 129 patents | +40.2% |
| 2010 | 150 patents | +16.3% |
| 2011 | 155 patents | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 191 patents | +23.2% |
| 2013 | 172 patents | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 175 patents | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 130 patents | -25.7% |
| 2016 | 188 patents | +44.6% |
| 2017 | 117 patents | -37.8% |
| 2018 | 169 patents | +44.4% |
| 2019 | 138 patents | -18.3% |
| 2020 | 193 patents | +39.9% |
| 2021 | 225 patents | +16.6% |
| 2022 | 250 patents | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 302 patents | +20.8% |
| 2024 | 49 patents | -83.8% |
| 2025 | 1 patents | -98.0% |
South Korea compared with similar countries
- South Korea's 1 patents is below the median for high income countries, which is 2 patents, 50% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- South Korea's 1 patents is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1 patents, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 48.3 patents | 20 patents | 129 patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 158.5 patents | 117 patents | 191 patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 170 patents | 1 patents | 302 patents | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Korea
- 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 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 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 South Korea
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 172.52 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.72 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 89.22 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 859.55 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 6.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 6.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 71,724 (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 South Korea?
- Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in South Korea 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 South Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 302 patents in 2023.
- What is the lowest annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies recorded in South Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 patents in 2025.
- How does South Korea rank for annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies?
- South Korea ranks 32nd out of 55 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies rising or falling in South Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 99.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Korea 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.