Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Singapore
Singapore: Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies was 1 patents in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Singapore, 2000–2021
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 Singapore is 1 patents, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 87.5% on the previous year and down 95.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Singapore peaked at 33 patents in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1 patents, in 2002.
That places Singapore 32nd out of 55 countries with data for 2021, 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 Singapore, year by year
| Year | patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2 patents | — |
| 2001 | 2 patents | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1 patents | -50.0% |
| 2003 | 4 patents | +300.0% |
| 2004 | 1 patents | -75.0% |
| 2005 | 2 patents | +100.0% |
| 2006 | 5 patents | +150.0% |
| 2007 | 1 patents | -80.0% |
| 2008 | 6 patents | +500.0% |
| 2009 | 4 patents | -33.3% |
| 2010 | 14 patents | +250.0% |
| 2011 | 21 patents | +50.0% |
| 2012 | 21 patents | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 20 patents | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 19 patents | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 33 patents | +73.7% |
| 2016 | 20 patents | -39.4% |
| 2017 | 13 patents | -35.0% |
| 2018 | 31 patents | +138.5% |
| 2019 | 17 patents | -45.2% |
| 2020 | 8 patents | -52.9% |
| 2021 | 1 patents | -87.5% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 1 patents is below the median for high income countries, which is 2 patents, 50% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 1 patents is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1 patents, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Singapore changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +500.0% | 1 patents | 6 patents |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.8 patents | 1 patents | 6 patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.9 patents | 13 patents | 33 patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.5 patents | 1 patents | 8 patents | 2 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 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 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Singapore?
- Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Singapore was 1 patents in 2021, 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 Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 33 patents in 2015.
- What is the lowest annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 patents in 2002.
- How does Singapore rank for annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies?
- Singapore ranks 32nd out of 55 countries with data for 2021.
- Is annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 95.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Singapore 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.