Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Sweden
Sweden: Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies was 1 patents in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Sweden, 2000–2023
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 Sweden is 1 patents, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 75.0% on the previous year and down 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Sweden peaked at 5 patents in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1 patents, in 2000.
That places Sweden 32nd out of 55 countries with data for 2023, 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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 patents | — |
| 2001 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3 patents | +200.0% |
| 2008 | 1 patents | -66.7% |
| 2010 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 patents | +200.0% |
| 2014 | 1 patents | -66.7% |
| 2018 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2 patents | +100.0% |
| 2020 | 5 patents | +150.0% |
| 2021 | 4 patents | -20.0% |
| 2022 | 4 patents | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 patents | -75.0% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 1 patents is below the median for high income countries, which is 2 patents, 50% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Sweden'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 | 1.5 patents | 1 patents | 3 patents | 4 |
| 2010s | 1.6 patents | 1 patents | 3 patents | 5 |
| 2020s | 3.5 patents | 1 patents | 5 patents | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 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 South Korea 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 Sweden
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- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 140.69 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.41 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 14.92 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 36.34 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.3001 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Scientific and technical journal articles 21,244 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.002 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Sweden?
- Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Sweden was 1 patents in 2023, 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 5 patents in 2020.
- What is the lowest annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 patents in 2000.
- How does Sweden rank for annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies?
- Sweden ranks 32nd out of 55 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sweden 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.