Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Uruguay
Uruguay: Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies was 1 patents in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2021)
1 patents
World rank
32nd
of 55 countries
All-time high
3 patents
in 2012
All-time low
1 patents
in 2007
Years of data
6
2007–2021
Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Uruguay, 2007–2021
Source: IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in patents.
Analysis
In 2021, annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Uruguay stood at 1 patents. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Uruguay peaked at 3 patents in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1 patents, in 2007.
Uruguay ranks 32nd of 55 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 patents | — |
| 2011 | 2 patents | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 3 patents | +50.0% |
| 2013 | 1 patents | -66.7% |
| 2015 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 1 patents is below the median for high income countries, which is 2 patents, 50% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 1 patents is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2 patents, 50% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 patents | 1 patents | 1 patents | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.75 patents | 1 patents | 3 patents | 4 |
| 2020s | 1 patents | 1 patents | 1 patents | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 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 Sweden 1 patents compare
- 32 Switzerland 1 patents compare
- 32 Ukraine 1 patents compare
- 32 San Marino 1 patents compare
More science & technology data for Uruguay
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 145.5 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.46 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 4.93 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 27.43 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 2.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 2.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 1,060 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0003 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Uruguay?
- Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies in Uruguay 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 3 patents in 2012.
- What is the lowest annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 patents in 2007.
- How does Uruguay rank for annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies?
- Uruguay ranks 32nd out of 55 countries with data for 2021.
- Is annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.