Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies was 1 patents in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
1 patents
World rank
36th
of 53 countries
All-time high
2 patents
in 2013
All-time low
1 patents
in 2001
Years of data
9
2001–2023
Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies in Bulgaria, 2001–2023
Source: IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in patents.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 1 patents for annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies in Bulgaria peaked at 2 patents in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1 patents, in 2001.
That places Bulgaria 36th out of 53 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 patents | — |
| 2006 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2 patents | +100.0% |
| 2014 | 2 patents | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 patents | -50.0% |
| 2016 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 patents | +0.0% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 1 patents is below the median for high income countries, which is 2 patents, 50% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 1 patents is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2 patents, 50% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 patents | 1 patents | 1 patents | 3 |
| 2010s | 1.4 patents | 1 patents | 2 patents | 5 |
| 2020s | 1 patents | 1 patents | 1 patents | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 36 Argentina 1 patents compare
- 36 Austria 1 patents compare
- 36 Chile 1 patents compare
- 36 Croatia 1 patents compare
- 36 Cyprus 1 patents compare
- 36 Denmark 1 patents compare
- 36 Finland 1 patents compare
- 36 France 1 patents compare
- 36 India 1 patents compare
- 36 Luxembourg 1 patents compare
- 36 Netherlands 1 patents compare
- 36 New Zealand 1 patents compare
- 36 Philippines 1 patents compare
- 36 Portugal 1 patents compare
- 36 Slovenia 1 patents compare
- 36 Sweden 1 patents compare
- 36 Ukraine 1 patents compare
More science & technology data for Bulgaria
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 118.07 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.24 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 7.98 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 73.83 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.1136 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate -0.4474 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 4,998 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0008 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies in Bulgaria?
- Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies in Bulgaria 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 electric vehicle technologies recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 2 patents in 2013.
- What is the lowest annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 patents in 2001.
- How does Bulgaria rank for annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies?
- Bulgaria ranks 36th out of 53 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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 electric vehicle 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.