Patents - technology diffusion in Croatia
Croatia: Patents - technology diffusion was 188 Patents in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Patents - technology diffusion in Croatia, 1992–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Patents.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 188 Patents for patents - technology diffusion in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 53.3% on the previous year and down 92.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patents - technology diffusion in Croatia peaked at 2,561 Patents in 2017 and was at its lowest, 188 Patents, in 2023.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Patents - technology diffusion in Croatia, year by year
| Year | Patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 954 Patents | — |
| 1993 | 1,025 Patents | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 837 Patents | -18.3% |
| 1995 | 472 Patents | -43.6% |
| 1996 | 550 Patents | +16.5% |
| 1997 | 674 Patents | +22.5% |
| 1998 | 845 Patents | +25.4% |
| 1999 | 852 Patents | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 953 Patents | +11.9% |
| 2001 | 997 Patents | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 1,103 Patents | +10.6% |
| 2003 | 1,246 Patents | +13.0% |
| 2004 | 862 Patents | -30.8% |
| 2005 | 614 Patents | -28.8% |
| 2006 | 606 Patents | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 579 Patents | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 1,327 Patents | +129.2% |
| 2009 | 1,449 Patents | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 1,700 Patents | +17.3% |
| 2011 | 2,011 Patents | +18.3% |
| 2012 | 2,184 Patents | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 2,356 Patents | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 2,331 Patents | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 2,426 Patents | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 2,558 Patents | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 2,561 Patents | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,415 Patents | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 2,299 Patents | -4.8% |
| 2020 | 1,955 Patents | -15.0% |
| 2021 | 1,334 Patents | -31.8% |
| 2022 | 403 Patents | -69.8% |
| 2023 | 188 Patents | -53.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patents - technology diffusion in Croatia 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 | +129.2% | 579 Patents | 1,327 Patents |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 776.12 Patents | 472 Patents | 1,025 Patents | 8 |
| 2000s | 973.6 Patents | 579 Patents | 1,449 Patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,284 Patents | 1,700 Patents | 2,561 Patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 970 Patents | 188 Patents | 1,955 Patents | 4 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
- 1 Poland 3,864 Patents compare
- 1 China 1.77 million Patents compare
- 2 Netherlands 2,843 Patents compare
- 2 United States 370,325 Patents compare
- 3 Türkiye 1,760 Patents compare
- 3 Japan 251,752 Patents compare
- 4 Moldova 96 Patents compare
- 4 Slovenia 162 Patents compare
- 4 Taiwan 55,572 Patents compare
- 5 Madagascar 1 Patents compare
- 5 Lithuania 80 Patents compare
- 5 Germany 52,279 Patents compare
- 6 Viet Nam 68 Patents compare
- 6 Australia 37,316 Patents compare
More science & technology data for Croatia
- Patents in OECD selected technologies — Patent applications 47.67 Patents (2023)
- Domestic ownership of inventions made abroad — Patent applications 0 Patents (2023)
- Foreign ownership of domestic inventions — Patent applications 0 Patents (2023)
- Indicators of international co-operation — Patent applications 0 Patents (2023)
- Patents in OECD selected technologies — Patent grants 7 Patents (2022)
- Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category and NUTS 912.7 Thousand persons (2025)
- Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, NUTS 1 912.7 Thousand persons (2025)
- Human resources in science and technology (HRST) by category, NUTS 1 912.7 Thousand persons (2025)
- R&D personnel and researchers by sector of performance, sex and NUTS 16,550 Full-time equivalent (FTE) (2024)
- Individuals who used the internet, frequency of use and activities 85.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patents - technology diffusion in Croatia?
- Patents - technology diffusion in Croatia was 188 Patents in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest patents - technology diffusion recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,561 Patents in 2017.
- What is the lowest patents - technology diffusion recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 188 Patents in 2023.
- How does Croatia rank for patents - technology diffusion?
- Croatia ranks 3rd out of 5 countries with data for 2023.
- Is patents - technology diffusion rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 92.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Patents - technology diffusion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Patent statistics and indicators are suitable for tracking innovation in environment-related technologies. They allow the assessment of countries' innovation performance as well as the design of governments' environmental and innovation policies. This dataset presents data on patent applications by patent office. For more information on the methodology, click the link below on "Database documentation" Data source(s): OECD, STI Micro-data Lab: Intellectual Property Database, http://oe.cd/ipstats Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: April 16, 2026 Database documentation