Patents - technology diffusion in Portugal
Portugal: Patents - technology diffusion was 468 Patents in 2023. ▼ Falling
Patents - technology diffusion in Portugal, 1990–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Patents.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 468 Patents for patents - technology diffusion in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is down 26.4% on the previous year and down 82.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, patents - technology diffusion in Portugal peaked at 4,317 Patents in 1990 and was at its lowest, 468 Patents, in 2023.
That places Portugal 37th out of 104 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Patents - technology diffusion in Portugal, year by year
| Year | Patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4,317 Patents | — |
| 1991 | 4,178 Patents | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 1,590 Patents | -61.9% |
| 1993 | 958 Patents | -39.7% |
| 1994 | 1,402 Patents | +46.3% |
| 1995 | 2,200 Patents | +56.9% |
| 1996 | 3,151 Patents | +43.2% |
| 1997 | 3,392 Patents | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 3,554 Patents | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 3,825 Patents | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 4,066 Patents | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 3,478 Patents | -14.5% |
| 2002 | 3,252 Patents | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 2,997 Patents | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 2,977 Patents | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 2,853 Patents | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 2,663 Patents | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 2,529 Patents | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 2,576 Patents | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 2,567 Patents | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,529 Patents | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 2,591 Patents | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 2,467 Patents | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 2,639 Patents | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 2,703 Patents | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 2,474 Patents | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 2,499 Patents | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 2,279 Patents | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 2,138 Patents | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 1,739 Patents | -18.7% |
| 2020 | 1,250 Patents | -28.1% |
| 2021 | 953 Patents | -23.8% |
| 2022 | 636 Patents | -33.3% |
| 2023 | 468 Patents | -26.4% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 468 Patents is below the median for high income countries, which is 659 Patents, 71% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 468 Patents is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 167 Patents, 2.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Patents - technology diffusion in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +56.9% | 1,402 Patents | 2,200 Patents |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,857 Patents | 958 Patents | 4,317 Patents | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,996 Patents | 2,529 Patents | 4,066 Patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,406 Patents | 1,739 Patents | 2,703 Patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 826.75 Patents | 468 Patents | 1,250 Patents | 4 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More science & technology data for Portugal
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 124.13 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 1.21 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 12.94 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 140.06 units per square kilometre (2023)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 0.9171 % change on previous year (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 0.8644 % change on previous year (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 18,225 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0.0017 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is patents - technology diffusion in Portugal?
- Patents - technology diffusion in Portugal was 468 Patents in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest patents - technology diffusion recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 4,317 Patents in 1990.
- What is the lowest patents - technology diffusion recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 468 Patents in 2023.
- How does Portugal rank for patents - technology diffusion?
- Portugal ranks 37th out of 104 countries with data for 2023.
- Is patents - technology diffusion rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 82.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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