SGI 2024 | Sustainable Policymaking | Economic Sustainability | Sustainability-oriented Research and Innovation | Patents in Environment-related Technologies

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Definition:	Patent applications filed under the PCT in environment-related technologies per million inhabitants. To identify patents in environment-related technologies, detailed search strategies have been developed that encompass a broad spectrum of technologies related to environmental pollution, water scarcity, climate change mitigation.
Year:	2020
Unit:	Per million inhabitants
Direction:	High values translate into high scores
Source 1:	OECD, Eurostat
Data for:
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Patents by technology URL: https://data-explorer.oecd.o… extracted 2024/08/28. Eurostat: Dataset: Population on 1 January by broad age group and sex [DEMO_PJANBROAD [demo_pjanbroad] URL: https://ec.europa.eu/eurosta… extracted 2024/08/28.
Source 2:	OECD, World Bank, World Development Indicators
Data for:
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Patents by technology URL: https://data-explorer.oecd.o… extracted 2024/08/28. World Bank: Dataset: World Development Indicators, Population, total [SP.POP.TOTL] URL: https://databank.worldbank.o… extracted 2024/08/28.

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Maximum:	35.79
Minimum:	0
/	Above/Below IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Distance:	Distance=(value for calculation-minimum)/(maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=1+relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

Patents in Environment-related Technologies

Denmark

10.0

68.21

Japan

10.0

41.69

Sweden

10.0

37.59

Finland

10.0

36.54

Germany

9.7

34.62

Austria

9.0

31.75

Upper middle group

Switzerland

8.1

28.33

Norway

7.6

26.13

Netherlands

6.8

23.25

Israel

5.8

19.25

France

5.6

18.40

Lower middle group

USA

4.7

14.52

Belgium

4.6

14.44

3.8

11.32

Canada

3.7

10.83

Australia

3.4

9.49

Ireland

3.1

8.50

Italy

2.9

7.60

New Zealand

2.6

6.30

Bottom group

Spain

2.3

4.98

Czechia

2.1

4.27

Estonia

2.0

4.14

Portugal

1.9

3.40

Slovenia

1.6

2.39

Latvia

1.6

2.36

Hungary

1.6

2.27

Lithuania

1.3

1.19

Greece

1.3

1.17

Slovakia

1.3

1.06

Poland

1.3

1.01