Australia vs Austria: Patent applications, residents

Australia

2,966

in 2021

Austria

1,872

in 2021

Australia rank

17th

Austria rank

20th

Patent applications, residents over time

Australia
Austria

How they compare

Australia currently reports 2,966 against 1,872 in Austria, a difference of 1,094.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.6 times Austria's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Austria ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 17th and Austria ranks 20th of 135 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Patent applications, residents
Source: WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the trans
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 147 places, 4,224 data points, 1980–2021
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.