Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Australia
Australia: Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies was 60 patents in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Australia, 2000–2025
Source: IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in patents.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Australia is 60 patents, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 17.8% on the previous year and down 80.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Australia peaked at 520 patents in 2021 and was at its lowest, 60 patents, in 2025.
Australia ranks 6th of 64 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Australia, year by year
| Year | patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 152 patents | — |
| 2001 | 211 patents | +38.8% |
| 2002 | 164 patents | -22.3% |
| 2003 | 343 patents | +109.1% |
| 2004 | 120 patents | -65.0% |
| 2005 | 111 patents | -7.5% |
| 2006 | 139 patents | +25.2% |
| 2007 | 207 patents | +48.9% |
| 2008 | 224 patents | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 319 patents | +42.4% |
| 2010 | 387 patents | +21.3% |
| 2011 | 346 patents | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 287 patents | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 272 patents | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 224 patents | -17.6% |
| 2015 | 307 patents | +37.1% |
| 2016 | 286 patents | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 288 patents | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 362 patents | +25.7% |
| 2019 | 366 patents | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 396 patents | +8.2% |
| 2021 | 520 patents | +31.3% |
| 2022 | 289 patents | -44.4% |
| 2023 | 260 patents | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 73 patents | -71.9% |
| 2025 | 60 patents | -17.8% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 60 patents is above the median for high income countries, which is 3 patents, 20.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Australia's 60 patents is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10 patents, 6.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 199 patents | 111 patents | 343 patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 312.5 patents | 224 patents | 387 patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 266.33 patents | 60 patents | 520 patents | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More energy & mining data for Australia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -0.4235 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 11.7% (2025)
- Ores and metals imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Australia?
- Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Australia was 60 patents in 2025, according to IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 520 patents in 2021.
- What is the lowest annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 patents in 2025.
- How does Australia rank for annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies?
- Australia ranks 6th out of 64 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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 renewable energy technologies. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Data only includes energy source technologies, and excludes technologies such as energy storage or transport. Figures in recent years are subject to a time lag; submitted patents may not yet be reflected in the data.