Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Serbia
Serbia: Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies was 1 patents in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Serbia, 2007–2023
Source: IRENA – INSPIRE Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in patents.
Analysis
Serbia recorded 1 patents for annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 50.0% on the previous year and down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Serbia peaked at 10 patents in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1 patents, in 2018.
That places Serbia 50th out of 64 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Serbia, year by year
| Year | patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 patents | — |
| 2008 | 2 patents | -33.3% |
| 2010 | 2 patents | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6 patents | +200.0% |
| 2012 | 5 patents | -16.7% |
| 2013 | 2 patents | -60.0% |
| 2014 | 4 patents | +100.0% |
| 2015 | 8 patents | +100.0% |
| 2016 | 9 patents | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 10 patents | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 1 patents | -90.0% |
| 2019 | 8 patents | +700.0% |
| 2020 | 4 patents | -50.0% |
| 2021 | 4 patents | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2 patents | -50.0% |
| 2023 | 1 patents | -50.0% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 1 patents is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2 patents, 50% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 1 patents is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2 patents, 50% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Serbia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +700.0% | 1 patents | 8 patents |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.5 patents | 2 patents | 3 patents | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.5 patents | 1 patents | 10 patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.75 patents | 1 patents | 4 patents | 4 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
- 50 Bulgaria 1 patents compare
- 50 Colombia 1 patents compare
- 50 Costa Rica 1 patents compare
- 50 Croatia 1 patents compare
- 50 Cyprus 1 patents compare
- 50 Denmark 1 patents compare
- 50 Estonia 1 patents compare
- 50 Hungary 1 patents compare
- 50 India 1 patents compare
- 50 Ireland 1 patents compare
- 50 Singapore 1 patents compare
- 50 Sweden 1 patents compare
- 50 Tunisia 1 patents compare
- 50 Uruguay 1 patents compare
More energy & mining data for Serbia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 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 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 17.2% (2007)
- Ores and metals imports 5.9% (2007)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Serbia?
- Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies in Serbia was 1 patents in 2023, 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 Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 10 patents in 2017.
- What is the lowest annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 patents in 2018.
- How does Serbia rank for annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies?
- Serbia ranks 50th out of 64 countries with data for 2023.
- Is annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Serbia 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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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.