European patent applications in Slovenia

Applicants in Slovenia filed 80.3 European patent applications per million people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Patent applications to the European Patent Office Unit: Applications per million inhabitants Data: 2004 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
Slovenia, 2025 80.3p (Provisional) Applications per million inhabitants
Change from 2024 +6.9per million people 2024: 73.3 per million people
European Union, 2025 152.6 per million peopleep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 59.9 per million people Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 17th of 36 See the full ranking

European patent applications in Slovenia over time

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Applications per million inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Patent applications to the European Patent Office (applications per million inhabitants), 2004 to 2025
Period SloveniaEuropean Union
2025 80.3 per million peoplep (provisional) 152.6 per million peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2024 73.3 per million people 151.8 per million peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2023 72.2 per million people 153.1 per million peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2022 58.2 per million people 151.2 per million peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2021 55.0 per million people 152.1 per million peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2020 78.5 per million people 147.6 per million peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2019 58.4 per million people 148.9 per million peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2018 48.2 per million people 148.4 per million peoplee (estimated)
2017 47.4 per million people 143.6 per million peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2016 54.7 per million people 139.7 per million peoplee (estimated)
2015 57.2 per million people 141.2 per million peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2014 60.6 per million people 141.5 per million peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2013 65.5 per million people 138.1 per million peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2012 52.5 per million people 136.9 per million peopleb (break in time series)
2011 62.8 per million people 135.2 per million peopleb (break in time series)
2010 64.0 per million people 138.7 per million peopleb (break in time series)
2009 56.4 per million people 129.5 per million people
2008 63.3 per million peopleb (break in time series) 137.4 per million peopleb (break in time series)
2007 57.0 per million people 130.6 per million peopleb (break in time series)
2006 44.9 per million people 126.4 per million people
2005 43.5 per million people 123.5 per million people
2004 25.5 per million people 118.8 per million people

Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +6.9 from 73.3 per million people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 57.2 per million people, the figure has changed by +23.1.
  • Among the 36 countries with data for 2025, Slovenia has the 17th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 152.6 per million people.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
pat_ep_tot · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A coop_ptn=APPL unit=P_MHAB
Observation period
2004 to 2025 for Slovenia
Provider update
24 March 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat