Bosnia and Herzegovina: Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count

Key figures

Over five years it is up 32% from 650 in 2019 (5.71% a year on average, compounded). Since 2006 it is up 1,651% from 49 in 2006 (17.24% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 1 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count rose 32.8% on 2023 (from 646 to 858).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2023), the average change was +4.5% and a typical year strayed about 29.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 94% in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 31.4% in 2016. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 61.92 a year. A straight line explains 53% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina had the 34th highest value of the 104 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2024 ranking

• Philippines — 31st of 104: 917
• Argentina — 32nd of 104: 902
• Saudi Arabia — 33rd of 104: 890
• Tunisia — 35th of 104: 848
• South Africa — 36th of 104: 833
• Montenegro — 37th of 104: 761

What this measures

Industrial design applications are applications to register an industrial design with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) offices and designations received by relevant offices through the Hague System. Non-resident application refers to an application filed with the IP office of or acting on behalf of a state or jurisdiction in which the first-named applicant in the application is not domiciled. Design count is used to render application data for industrial applications across offices comparable, as some offices follow a single-class/single-design filing system while other have a multiple class/design filing system.

Limitations: Data are based on information supplied to World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) by IP offices in annual surveys, supplemented by data in national IP office reports. Data may be missing for some offices or periods.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 18 values

Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count in nearby economies

• Armenia — 411 (2024)
• Austria — 71 (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 558 (2024)
• Belarus — 487 (2024)
• Bulgaria — 155 (2024)
• Croatia — 297 (2024)
• Czechia — 36 (2024)
• Denmark — 418 (2024)
• Estonia — 136 (2024)
• Finland — 190 (2024)
• France — 2,599 (2024)
• Georgia — 581 (2024)
• Germany — 2,287 (2024)
• Greece — 251 (2024)
• Hungary — 146 (2024)

More infrastructure data for Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 3.84 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 121.23 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 34.82% (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 583,045 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 18.43 (2024)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 86.1% (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$521.85 million (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 13.01% (2025)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 1,083 (2023)
• Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) — 1,040 (2020)
• Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) — 15 (2020)
• Rail lines (total route-km) — 1,018 (2019)
• Fixed broadband subscriptions — 930,003 (2024)
• Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) — 29.39 (2024)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 13 (2024)

Every indicator for Bosnia and Herzegovina is on the Bosnia and Herzegovina data page.

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Questions people ask

What is Bosnia and Herzegovina's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count?

858 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2006?

It is up 1,651% from 49 in 2006 (17.24% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1,419 in 2015 and the lowest 49 in 2006.

How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank?

34th highest of 104 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in industrial design applications, nonresident, by count unusual for Bosnia and Herzegovina?

In 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count rose 32.8% on 2023 (from 646 to 858). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2023), the average change was +4.5% and a typical year strayed about 29.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Statistics Database, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), uri: www.wipo.int/ipstats/, note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IP.IDS.NRCT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Statistics Database, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), uri: www.wipo.int/ipstats/, note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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