Croatia: Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Croatia's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count rose 4.9% on 2023 (from 283 to 297).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2023), the average change was −8.6% and a typical year strayed about 30.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 67.1% in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 54% in 2014. 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 40.41 a year. A straight line explains 49% 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, Croatia had the 58th 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 Croatia in the 2024 ranking

• Peru — 55th of 104: 321
• Jamaica — 56th of 104: 310
• Macao SAR, China — 57th of 104: 305
• Brunei Darussalam — 59th of 104: 278
• Botswana — 60th of 104: 262
• Lithuania — 61st of 104: 262

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 17 values

Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count in nearby economies

• Armenia — 411 (2024)
• Austria — 71 (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 558 (2024)
• Belarus — 487 (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 858 (2024)
• Bulgaria — 155 (2024)
• Czechia — 36 (2024)
• Denmark — 418 (2024)
• Estonia — 136 (2024)
• Finland

More infrastructure data for Croatia

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 1.1 million (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 28.46 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 4.72 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 121.73 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 48.81% (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$2.24 billion (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 8.39% (2025)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 6 (2024)
• Patent applications, residents — 62 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide

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Questions people ask

What is Croatia's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count?

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

How has it changed since 2008?

It is down 86.8% from 2,250 in 2008 (11.89% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 2,450 in 2012 and the lowest 283 in 2023.

How does Croatia rank?

58th highest of 104 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in industrial design applications, nonresident, by count unusual for Croatia?

In 2024, Croatia's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count rose 4.9% on 2023 (from 283 to 297). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2023), the average change was −8.6% and a typical year strayed about 30.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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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