Europe & Central Asia: Industrial design applications, resident, by count

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Europe & Central Asia's industrial design applications, resident, by count fell 5.9% on 2023 (from 280,072 to 263,560).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +5.7% and a typical year strayed about 10.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 810.1% in 1989 and the biggest yearly fall was 27.9% in 1981. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 10% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

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

How it compares

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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. A resident application refers to an application filed with the IP office of, or acting for, the state or jurisdiction in which the first named applicant in the application is resident. 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 others 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 45 values

Industrial design applications, resident, by count in nearby economies

• Algeria — 578 (2024)
• Bahrain — 9 (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 2,189 (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 7,545 (2024)
• Israel — 501 (2024)
• Jordan — 86 (2024)
• Malta — 13 (2024)
• Morocco — 5,450 (2024)
• Oman — 82 (2024)
• Pakistan — 612 (2024)

More infrastructure data for Europe & Central Asia

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 217 million (2025)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 23.3 (2025)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.25 billion (2025)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 134.6 (2025)
• Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 152,016 (2024)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 161,435 (2024)
• Patent applications, residents — 214,026 (2024)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 17.08% (2025)
• Air transport, passengers carried

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Questions people ask

What is Europe & Central Asia's industrial design applications, resident, by count?

263,560 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1980?

It is up 6,084% from 4,262 in 1980 (9.83% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 289,566 in 2016 and the lowest 3,072 in 1981.

Is the latest change in industrial design applications, resident, by count unusual for Europe & Central Asia?

In 2024, Europe & Central Asia's industrial design applications, resident, by count fell 5.9% on 2023 (from 280,072 to 263,560). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +5.7% and a typical year strayed about 10.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IP.IDS.RSCT, 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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