Hong Kong SAR, China's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count was 3,458 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 15.07% from 3,005 in 2014 (1.41% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3,458 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 3,493 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 3,005 | 2014 |
| Highest | 3,847 | 2015 |
| Lowest | 575 | 1997 |
| Average since 2015 | 3,235 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 575 | 1997 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Hong Kong SAR, China's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count rose 20.8% on 2023 (from 2,862 to 3,458).
Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2023), the average change was +9.9% and a typical year strayed about 33.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 153% in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 40% in 2009. 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 94.59 a year. A straight line explains 44% 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, Hong Kong SAR, China had the 16th 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 3,458 | 2024 |
| World | 308,800 | 2024 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 69,818 | 2024 |
| High income | 235,953 | 2024 |
Closest to Hong Kong SAR, China in the 2024 ranking
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 28 values
| Year | Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3,458 |
| 2023 | 2,862 |
| 2022 | 2,563 |
| 2021 | 2,912 |
| 2020 | 2,790 |
| 2019 | 3,493 |
| 2018 | 3,188 |
| 2017 | 3,600 |
| 2016 | 3,632 |
| 2015 | 3,847 |
| 2014 |
Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count in nearby economies
- Australia — 6,667 (2024)
- Brunei Darussalam — 278 (2024)
- Cambodia — 533 (2024)
- China — 22,096 (2024)
- Indonesia — 2,150 (2024)
- Japan — 12,102 (2024)
- Korea, Rep. — 8,918 (2024)
- Macao SAR, China — 305 (2024)
- Malaysia — 1,623 (2024)
- Mongolia
More infrastructure data for Hong Kong SAR, China
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 3.31 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 44.57 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 27.05 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 364.85 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents — 15,445 (2024)
- Patent applications, residents — 495 (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 95.76% (2024)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 38.75% (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Hong Kong SAR, China's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count?
- 3,458 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1997?
- It is up 501.39% from 575 in 1997 (6.87% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 3,847 in 2015 and the lowest 575 in 1997.
- How does Hong Kong SAR, China rank?
- 16th highest of 104 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in industrial design applications, nonresident, by count unusual for Hong Kong SAR, China?
- In 2024, Hong Kong SAR, China's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count rose 20.8% on 2023 (from 2,862 to 3,458). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1998 to 2023), the average change was +9.9% and a typical year strayed about 33.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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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