Korea, Rep.: Industrial design applications, resident, by count

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Korea, Rep.'s industrial design applications, resident, by count rose 1.3% on 2023 (from 51,094 to 51,765).

Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2023), the average change was +3.6% and a typical year strayed about 9.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below 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 40.3% in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.7% in 2022. 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 1,452 a year. A straight line explains 69% 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, Korea, Rep. had the 2nd highest value of the 102 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 Korea, Rep. in the 2024 ranking

• China — 1st of 102: 803,234
• Türkiye — 3rd of 102: 41,875
• Italy — 4th of 102: 36,754
• India — 5th of 102: 36,118

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 27 values

Industrial design applications, resident, by count in nearby economies

• Australia — 2,882 (2024)
• Cambodia — 29 (2024)
• China — 803,234 (2024)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 1,124 (2024)
• Indonesia — 5,776 (2024)
• Japan — 20,675 (2024)
• Macao SAR, China — 80 (2024)
• Malaysia — 560 (2024)
• Mongolia — 1,005 (2024)
• New Zealand

More infrastructure data for Korea, Rep.

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 21.29 million (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 41.17 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 459,735 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 12,294 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 76.27 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 89.22 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 172.52 (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$18.72 billion (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 12.47% (2025)
• Patent applications, nonresidents

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Questions people ask

What is Korea, Rep.'s industrial design applications, resident, by count?

51,765 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1998?

It is up 120.05% from 23,524 in 1998 (3.08% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 65,895 in 2015 and the lowest 23,524 in 1998.

How does Korea, Rep. rank?

2nd highest of 102 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in industrial design applications, resident, by count unusual for Korea, Rep.?

In 2024, Korea, Rep.'s industrial design applications, resident, by count rose 1.3% on 2023 (from 51,094 to 51,765). Across the 25 yearly changes before that (1999 to 2023), the average change was +3.6% and a typical year strayed about 9.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below 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.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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