Moldova: Industrial design applications, resident, by count

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Moldova's industrial design applications, resident, by count rose 71.9% on 2023 (from 146 to 251).

Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2023), the average change was +41.4% and a typical year strayed about 125.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 429.2% in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 80.3% 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 58.18 a year. A straight line explains 33% 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, Moldova had the 55th 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 Moldova in the 2024 ranking

• Austria — 52nd of 102: 290
• Uzbekistan — 53rd of 102: 279
• Madagascar — 54th of 102: 252
• Slovak Republic — 56th of 102: 234
• Croatia — 57th of 102: 203
• Sri Lanka — 58th of 102: 171

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 29 values

Industrial design applications, resident, by count in nearby economies

• Armenia — 45 (2024)
• Austria — 290 (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 56 (2024)
• Belarus — 152 (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 153 (2024)
• Bulgaria — 485 (2024)
• Croatia — 203 (2024)
• Cyprus — 15 (2024)
• Czechia — 340 (2024)
• Denmark

More infrastructure data for Moldova

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 734,202 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 24.19 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 3.64 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 120.08 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 39.26% (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$893.13 million (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 27.77% (2025)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 5 (2024)
• Patent applications, residents — 35 (2024)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km)

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Questions people ask

What is Moldova's industrial design applications, resident, by count?

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

How has it changed since 1996?

It is up 497.62% from 42 in 1996 (6.59% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1,569 in 2013 and the lowest 42 in 1996.

How does Moldova rank?

55th highest of 102 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in industrial design applications, resident, by count unusual for Moldova?

In 2024, Moldova's industrial design applications, resident, by count rose 71.9% on 2023 (from 146 to 251). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2023), the average change was +41.4% and a typical year strayed about 125.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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.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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