North Macedonia: Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count

Key figures

Over five years it is up 11.63% from 662 in 2019 (2.23% a year on average, compounded). Since 2010 it is down 44.6% from 1,334 in 2010 (4.13% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 1 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2024, North Macedonia's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count rose 40.5% on 2023 (from 526 to 739).

Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was −7.1% and a typical year strayed about 17.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 40.5% in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 43.7% in 2016. 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 83.2 a year. A straight line explains 59% 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, North Macedonia had the 39th 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 North Macedonia in the 2024 ranking

• South Africa — 36th of 104: 833
• Montenegro — 37th of 104: 761
• Monaco — 38th of 104: 749
• Liechtenstein — 40th of 104: 736
• Moldova — 41st of 104: 668
• Chile — 42nd of 104: 592

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 14 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)
• Croatia — 297 (2024)
• Czechia — 36 (2024)
• Denmark — 418 (2024)
• Estonia

More infrastructure data for North Macedonia

• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.98 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 108.39 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 456,183 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 25.02 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 63.97% (2024)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 93.1% (2025)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$764.41 million (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 21.52% (2025)
• Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)

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Questions people ask

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

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

How has it changed since 2010?

It is down 44.6% from 1,334 in 2010 (4.13% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1,571 in 2015 and the lowest 498 in 2022.

How does North Macedonia rank?

39th highest of 104 economies with data for 2024.

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

In 2024, North Macedonia's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count rose 40.5% on 2023 (from 526 to 739). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was −7.1% and a typical year strayed about 17.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

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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