Oman: Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count

Key figures

Over five years it is up 115.06% from 551 in 2019 (16.55% a year on average, compounded). Since 2015 it is down 2.39% from 1,214 in 2015 (0.27% a year on average, compounded).

What the numbers say

In 2024, Oman's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count rose 123.6% on 2023 (from 530 to 1,185).

Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2016 to 2023), the average change was −8.7% and a typical year strayed about 15.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 8.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 123.6% in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.8% in 2018. 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 13% 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

In 2024, Oman had the 27th 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 Oman in the 2024 ranking

• Israel — 24th of 104: 1,540
• Morocco — 25th of 104: 1,392
• New Zealand — 26th of 104: 1,342
• United Arab Emirates — 28th of 104: 1,142
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 29th of 104: 1,016
• Serbia — 30th of 104: 971

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 10 values

Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count in nearby economies

• Algeria — 194 (2024)
• Bahrain — 164 (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 1,016 (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 132 (2024)
• Israel — 1,540 (2024)
• Jordan — 56 (2024)
• Malta — 1 (2022)
• Morocco — 1,392 (2024)
• Pakistan — 97 (2024)
• Saudi Arabia

More infrastructure data for Oman

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 435,596 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 8.27 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 6.35 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 120.61 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 63,371 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 542.34 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 8.7 million (2023)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 24.14% (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$451.53 million (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)

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Questions people ask

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

1,185 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2015?

It is down 2.39% from 1,214 in 2015 (0.27% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1,214 in 2015 and the lowest 472 in 2020.

How does Oman rank?

27th highest of 104 economies with data for 2024.

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

In 2024, Oman's industrial design applications, nonresident, by count rose 123.6% on 2023 (from 530 to 1,185). Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2016 to 2023), the average change was −8.7% and a typical year strayed about 15.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 8.5 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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