Rwanda: Industrial design applications, resident, by count

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 8 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, Rwanda had the 97th 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 Rwanda in the 2024 ranking

• Dominican Republic — 94th of 102: 12
• Bahrain — 95th of 102: 9
• Uruguay — 96th of 102: 9
• Iceland — 98th of 102: 5
• Kyrgyz Republic — 99th of 102: 4
• Guatemala — 100th of 102: 3

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 10 values

Industrial design applications, resident, by count in nearby economies

• Ethiopia — 101 (2024)
• Kenya — 398 (2024)
• Madagascar — 252 (2024)
• Mauritius — 111 (2024)
• Mozambique — 95 (2024)
• South Africa — 558 (2024)
• Sudan — 243 (2020)
• Zambia — 71 (2024)

More infrastructure data for Rwanda

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 9,255 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.06 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 13.29 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 93.2 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 4.26% (2024)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 31.7% (2024)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 433.51 (2023)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 14,403 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 1.54 million (2023)
• Patent applications, nonresidents

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Questions people ask

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

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

How has it changed since 2012?

It is down 70% from 20 in 2012 (9.55% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 23 in 2020 and the lowest 2 in 2014.

How does Rwanda rank?

97th highest of 102 economies with data for 2024.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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..

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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