Sweden: Industrial design applications, resident, by count

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Sweden's industrial design applications, resident, by count rose 76.5% on 2023 (from 243 to 429).

Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2023), the average change was −4.2% and a typical year strayed about 30.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 76.5% in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 51.5% 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 53.96 a year. A straight line explains 68% 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, Sweden had the 44th 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 Sweden in the 2024 ranking

• Bulgaria — 41st of 102: 485
• Colombia — 42nd of 102: 453
• Georgia — 43rd of 102: 446
• Kazakhstan — 45th of 102: 402
• Kenya — 46th of 102: 398
• New Zealand — 47th of 102: 384

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 16 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 Sweden

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 796,716 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 7.51 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 14.92 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 140.69 (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$27.17 billion (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 20.78% (2025)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 180,974 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 324.82 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 19.55 million (2023)
• Patent applications, nonresidents

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Questions people ask

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

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

How has it changed since 2009?

It is down 51.63% from 887 in 2009 (4.73% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 887 in 2009 and the lowest 189 in 2022.

How does Sweden rank?

44th highest of 102 economies with data for 2024.

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

In 2024, Sweden's industrial design applications, resident, by count rose 76.5% on 2023 (from 243 to 429). Across the 14 yearly changes before that (2010 to 2023), the average change was −4.2% and a typical year strayed about 30.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.6 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.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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