World's industrial design applications, resident, by count was 1.25 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 23.92% from 1.01 million in 2014 (2.17% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1.25 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 1.14 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.01 million | 2014 |
| Highest | 1.25 million | 2023 |
| Lowest | 462,400 | 2004 |
| Average since 2015 | 1.16 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 462,400 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, World's industrial design applications, resident, by count fell 0% on 2023 (from 1.25 million to 1.25 million).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2023), the average change was +5.6% and a typical year strayed about 6.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below 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 16.4% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.9% 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 upward, about 26,201 a year. A straight line explains 92% 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.
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 21 values
| Year | Industrial design applications, resident, by count |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,250,600 |
| 2023 | 1,251,000 |
| 2022 | 1,227,200 |
| 2021 | 1,240,100 |
| 2020 | 1,176,500 |
| 2019 | 1,137,300 |
| 2018 | 1,142,900 |
| 2017 | 1,072,600 |
| 2016 | 1,095,800 |
| 2015 | 1,013,600 |
| 2014 |
Industrial design applications, resident, by count in nearby economies
- Algeria — 578 (2024)
- Bahrain — 9 (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 2,189 (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 7,545 (2024)
- Israel — 501 (2024)
- Jordan — 86 (2024)
- Malta — 13 (2024)
- Morocco — 5,450 (2024)
- Oman — 82 (2024)
- Pakistan — 612 (2024)
More infrastructure data for World
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 9.9 (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 815 million (2025)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 34.76 million (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 4.27 billion (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 213,782 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 9.17 billion (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 111.5 (2025)
- Patent applications, nonresidents — 1.02 million (2024)
- Patent applications, residents — 2.7 million (2024)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is World's industrial design applications, resident, by count?
- 1.25 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2004?
- It is up 170.46% from 462,400 in 2004 (5.1% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.25 million in 2023 and the lowest 462,400 in 2004.
- Is the latest change in industrial design applications, resident, by count unusual for World?
- In 2024, World's industrial design applications, resident, by count fell 0% on 2023 (from 1.25 million to 1.25 million). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2023), the average change was +5.6% and a typical year strayed about 6.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.9 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
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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