DEFINITION
Trademark applications filed are applications for registration of a trademark with a national or regional trademark office. Trademarks are distinctive signs that identify goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. Trademarks protect owners of the mark by ensuring exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services or to authorize its use in return for payment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Government Statistics > Trademarks, nonresidents (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Andorra :
8.167
per 1,000 people
2004
Andorran Government
# 2
Monaco :
6.759
per 1,000 people
2004
Monegasque Government
# 3
Macau :
5.759
per 1,000 people
2004
Chinese Government
# 4
Brunei :
5.183
per 1,000 people
1997
Bruneian Government
# 5
Malta :
4.589
per 1,000 people
2002
Maltese Government
# 6
Singapore :
4.341
per 1,000 people
2004
Singapore Government
# 7
Barbados :
4.232
per 1,000 people
1999
Barbadian Government
# 8
Suriname :
3.497
per 1,000 people
1996
Surinamese Government
# 9
Netherlands Antilles :
3.422
per 1,000 people
2003
Dutch Antillean Government
# 10
Saint Lucia :
3.405
per 1,000 people
2001
Saint Lucian Government
# 11
Panama :
3.161
per 1,000 people
2000
Panamanian Government
# 12
Bahrain :
3.09
per 1,000 people
2003
Bahraini Government
# 13
Seychelles :
2.367
per 1,000 people
2003
Seychellois Government
# 14
Dominica :
2.356
per 1,000 people
1995
Dominican Government
# 15
Bahamas, The :
2.042
per 1,000 people
1992
Bahamian Government
# 16
Uruguay :
2.038
per 1,000 people
2003
Uruguayan Government
# 17
New Zealand :
1.936
per 1,000 people
2004
New Zealand Government
# 18
Iceland :
1.9
per 1,000 people
2004
Icelandic Government
# 19
Hong Kong :
1.647
per 1,000 people
2003
Hong Kong Government
# 20
Norway :
1.538
per 1,000 people
2002
Norwegian Government
# 21
Qatar :
1.474
per 1,000 people
1989
Qatari Government
# 22
Cyprus :
1.23
per 1,000 people
2004
Cypriot Government
# 23
Kiribati :
1.188
per 1,000 people
1999
- Government
# 24
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1.092
per 1,000 people
1996
Saint Vincentian Government
# 25
Tonga :
1.037
per 1,000 people
2002
Tongan Government
# 26
Belgium :
1.035
per 1,000 people
2002
Belgian Government
# 27
Trinidad and Tobago :
1.018
per 1,000 people
2002
Tobagonian Government
# 28
Costa Rica :
1.008
per 1,000 people
1993
Costa Rican Government
# 29
Fiji :
0.951
per 1,000 people
1986
Fijian Government
# 30
Nicaragua :
0.854
per 1,000 people
2000
Nicaraguan Government
# 31
Namibia :
0.81
per 1,000 people
1993
Namibian Government
# 32
Australia :
0.797
per 1,000 people
2004
Australian Government
# 33
Paraguay :
0.756
per 1,000 people
1993
Paraguayan Government
# 34
Swaziland :
0.752
per 1,000 people
1992
Swazi Government
# 35
Israel :
0.738
per 1,000 people
2004
Israeli Government
# 36
Canada :
0.693
per 1,000 people
2004
Canadian Government
# 37
Chile :
0.692
per 1,000 people
1996
Chilean Government
# 38
Oman :
0.671
per 1,000 people
1994
Omani Government
# 39
Switzerland :
0.637
per 1,000 people
2001
Swiss Government
# 40
Samoa :
0.626
per 1,000 people
2004
Samoan Government
# 41
El Salvador :
0.624
per 1,000 people
1997
Salvadoran Government
# 42
Malaysia :
0.61
per 1,000 people
1997
Malaysian Government
# 43
Jamaica :
0.547
per 1,000 people
2002
Jamaican Government
# 44
Mauritius :
0.545
per 1,000 people
1998
Mauritian Government
# 45
Bolivia :
0.541
per 1,000 people
1995
Bolivian Government
# 46
Lesotho :
0.527
per 1,000 people
1996
Basotho Government
# 47
Mongolia :
0.525
per 1,000 people
2004
Mongolian Government
# 48
Argentina :
0.504
per 1,000 people
2003
Argentine Government
# 49
Honduras :
0.492
per 1,000 people
2003
Honduran Government
# 50
Guatemala :
0.441
per 1,000 people
2001
Guatemalan Government
# 51
Estonia :
0.432
per 1,000 people
2004
Estonian Government
# 52
Venezuela :
0.427
per 1,000 people
2000
Venezuelan Government
# 53
Ecuador :
0.37
per 1,000 people
2004
Ecuadorian Government
# 54
Korea, South :
0.344
per 1,000 people
2004
Korean Government
# 55
Korea, North :
0.303
per 1,000 people
1992
Korean Government
# 56
Ireland :
0.286
per 1,000 people
2003
Irish Government
# 57
Slovenia :
0.275
per 1,000 people
2004
Slovenian Government
# 58
Gambia, The :
0.265
per 1,000 people
1985
Gambian Government
# 59
Latvia :
0.257
per 1,000 people
2004
Latvian Government
# 60
Jordan :
0.256
per 1,000 people
1989
Jordanian Government
# 61
Macedonia, Republic of :
0.254
per 1,000 people
2003
Macedonian Government
# 62
Slovakia :
0.213
per 1,000 people
2004
Slovak Government
# 63
Tunisia :
0.209
per 1,000 people
1996
Tunisian Government
# 64
Peru :
0.208
per 1,000 people
2003
Peruvian Government
# 65
Belize :
0.207
per 1,000 people
1989
Belizean Government
# 66
Mexico :
0.204
per 1,000 people
2004
Mexican Government
# 67
South Africa :
0.202
per 1,000 people
1996
South African Government
# 68
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
0.179
per 1,000 people
2004
Herzegovinian Government
# 69
Guyana :
0.177
per 1,000 people
1990
Guyanese Government
# 70
Denmark :
0.175
per 1,000 people
2004
Danish Government
# 71
Croatia :
0.173
per 1,000 people
2004
Croatian Government
# 72
Cuba :
0.172
per 1,000 people
2004
Cuban Government
= 73
Colombia :
0.168
per 1,000 people
2001
Colombian Government
= 73
Angola :
0.168
per 1,000 people
1992
Angolan Government
# 75
Haiti :
0.167
per 1,000 people
1999
Haitian Government
# 76
Lithuania :
0.166
per 1,000 people
2004
Lithuanian Government
# 77
Sweden :
0.161
per 1,000 people
2001
Swedish Government
# 78
Liberia :
0.149
per 1,000 people
1993
Liberian Government
# 79
Zimbabwe :
0.148
per 1,000 people
1996
Zimbabwean Government
# 80
Thailand :
0.146
per 1,000 people
2003
Thai Government
# 81
Japan :
0.145
per 1,000 people
2004
Japanese Government
# 82
Italy :
0.143
per 1,000 people
2000
Italian Government
# 83
Bulgaria :
0.14
per 1,000 people
2004
Bulgarian Government
# 84
Finland :
0.138
per 1,000 people
2004
Finnish Government
= 85
Austria :
0.128
per 1,000 people
2004
Austrian Government
= 85
Turkmenistan :
0.128
per 1,000 people
1999
Turkmen Government
# 87
Solomon Islands :
0.123
per 1,000 people
1989
Solomon Islander Government
# 88
Laos :
0.121
per 1,000 people
2002
Lao Government
= 89
Saudi Arabia :
0.119
per 1,000 people
1989
Saudi Government
= 89
Cambodia :
0.119
per 1,000 people
2004
Cambodian Government
# 91
Papua New Guinea :
0.107
per 1,000 people
2000
Papua New Guinean Government
# 92
Belarus :
0.105
per 1,000 people
2004
Belarusian Government
= 93
Hungary :
0.104
per 1,000 people
2004
Hungarian Government
= 93
Greece :
0.104
per 1,000 people
2002
Greek Government
# 95
Czech Republic :
0.102
per 1,000 people
2004
Czech Government
# 96
Portugal :
0.096
per 1,000 people
2004
Portuguese Government
# 97
Moldova :
0.095
per 1,000 people
2004
Moldovan Government
= 98
United States :
0.092
per 1,000 people
2004
American Government
= 98
Sri Lanka :
0.092
per 1,000 people
2003
Sri Lankan Government
# 100
Armenia :
0.085
per 1,000 people
2004
Armenian Government
# 101
Serbia and Montenegro :
0.08
per 1,000 people
2003
Serbian Government
# 102
United Kingdom :
0.078
per 1,000 people
2004
British Government
# 103
Brazil :
0.074
per 1,000 people
2002
Brazilian Government
# 104
Sudan :
0.073
per 1,000 people
1985
Sudanese Government
# 105
Kazakhstan :
0.071
per 1,000 people
2004
Kazakhstani Government
# 106
Kyrgyzstan :
0.068
per 1,000 people
2004
Kyrgyzstani Government
# 107
Philippines :
0.064
per 1,000 people
2004
Philippine Government
# 108
Indonesia :
0.061
per 1,000 people
1996
Indonesian Government
# 109
Romania :
0.055
per 1,000 people
2004
Romanian Government
# 110
Zambia :
0.053
per 1,000 people
2001
Zambian Government
# 111
Ukraine :
0.051
per 1,000 people
2004
Ukrainian Government
= 112
Russia :
0.049
per 1,000 people
2004
Russian Government
= 112
France :
0.049
per 1,000 people
2003
French Government
# 114
Spain :
0.048
per 1,000 people
2004
Spanish Government
# 115
Sierra Leone :
0.045
per 1,000 people
1995
Sierra Leonean Government
# 116
Morocco :
0.044
per 1,000 people
2000
Moroccan Government
= 117
Azerbaijan :
0.041
per 1,000 people
2002
Azerbaijani Government
= 117
China :
0.041
per 1,000 people
2004
Chinese Government
= 117
Germany :
0.041
per 1,000 people
2004
German Government
# 120
Tajikistan :
0.039
per 1,000 people
2004
Tajikistani Government
# 121
Malawi :
0.036
per 1,000 people
2002
Malawian Government
# 122
Kenya :
0.034
per 1,000 people
1999
Kenyan Government
# 123
Iraq :
0.031
per 1,000 people
1986
Iraqi Government
= 124
Turkey :
0.03
per 1,000 people
2003
Turkish Government
= 124
Poland :
0.03
per 1,000 people
2004
Polish Government
= 124
Vietnam :
0.03
per 1,000 people
2000
Vietnamese Government
= 127
Pakistan :
0.029
per 1,000 people
2004
Pakistani Government
= 127
Nepal :
0.029
per 1,000 people
1995
Nepalese Government
= 127
Georgia :
0.029
per 1,000 people
2004
Georgian Government
# 130
Algeria :
0.027
per 1,000 people
2003
Algerian Government
# 131
Ghana :
0.021
per 1,000 people
1994
Ghanaian Government
= 132
Burundi :
0.019
per 1,000 people
2002
Burundian Government
= 132
Iran :
0.019
per 1,000 people
2001
Iranian Government
= 132
Uzbekistan :
0.019
per 1,000 people
2004
Uzbekistani Government
# 135
Madagascar :
0.018
per 1,000 people
2004
Malagasy Government
# 136
Rwanda :
0.017
per 1,000 people
1999
Rwandan Government
# 137
Uganda :
0.012
per 1,000 people
1992
Ugandan Government
# 138
Tanzania :
0.011
per 1,000 people
1989
Tanzanian Government
# 139
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.009
per 1,000 people
1996
Congolese Government
= 140
Nigeria :
0.007
per 1,000 people
1990
Nigerian Government
= 140
Bangladesh :
0.007
per 1,000 people
1998
Bangladeshi Government
# 142
India :
0.005
per 1,000 people
1999
Indian Government
# 143
Ethiopia :
0.002
per 1,000 people
1995
Ethiopian Government
Weighted average:
0.7
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION: Trademark applications filed are applications for registration of a trademark with a national or regional trademark office. Trademarks are distinctive signs that identify goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. Trademarks protect owners of the mark by ensuring exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services or to authorize its use in return for payment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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