Industrial design applications by residents — all countries

Industrial design applications by residents — Ghana

Industrial design applications by residents in Ghana in 2020 — 924 filings. Ranked 32 in the world out of 116. Since 2016, the indicator has risen by 104%.

2020 924 filings +16.08% vs 2018
World rank 32of 116
Period maximum 924 filings2020
Period minimum 453 filings2016

Trend over time

2016–2020 · applications, design count

Industrial design applications by residents — Ghana, 2016–20204006008001,000201620172018201920202016: 453 filings2017: 735 filings2018: 796 filings2020: 924 filings
Change over the period: +471 (+103.97%) Average annual rate: 19.51 %

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ghana

Ghana 924 filings
World 1.18M filings
Sub-Saharan Africa 4,192 filings
Industrial design applications by residents — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2020 924
2018 796 +61 +8.3%
2017 735 +282 +62.25%
2016 453

Western Africa, 2020

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Applications to register an industrial design filed by residents of a country, counted by the number of designs. An industrial design protects the appearance of a product — its shape, pattern and coloring — but not how it works: this is what distinguishes it from a patent, which protects a technical solution. The series characterizes the design component of industry and is high in countries with large production of consumer goods, furniture, clothing and packaging.

Important: The designs within applications are counted, not the applications: one application covering ten designs counts as ten. Coverage is narrower than for patents and trademarks — some offices do not report these statistics.

Source: IP Statistics (WIPO), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.