Industrial design applications by residents — all countries

Industrial design applications by residents — Nigeria

Industrial design applications by residents in Nigeria in 2020 — 1,016 filings. Ranked 30 in the world out of 116. Since 2011, the indicator has risen by 27%.

2020 1,016 filings −46.89% vs 2019
World rank 30of 116
Period maximum 1,913 filings2019
Period minimum 638 filings2012

Trend over time

2011–2020 · applications, design count

Industrial design applications by residents — Nigeria, 2011–202005001,0001,5002,00020112012201320142015201620172018201920202011: 800 filings2012: 638 filings2013: 829 filings2016: 640 filings2017: 910 filings2018: 1,889 filings2019: 1,913 filings2020: 1,016 filings
Change over the period: +216 (+27%) Average annual rate: 2.69 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Nigeria 1,016 filings
World 1.18M filings
Sub-Saharan Africa 4,192 filings
Industrial design applications by residents — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2020 1,016 −897 −46.89%
2019 1,913 +24 +1.27%
2018 1,889 +979 +107.58%
2017 910 +270 +42.19%
2016 640
2013 829 +191 +29.94%
2012 638 −162 −20.25%
2011 800

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.