Trademark applications by nonresidents — all countries

Trademark applications by nonresidents — Nigeria

Trademark applications by nonresidents in Nigeria in 2019 — 7,317 filings. Ranked 58 in the world out of 129. Since 2017, the indicator has fallen by 12.1%.

2019 7,317 filings −23.01% vs 2018
World rank 58of 129
Period maximum 9,504 filings2018
Period minimum 7,317 filings2019

Trend over time

2017–2019 · applications, class count

Trademark applications by nonresidents — Nigeria, 2017–20197,0008,0009,00010,0002017201820192017: 8,322 filings2018: 9,504 filings2019: 7,317 filings
Change over the period: −1,005 (−12.08%) Average annual rate: -6.23 %

Comparison, 2019

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

Nigeria 7,317 filings
World 2.35M filings
Sub-Saharan Africa 84,869 filings
Trademark applications by nonresidents — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2019 7,317 −2,187 −23.01%
2018 9,504 +1,182 +14.2%
2017 8,322

Western Africa, 2019

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About the indicator

Applications to register a trademark filed in a country by nonresident applicants, counted by classes. As with patents, the indicator measures not the activity of the country itself but the appeal of its market: a mark is protected only where it is registered, so foreign companies register where they intend to sell. But the ratio to applications by residents works differently here than with patents: even countries that are not wealthy file many trademark applications of their own, because a small enterprise registers a brand too, while it has no inventions to patent.

Important: The classes of goods within applications are counted, not the applications themselves. The count includes marks received by an office through the Madrid System — the World Bank has no separate series for it.

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