Trademark applications by nonresidents — all countries

Trademark applications by nonresidents — Southern Asia

Trademark applications by nonresidents in Southern Asia in 2021 — 88,518 filings. Since 2011, the indicator has risen by 147.4%.

2021 88,518 filings +9.53% vs 2019
World rank
Period maximum 94,888 filings2018
Period minimum 28,845 filings2012

Trend over time

2011–2021 · applications, class count

Trademark applications by nonresidents — Southern Asia, 2011–2021025,00050,00075,000100,000201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212011: 35,778 filings2012: 28,845 filings2013: 32,996 filings2015: 54,367 filings2016: 82,744 filings2017: 87,454 filings2018: 94,888 filings2019: 80,819 filings2021: 88,518 filings
Change over the period: +52,740 (+147.41%) Average annual rate: 9.48 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Southern Asia 88,518 filings
World 2.9M filings
Trademark applications by nonresidents — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 88,518
2019 80,819 −14,069 −14.83%
2018 94,888 +7,434 +8.5%
2017 87,454 +4,710 +5.69%
2016 82,744 +28,377 +52.2%
2015 54,367
2013 32,996 +4,151 +14.39%
2012 28,845 −6,933 −19.38%
2011 35,778

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.