Trademark applications by nonresidents — all countries

Trademark applications by nonresidents — Western Asia

Trademark applications by nonresidents in Western Asia in 2021 — 156,929 filings. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 35.2%.

2021 156,929 filings +19.67% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 156,929 filings2021
Period minimum 110,109 filings2016

Trend over time

2013–2021 · applications, class count

Trademark applications by nonresidents — Western Asia, 2013–2021100,000120,000140,000160,0002013201420152016201720182019202020212013: 116,106 filings2014: 122,725 filings2015: 116,321 filings2016: 110,109 filings2017: 144,819 filings2018: 147,584 filings2019: 137,851 filings2020: 131,138 filings2021: 156,929 filings
Change over the period: +40,823 (+35.16%) Average annual rate: 3.84 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Western Asia 156,929 filings
World 2.9M filings
Trademark applications by nonresidents — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 156,929 +25,791 +19.67%
2020 131,138 −6,713 −4.87%
2019 137,851 −9,733 −6.59%
2018 147,584 +2,765 +1.91%
2017 144,819 +34,710 +31.52%
2016 110,109 −6,212 −5.34%
2015 116,321 −6,404 −5.22%
2014 122,725 +6,619 +5.7%
2013 116,106

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.