Trademarks, nonresidents - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators
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Trademark applications filed are applications for registration of a trademark with a national or regional trademark office. Trademarks are distinctive signs that identify goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. Trademarks protect owners of the mark by ensuring exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services or to authorize its use in return for payment. Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.
Trademarks, nonresidents - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
1 | Africa (2007) | 12,811 |
2 | Sub-Saharan Africa (2007) | 12,811 |
3 | South Africa (2007) | 12,811 |
4 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2006) | 3,144 |
5 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2006) | 3,144 |
6 | North Africa (2006) | 2,780 |
7 | Tunisia (1996) | 1,900 |
8 | Angola (1992) | 1,883 |
9 | Zimbabwe (1996) | 1,779 |
10 | Algeria (2006) | 1,415 |
11 | Morocco (2006) | 1,365 |
12 | Namibia (1993) | 1,257 |
13 | Kenya (2006) | 1,187 |
14 | Egypt (1984) | 1,141 |
15 | Mozambique (2006) | 943 |
16 | Lesotho (1996) | 903 |
17 | Mauritius (1998) | 633 |
18 | Swaziland (1992) | 616 |
19 | Nigeria (1990) | 614 |
20 | Malawi (2006) | 582 |
21 | Zambia (2001) | 582 |
22 | Botswana (1982) | 566 |
23 | Madagascar (2006) | 432 |
24 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1996) | 397 |
25 | Mali (1982) | 393 |
26 | Ghana (1994) | 358 |
27 | Liberia (1993) | 305 |
28 | Tanzania (1989) | 279 |
29 | Uganda (1992) | 223 |
30 | Sudan (1985) | 205 |
31 | Seychelles (2003) | 196 |
32 | Sierra Leone (1995) | 187 |
33 | Burundi (2002) | 132 |
34 | Rwanda (1999) | 124 |
35 | Ethiopia (1995) | 103 |
36 | Gambia (1988) | 92 |
37 | Somalia (1984) | 63 |
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