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

1Africa (2007)12,811
2Sub-Saharan Africa (2007)12,811
3South Africa (2007)12,811
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2006)3,144
5Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2006)3,144
6North Africa (2006)2,780
7Tunisia (1996)1,900
8Angola (1992)1,883
9Zimbabwe (1996)1,779
10Algeria (2006)1,415
11Morocco (2006)1,365
12Namibia (1993)1,257
13Kenya (2006)1,187
14Egypt (1984)1,141
15Mozambique (2006)943
16Lesotho (1996)903
17Mauritius (1998)633
18Swaziland (1992)616
19Nigeria (1990)614
20Malawi (2006)582
21Zambia (2001)582
22Botswana (1982)566
23Madagascar (2006)432
24Democratic Republic of the Congo (1996)397
25Mali (1982)393
26Ghana (1994)358
27Liberia (1993)305
28Tanzania (1989)279
29Uganda (1992)223
30Sudan (1985)205
31Seychelles (2003)196
32Sierra Leone (1995)187
33Burundi (2002)132
34Rwanda (1999)124
35Ethiopia (1995)103
36Gambia (1988)92
37Somalia (1984)63
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