India vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Industrial design applications, resident, by count

India
17,497
in 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa
4,192
in 2020
India rank
10th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
7th

Industrial design applications, resident, by count over time

  • India
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
05.0k10.0k15.0k198020002021

How they compare

India currently reports 17,497 against 4,192 in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 13,305.

That makes India's figure about 4.2 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1980 it was India ahead.

India ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th of 121 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1980s 1,108 627 480.89 India
1990s 1,644 784.4 860 India
2000s 3,346 1,350 1,995 India
2010s 6,545 2,748 3,797 India
2020s 8,962 4,192 4,770 India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher industrial design applications, resident, by count, India or Sub-Saharan Africa?
India, at 17,497 against 4,192 in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2021.
What is the difference in industrial design applications, resident, by count between India and Sub-Saharan Africa?
13,305, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Sub-Saharan Africa?
40 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2020.
How do India and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for industrial design applications, resident, by count?
India ranks 10th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 7th of 121 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statistics Database, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), published as Industrial design applications, resident, by count. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Industrial design applications, resident, by count
Source
Statistics Database, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
128 places, 2,569 data points, 1980–2021
Last refreshed

Industrial design applications are applications to register an industrial design with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) offices and designations received by relevant offices through the Hague System. A resident application refers to an application filed with the IP office of, or acting for, the state or jurisdiction in which the first named applicant in the application is resident. Design count is used to render application data for industrial applications across offices comparable, as some offices follow a single-class/single-design filing system while others have a multiple class/design filing system.