Korea vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Industrial design applications, resident, by count

Korea
61,233
in 2021
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
20,948
in 2020
Korea rank
2nd
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
4th

Industrial design applications, resident, by count over time

  • Korea
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
020.0k40.0k60.0k198020002021

How they compare

Korea currently reports 61,233 against 20,948 in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, a difference of 40,285.

That makes Korea's figure about 2.9 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's.

Across all 23 years both countries report, Korea has been ahead every year.

Korea ranks 2nd and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 4th of 121 countries.

Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Korea Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Difference Ahead
1990s 28,268 1,743 26,524 Korea
2000s 44,036 3,374 40,662 Korea
2010s 60,947 16,820 44,128 Korea
2020s 64,005 20,948 43,057 Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher industrial design applications, resident, by count, Korea or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
Korea, at 61,233 against 20,948 in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan as of 2021.
What is the difference in industrial design applications, resident, by count between Korea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
40,285, with Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
23 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2020.
How do Korea and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank globally for industrial design applications, resident, by count?
Korea ranks 2nd and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 4th 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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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.