Patent
Intellectual property statistical country profile 2023 Rankings are delineated on a scale of 0 to 100,
Total
designating first place as 100, last place as 0, 40
and 50 indicating the midpoint. Abroad
Fiji 20
0
► WIPO IP Statistics Data Center
https://www3.wipo.int/ipstats/keyindex.htm?lang=en&tab=null
Design Trademark
Patent
Statistics for applicants residing in this country
Patent applications; global rank ⁕
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l1.pdf 19 ↑375% 117th
Resident applications ⁕
Patent applications ⁕
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l2.pdf
Abroad applications; global rank 19 ↑375% 97th
19
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l6.pdf
Regional rank and share Oceania – 4th 0.1%
Melanesia – 1st 82.6%
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l3.pdf
Resident applications per million inhabitants; global rank
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l4.pdf
Resident applications per 100 billion USD GDP; global rank
Utility model applications; global rank
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l5.pdf
PCT international applications; global rank
PCT applications per million inhabitants; global rank 4
2
PCT publications relating to renewable energy (2021-2023) 1 1
Share of university applications (2021-2023)
Share of women inventors (2021-2023) 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
PCT national phase entries; global rank 1 ↓66.7% 118th Resident Abroad
Share of abroad applications using the PCT System 5.3%
PCT top applicants (2021-2023)
Top technical fields; share Top foreign destinations; share
5.3%
10.5%
Australia
United States of America
India
84.2%
Statistics for the IP office
Total applications; global rank ⁕
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l7.pdf Country of origin of non-resident applications; share
Resident; share
Non-resident; share
Patent Grants
Patents in force; global rank
National IP office - applications per examiner
National IP office - grant delay in months
Trademark
Statistics for applicants residing in this country [1]
Trademark filings; global rank ⁕
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l1.pdf 31 ↑29.2% 179th
Resident filings ⁕
Trademark class count in applications ⁕
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l2.pdf
Abroad filings; global rank 31 ↑29.2% 158th
152
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l6.pdf
Regional rank and share Oceania – 7th 0%
Melanesia – 2nd 30.1%
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l3.pdf
Resident filings per million inhabitants; global rank
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l4.pdf
Resident filings per 100 billion USD GDP; global rank
73 72
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l5.pdf
Madrid international applications; global rank
57
Madrid applications per million inhabitants; global rank 44 42
33 31
Abroad filings via the Madrid System 24
19
Share of abroad filings using the Madrid System
Madrid top applicants (2021-2023)
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Resident Abroad
#
Top Nice classes; share Top foreign destinations; share
6.5%
27.3% 27.3% Meat, fish and poultry Jordan
6.5%
Non-medicated cosmetics United States of America
Scientific and research Australia
Clothing, footwear, headwear. 58.1% Bangladesh
9.1% 22.6%
18.2% Coffee, tea and food China (3.2%)
9.1%
9.1% Others European Union Intellectual Property Office (3.2%)
Statistics for the IP office [1]
Total filings; global rank ⁕
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l7.pdf Country of origin of non-resident filings; share
Resident; share
Non-resident; share
Number of Classes Specified in Trademark Registrations
Trademarks in force; global rank
#National IP office - applications per examiner
National IP office - registration delay in days
Industrial design
Statistics for applicants residing in this country [2]
Designs in applications; global rank ⁕
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l1.pdf
Resident filings ⁕
Design count in applications ⁕
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l2.pdf
Abroad filings; global rank 0 135th
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l6.pdf
Regional rank and share
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l3.pdf
Resident filings per million inhabitants; global rank
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l4.pdf
Resident filings per 100 billion USD GDP; global rank
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l5.pdf
Hague international filings; global rank
#Abroad filings via the Hague System
Share of abroad filings using the Hague System
Hague top applicants (2021-2023)
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Resident Abroad
Top Locarno classes; share Top foreign destinations; share
Statistics for the IP office [2]
Total filings; global rank ⁕
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/statistics-country-profile/en/_list/l7.pdf Country of origin of non-resident filings; share
Resident; share
Non-resident; share
Number of Designs in Industrial Design Registrations
Industrial designs in force; global rank
National IP office - applications per examiner
National IP office - registration delay in days
Geographical indications
Geographical indications in force by product category Geographical indications in force by legal means
Plant variety
Plant variety applications filed by applicants residing in this country Plant variety in force
Resident National
Abroad
Regional
Note
(1) For trademarks, filings refer to the number of classes specified in applications.
(2) For industrial designs, filings refer to number of designs contained in applications.
(3) Statistics are produced regardless of whether the home office of the applicants supplied statistics or not. An asterisk symbol indicates that the home IP office did not supply statistics.
(4) Statistics relating to "technical fields" are extracted from the Patstat database and are based on the publication date.
(5) The indicator "resident applications per million population" is available for countries with a polulation greater than one million. The "indicator per GDP" is available for countries whose total GDP exceeds 10 billion US Dollar.
(6) Percentage with a plus or minus symbol indicates the percentage change from the previous year.
(7) Both national and regional data are used to establish the list of countries relating to non-resident filings.
Source: WIPO statistics database; last updated: 5/2025
