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DEFINITION:
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. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Andorra | 8.17 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
2 | Monaco | 6.76 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
3 | Macau | 5.76 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
4 | Brunei | 5.18 per 1,000 people | 1997 | ||
5 | Malta | 4.59 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
6 | Singapore | 4.34 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
7 | Barbados | 4.23 per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
8 | Suriname | 3.5 per 1,000 people | 1996 | ||
9 | Netherlands Antilles | 3.42 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
10 | Saint Lucia | 3.4 per 1,000 people | 2001 | ||
11 | Panama | 3.16 per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
12 | Bahrain | 3.09 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
13 | Seychelles | 2.37 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
14 | Dominica | 2.36 per 1,000 people | 1995 | ||
15 | The Bahamas | 2.04 per 1,000 people | 1992 | ||
16 | Uruguay | 2.04 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
17 | New Zealand | 1.94 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
18 | Iceland | 1.9 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
19 | Hong Kong | 1.65 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
20 | Norway | 1.54 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
21 | Qatar | 1.47 per 1,000 people | 1989 | ||
22 | Cyprus | 1.23 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
23 | Kiribati | 1.19 per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
24 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.09 per 1,000 people | 1996 | ||
25 | Tonga | 1.04 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
26 | Belgium | 1.03 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
27 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.02 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
28 | Costa Rica | 1.01 per 1,000 people | 1993 | ||
29 | Fiji | 0.951 per 1,000 people | 1986 | ||
30 | Nicaragua | 0.854 per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
31 | Namibia | 0.81 per 1,000 people | 1993 | ||
32 | Australia | 0.797 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
33 | Paraguay | 0.756 per 1,000 people | 1993 | ||
34 | Swaziland | 0.752 per 1,000 people | 1992 | ||
35 | Israel | 0.738 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
36 | Canada | 0.693 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
37 | Chile | 0.692 per 1,000 people | 1996 | ||
38 | Oman | 0.671 per 1,000 people | 1994 | ||
39 | Switzerland | 0.637 per 1,000 people | 2001 | ||
40 | Samoa | 0.626 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
41 | El Salvador | 0.624 per 1,000 people | 1997 | ||
42 | Malaysia | 0.61 per 1,000 people | 1997 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 0.596 per 1,000 people | 2000 | |||
43 | Jamaica | 0.547 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
44 | Mauritius | 0.545 per 1,000 people | 1998 | ||
45 | Bolivia | 0.541 per 1,000 people | 1995 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 0.534 per 1,000 people | 2002 | |||
46 | Lesotho | 0.527 per 1,000 people | 1996 | ||
47 | Mongolia | 0.525 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
48 | Argentina | 0.504 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
49 | Honduras | 0.492 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
50 | Guatemala | 0.441 per 1,000 people | 2001 | ||
51 | Estonia | 0.432 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
52 | Venezuela | 0.427 per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 0.421 per 1,000 people | 2002 | |||
NATO countries average (profile) | 0.39 per 1,000 people | 2002 | |||
53 | Ecuador | 0.37 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
54 | South Korea | 0.344 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
55 | North Korea | 0.303 per 1,000 people | 1992 | ||
56 | Ireland | 0.286 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
57 | Slovenia | 0.275 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
58 | The Gambia | 0.265 per 1,000 people | 1985 | ||
59 | Latvia | 0.257 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
60 | Jordan | 0.256 per 1,000 people | 1989 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 0.254 per 1,000 people | 1996 | |||
61 | Slovakia | 0.213 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
62 | Tunisia | 0.209 per 1,000 people | 1996 | ||
63 | Peru | 0.208 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
64 | Belize | 0.207 per 1,000 people | 1989 | ||
65 | Mexico | 0.204 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
66 | South Africa | 0.202 per 1,000 people | 1996 | ||
67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.179 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 0.179 per 1,000 people | 2002 | |||
68 | Guyana | 0.177 per 1,000 people | 1990 | ||
69 | Denmark | 0.175 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
70 | Croatia | 0.173 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
71 | Cuba | 0.172 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=72 | Colombia | 0.168 per 1,000 people | 2001 | ||
=72 | Angola | 0.168 per 1,000 people | 1992 | ||
74 | Haiti | 0.167 per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
75 | Lithuania | 0.166 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
76 | Sweden | 0.161 per 1,000 people | 2001 | ||
77 | Liberia | 0.149 per 1,000 people | 1993 | ||
78 | Zimbabwe | 0.148 per 1,000 people | 1996 | ||
79 | Thailand | 0.146 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
80 | Japan | 0.145 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
81 | Italy | 0.143 per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
82 | Bulgaria | 0.14 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
83 | Finland | 0.138 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=84 | Austria | 0.128 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=84 | Turkmenistan | 0.128 per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
86 | Solomon Islands | 0.123 per 1,000 people | 1989 | ||
87 | Laos | 0.121 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
=88 | Cambodia | 0.119 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=88 | Saudi Arabia | 0.119 per 1,000 people | 1989 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 0.113 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
90 | Papua New Guinea | 0.107 per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
91 | Belarus | 0.105 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=92 | Hungary | 0.104 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=92 | Greece | 0.104 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
94 | Czech Republic | 0.102 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
95 | Portugal | 0.096 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
96 | Moldova | 0.095 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=97 | United States | 0.092 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=97 | Sri Lanka | 0.092 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
99 | Armenia | 0.085 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
100 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0.08 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
101 | United Kingdom | 0.078 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
102 | Brazil | 0.074 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
103 | Sudan | 0.073 per 1,000 people | 1985 | ||
104 | Kazakhstan | 0.071 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
105 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.068 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
106 | Philippines | 0.064 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
107 | Indonesia | 0.061 per 1,000 people | 1996 | ||
108 | Romania | 0.055 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
109 | Zambia | 0.053 per 1,000 people | 2001 | ||
110 | Ukraine | 0.051 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=111 | Russia | 0.049 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=111 | France | 0.049 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
113 | Spain | 0.048 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
114 | Sierra Leone | 0.045 per 1,000 people | 1995 | ||
115 | Morocco | 0.044 per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
=116 | China | 0.041 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=116 | Germany | 0.041 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=116 | Azerbaijan | 0.041 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
119 | Tajikistan | 0.039 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
120 | Malawi | 0.036 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
121 | Kenya | 0.034 per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
122 | Iraq | 0.031 per 1,000 people | 1986 | ||
=123 | Poland | 0.03 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=123 | Turkey | 0.03 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
=123 | Vietnam | 0.03 per 1,000 people | 2000 | ||
=126 | Georgia | 0.029 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=126 | Pakistan | 0.029 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=126 | Nepal | 0.029 per 1,000 people | 1995 | ||
129 | Algeria | 0.027 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
130 | Ghana | 0.021 per 1,000 people | 1994 | ||
=131 | Uzbekistan | 0.019 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
=131 | Burundi | 0.019 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
=131 | Iran | 0.019 per 1,000 people | 2001 | ||
134 | Madagascar | 0.018 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
135 | Rwanda | 0.017 per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
136 | Uganda | 0.012 per 1,000 people | 1992 | ||
137 | Tanzania | 0.011 per 1,000 people | 1989 | ||
138 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.009 per 1,000 people | 1996 | ||
=139 | Bangladesh | 0.007 per 1,000 people | 1998 | ||
=139 | Nigeria | 0.007 per 1,000 people | 1990 | ||
141 | India | 0.005 per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
142 | Ethiopia | 0.002 per 1,000 people | 1995 |