Government > Trademarks > Nonresidents per 1000: Countries Compared

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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Andorra	6.82	2004
2	Monaco	6.57	2004
3	Macau	5.74	2004
4	Liechtenstein	5.62	2002
5	Brunei	5.19	1997
6	Aruba	5.17	2002
7	Malta	4.59	2002
8	Singapore	4.42	2004
9	Barbados	4.22	1999
10	Saint Lucia	3.39	2001
11	Suriname	3.31	1996
12	Panama	3.05	2000
13	Bahrain	2.82	2003
14	Dominica	2.41	1995
15	Seychelles	2.37	2003
16	The Bahamas	2.03	1992
17	Uruguay	2.02	2003
18	New Zealand	1.92	2004
19	Iceland	1.9	2004
20	Hong Kong	1.67	2003
21	Norway	1.54	2002
22	Qatar	1.43	1989
23	Kiribati	1.29	1999
24	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.15	1996
25	Tonga	1.06	2002
26	Belgium	1.04	2002
27	Trinidad and Tobago	1.03	2002
28	Costa Rica	1.01	1993
29	Fiji	0.946	1986
30	Cyprus	0.896	2004
31	Nicaragua	0.824	2000
32	Namibia	0.806	1993
33	Australia	0.795	2004
34	Paraguay	0.755	1993
35	Israel	0.738	2004
36	Canada	0.693	2004
37	Chile	0.69	1996
38	Swaziland	0.678	1992
39	Oman	0.672	1994
40	Samoa	0.643	2004
41	Switzerland	0.637	2001
42	El Salvador	0.63	1997
43	Malaysia	0.6	1997
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	0.597	2000
44	Jamaica	0.547	2002
45	Mauritius	0.545	1998
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	0.533	2002
46	Bolivia	0.531	1995
47	Mongolia	0.529	2004
48	Honduras	0.511	2003
49	Lesotho	0.508	1996
50	Argentina	0.504	2003
51	Guatemala	0.439	2001
52	Estonia	0.432	2004
53	Venezuela	0.426	2000
	European Union average (profile)	0.421	2002
	NATO countries average (profile)	0.39	2002
54	Ecuador	0.356	2004
55	South Korea	0.344	2004
56	North Korea	0.293	1992
57	Ireland	0.286	2003
58	The Gambia	0.28	1985
59	Slovenia	0.275	2004
60	Latvia	0.257	2004
61	Jordan	0.256	1989
	Emerging markets average (profile)	0.254	1996
62	Slovakia	0.213	2004
63	Peru	0.209	2003
64	Tunisia	0.209	1996
65	Belize	0.207	1989
66	South Africa	0.202	1996
67	Mexico	0.19	2004
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.18	2004
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	0.178	2002
69	Guyana	0.178	1990
70	Colombia	0.175	2001
71	Denmark	0.175	2004
72	Croatia	0.173	2004
73	Cuba	0.172	2004
74	Angola	0.171	1992
75	Lithuania	0.166	2004
76	Sweden	0.161	2001
77	Haiti	0.155	1999
78	Liberia	0.152	1993
79	Zimbabwe	0.15	1996
80	Japan	0.145	2004
81	Thailand	0.143	2003
82	Italy	0.143	2000
83	Bulgaria	0.14	2004
84	Finland	0.138	2004
85	Austria	0.128	2004
86	Turkmenistan	0.128	1999
87	Solomon Islands	0.125	1989
88	Cambodia	0.125	2004
89	Saudi Arabia	0.12	1989
90	Laos	0.118	2002
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	0.114	2004
91	Belarus	0.106	2004
92	Papua New Guinea	0.105	2000
93	Greece	0.104	2002
94	Hungary	0.104	2004
95	Moldova	0.103	2004
96	Czech Republic	0.102	2004
97	Sudan	0.1	1985
98	Portugal	0.0964	2004
99	Sri Lanka	0.0925	2003
100	United States	0.0922	2004
101	Armenia	0.0846	2004
102	United Kingdom	0.0777	2004
103	Brazil	0.0737	2002
104	Kazakhstan	0.0713	2004
105	Kyrgyzstan	0.0676	2004
106	Philippines	0.0624	2004
107	Indonesia	0.0606	1996
108	Zambia	0.0562	2001
109	Romania	0.055	2004
110	Ukraine	0.0513	2004
111	Russia	0.0493	2004
112	Spain	0.0482	2004
113	Sierra Leone	0.0476	1995
114	France	0.0472	2003
115	Morocco	0.0437	2000
116	Azerbaijan	0.0415	2002
117	China	0.0407	2004
118	Germany	0.0405	2004
119	Tajikistan	0.038	2004
120	Malawi	0.0369	2002
121	Kenya	0.0336	1999
122	Iraq	0.0322	1986
123	Turkey	0.0319	2003
124	Georgia	0.0306	2004
125	Nepal	0.0305	1995
126	Poland	0.0302	2004
127	Vietnam	0.0301	2000
128	Pakistan	0.0287	2004
129	Algeria	0.0264	2003
130	Ghana	0.0219	1994
131	Uzbekistan	0.0191	2004
132	Burundi	0.0188	2002
133	Iran	0.0183	2001
134	Madagascar	0.0181	2004
135	Rwanda	0.0158	1999
136	Uganda	0.0119	1992
137	Tanzania	0.0113	1989
138	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.00921	1996
139	Bangladesh	0.00726	1998
140	Nigeria	0.00642	1990
141	India	0.00526	1999
142	Ethiopia	0.00181	1995

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