Trademark applications filed are applications to register a trademark with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) office. Direct nonresident trademark applications are those filed by applicants from abroad directly at a given national IP office.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 1,283 | 1,479 | 1,363 | 1,465 | 1,545 | 1,440 | 1,466 | 1,382 | 1,326 | ||||
| Lesotho | 1,121 | ||||||||||||
| Namibia | 2,048 | 2,220 | 2,007 | 2,198 | 2,430 | 2,358 | 2,141 | 1,904 | 2,800 | ||||
| South Africa | 3,345 | 12,169 | 10,850 | 12,509 | 13,962 | 14,105 | 15,199 | 14,943 | 15,326 | 15,112 | 15,337 | 15,820 | 15,788 |