Trademark applications filed are applications to register a trademark with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) office. Direct resident trademark applications are those filed by domestic applicants directly at a given national IP office.

Direct resident trademark applications (number)

1990200020052010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Angola1,5851,7242,3542,604
Botswana329411358359418519464606603
Lesotho68
Madagascar227439610621739633800638860855770814
Malawi135105159205401409334393428499
Mauritius2138268397878559911,1101,0351,0861,123
Mozambique2445331,0669551,3881,1121,2741,1571,2951,2781,2471,655
Namibia554393323641,6087393,4232,005342
Seychelles391106135867105
South Africa7,52813,50916,98518,04019,52220,49920,87120,47521,59422,67622,38122,54221,583
Tanzania2115
Zambia142403784706333985276827931,0721,1901,083
Zimbabwe372426323310285155