This statistical profile documents trademark applications in Myanmar in total and relative to population, GDP and new business registrations.
Resident trademark applications in Myanmar reached 4,422 in 2012, compared with 4,068 nonresident applications. The resident-to-nonresident filing ratio was 1.09. Trademark activity was equivalent to 154.8 applications per 1 million people and 114.62 applications per US$1 billion of GDP. The country registered 14,051 new businesses in 2018, corresponding to 0.60 trademark applications per newly registered business.
Based on comparable data for 2012, Myanmar ranked 64th of 155 economies by the resident share of trademark filings.
Myanmar Trademark Applications by Year
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators — Trademark applications, resident, by count (IP.TMK.RSCT); Trademark applications, nonresident, by count (IP.TMK.NRCT); Population, total (population); GDP, current US$ (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD); New businesses registered, number (IC.BUS.NREG).
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About the Indicators
Trademark applications, resident, by count. Trademark applications filed by applicants resident in the country.
Trademark applications, nonresident, by count. Trademark applications filed in the country by applicants resident abroad.
GDP, current US$. Gross domestic product converted to current U.S. dollars.
New businesses registered, number. The number of new limited-liability corporations registered in the calendar year.