This statistical profile documents trademark applications in Zambia in total and relative to population, GDP and new business registrations.
Resident trademark applications in Zambia reached 1,171 in 2021, compared with 4,760 nonresident applications. The resident-to-nonresident filing ratio was 0.25. Trademark activity was equivalent to 270.7 applications per 1 million people and 234.40 applications per US$1 billion of GDP. The country registered 18,109 new businesses in 2024, corresponding to 0.33 trademark applications per newly registered business.
Based on comparable data for 2021, Zambia ranked 113th of 155 economies by the resident share of trademark filings.
Zambia Trademark Applications by Year
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators — Trademark applications, resident, by count (IP.TMK.RSCT); Trademark applications, nonresident, by count (IP.TMK.NRCT); Population, total (population); GDP, current US$ (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.