Based on a comparison of 78 countries in 2011, China ranked the highest in trademark applications (Madrid) with 18,741 followed by USA and Russia. On the other end of the scale was Bhutan with 615, Lesotho with 633 and Sierra Leone with 724.
Data for more countries are available at Trademark Applications (Madrid) indicator page.
| Trademark Applications (Madrid) | Unit | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Australia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8,009 | 9,133 | 9,863 | 10,546 | 8,611 | |||||||
| Belarus | ... | ... | 5,414 | 5,828 | 6,150 | 6,733 | 5,403 | |||||||||||||||
| China | 13,600 | 15,826 | 16,692 | 17,859 | 14,817 | |||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | ... | 6,731 | 6,982 | 7,072 | 7,492 | 5,990 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,243 | 11,882 | 12,310 | 12,849 | 10,422 | ||||||||
| Kazakhstan | ... | ... | 3,106 | 3,473 | 4,010 | 4,336 | 3,500 | |||||||||||||||
| Norway | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8,460 | 9,116 | 9,364 | 9,804 | 7,654 | ||||||||||||
| Russia | ... | 12,836 | 14,450 | 15,472 | 16,791 | 14,195 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,139 | 6,733 | 7,011 | 7,621 | 5,994 | ||||||||
| South Korea | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,175 | 8,354 | 9,001 | 9,551 | 7,791 | |||||
| Switzerland | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13,216 | 14,278 | 14,546 | 14,927 | 13,192 | ||||||||||||
| Turkey | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8,620 | 8,982 | 9,396 | 9,859 | 7,975 | |||||||||
| USA | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11,882 | 14,013 | 14,635 | 15,745 | 13,455 | |||||
| Ukraine | ... | ... | ... | 8,287 | 9,072 | 9,766 | 10,648 | 8,568 | ||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | 2,645 | 3,082 | 4,387 | 4,971 | 4,187 |
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