Economics and Statistics

The policies and strategies adopted by businesses, governments and other WIPO stakeholders towards intellectual property (IP) affect their performance.  To assist in promoting evidence-based decision-making in this area, WIPO seeks to make available a wide range of statistical information and economic analysis.  These data also contribute to one of the Organization's nine strategic goals - creating a world reference source for IP information and analysis.

Statistics are offered on the worldwide use of patents, trademarks, utility models, industrial designs, microorganisms and WIPO-administered international filing mechanisms along with a series of reports summarizing key trends in the international IP system.

The economics webpages feature video recordings of the economic seminar series and economic studies.  Additional content will be added in the future.