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Nepal has been a member of WIPO since 1997 and is a signatory to over 3 WIPO treaties.

The national IP offices of Nepal are the Nepal Copyright Registrar's Office and the Department of Industries at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies. The offices are located in Kathmandu.

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Global Innovation Index ranking

Nepal ranks 109th among the 136 economies featured in the GII 2024.

The Global Innovation Index (GII) ranks world economies according to their innovation capabilities. Consisting of roughly 80 indicators, grouped into innovation inputs and outputs, the GII aims to capture the multi-dimensional facets of innovation.

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Year GII position Innovation inputs Innovation outputs
2024 109th 110th 102nd
2023 108th 106th 103rd
2022 111th 106th 111th
2021 111th 99th 116th
2020 95th 89th 106th