Report

C.N 4252 The International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents its compliments and has the honor to transmit to Member States the WIPO Geographical ./. Distribution Report (herewith attached) as at June 30, 2025. The International Bureau of WIPO trusts that this information may be of assistance to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, the Intellectual Property Offices and Permanent Missions to the United Nations Office in Geneva. January 13, 2026  WIPO GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION REPORT (June 30, 2025) This report provides data on geographical distribution as at June 30, 2025 to WIPO Member States. The data generated is based on Staff Regulation 4.2, which defines the posts subject of geographical distribution, and the Principles of Geographical Distribution approved by the WIPO Coordination Committee in 1975, which (i) established the formula for the regional apportionment of posts subject of geographical distribution, and (ii) specified the seven geographical regions for such apportionment. Table 1. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - by Geographical Region Table 2. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - Ranges Table 3. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - Evolution by Geographical Region Table 4. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - by WIPO Groups 193 WIPO Member States 124 WIPO Member States represented on all posts 115 WIPO Member States represented on posts subject to Geographical Distribution Table 1. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - by Geographical Region under the 1975 Accord by nationality and grade (All types of appointments) Region/Countries/Grade DDG ADG D2 D1 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 Grand Total Africa (53) 0 1 0 6 14 14 16 15 0 66 Algeria 1 1 1 2 2 7 Burundi 1 1 Cameroon 2 1 1 4 Democratic Rep. of the Congo 1 1 Egypt 3 1 2 6 Ethiopia 1 1 Gambia 1 1 Ghana 1 1 1 2 5 Kenya 1 1 1 2 5 Lesotho 1 1 2 Libya 1 1 2 Malawi 1 1 Mauritania 1 1 Mauritius 1 1 Morocco 1 1 2 Mozambique 1 1 Niger 1 1 Nigeria 1 1 1 3 Rwanda 2 2 Senegal 1 1 2 South Africa 1 1 1 1 1 5 Togo 1 1 Tunisia 2 2 4 Uganda 2 2 United Republic of Tanzania 1 1 Zambia 1 1 2 Zimbabwe 1 1 2 Unrepresented countries Angola Botswana Burkina Faso Benin Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Gabon Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Madagascar Mali Namibia Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Table 1. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - by Geographical Region under the 1975 Accord by nationality and grade (All types of appointments) Region/Countries/Grade DDG ADG D2 D1 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 Grand Total Asia and the Pacific (38) 2 1 2 13 22 31 33 24 1 129 Australia 1 1 1 5 1 1 10 Bangladesh 3 2 5 Bhutan 1 1 Cambodia 1 1 China 1 4 5 2 13 8 33 Dem. People's Rep of Korea 1 1 India 2 6 5 3 16 Indonesia 1 1 1 3 Japan 1 1 2 1 3 4 5 17 Malaysia 1 2 3 Mongolia 1 1 1 3 Myanmar 1 2 3 Nepal 1 1 New Zealand 1 1 1 3 Pakistan 1 1 Philippines 1 1 3 2 7 Republic of Korea 2 3 2 2 3 12 Singapore 1 1 2 Sri Lanka 1 1 2 Thailand 1 1 1 3 Viet Nam 2 2 Unrepresented countries Afghanistan Brunei Darussalam Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Lao People's Democratic Republic Maldives Marshall Islands Nauru Niue Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Timor-Leste Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia (28) 0 0 0 2 9 21 16 11 0 59 Albania 1 1 2 Armenia 2 2 Azerbaijan 2 2 Belarus 1 1 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 Bulgaria 2 1 3 Croatia 1 1 Czech Republic 1 1 Georgia 1 1 Hungary 1 1 1 3 Kyrgyzstan 1 1 Latvia 1 1 Montenegro 1 1 North Macedonia 2 1 3 Poland 3 1 2 6 Republic of Moldova 3 1 4 Romania 2 3 1 6 Russian Federation 1 1 1 4 1 8 Serbia 1 1 Slovakia 1 1 Ukraine 3 1 3 7 Uzbekistan 1 1 2 Table 1. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - by Geographical Region under the 1975 Accord by nationality and grade (All types of appointments) Region/Countries/Grade DDG ADG D2 D1 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 Grand Total Unrepresented countries Lithuania Kazakhstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Estonia Slovenia Latin America and the Caribbean (33) 0 1 1 3 11 17 16 5 1 55 Argentina 1 1 1 2 5 Barbados 1 1 Brazil 1 3 2 6 Chile 1 1 1 3 Colombia 1 1 1 2 3 8 Costa Rica 2 2 Cuba 1 1 2 Ecuador 2 2 El Salvador 1 1 Grenada 1 1 Guatemala 1 1 Haiti 2 2 Jamaica 2 1 3 Mexico 3 1 4 Nicaragua 1 1 Peru 2 2 1 5 Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 1 3 Uruguay 2 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1 2 3 Unrepresented countries Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Belize Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Dominica Dominican Republic Guyana Honduras Panama Paraguay Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Middle East (15) 0 0 0 3 1 3 7 4 0 18 Cyprus 1 1 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 2 3 Israel 1 1 Jordan 1 1 Lebanon 1 1 2 Oman 1 1 Syrian Arab Republic 2 2 4 The Republic of Türkiye 1 1 1 3 Yemen 1 1 Unrepresented countries Bahrain Iraq Kuwait Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates North America (2) 1 0 1 6 11 19 14 6 0 58 Canada 1 4 10 4 2 21 United States of America 1 1 5 7 9 10 4 37 Table 1. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - by Geographical Region under the 1975 Accord by nationality and grade (All types of appointments) Region/Countries/Grade DDG ADG D2 D1 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 Grand Total Western Europe (24) 1 1 5 19 25 73 73 18 1 216 Austria 1 1 2 1 5 Belgium 1 2 4 1 8 Denmark 1 1 1 3 Finland 1 1 France 1 1 4 8 27 25 6 72 Germany 1 1 4 8 8 3 25 Greece 2 1 3 Ireland 2 1 3 Italy 2 1 6 13 1 23 Netherlands 1 1 2 4 Norway 1 1 Portugal 2 2 Spain 1 2 5 8 3 1 20 Switzerland 1 2 1 2 5 1 12 United Kingdom 1 6 5 11 10 1 34 Unrepresented countries Andorra Holy See Iceland Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco San Marino Sweden Grand Total 4 4 9 52 93 178 175 83 3 601 Table 2. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - Ranges Geographical Distribution of Posts (as of June 30, 2025)1 (Fixed-Term, Continuing Permanent and Temporary) A B C D E F Percent of Distribution of Distribution of Total (Number Desirable Range Actual number Geographical contribution2 one-quarter Three-quarters of posts)3 (– 10 / + 10 of posts Regions of posts of posts B+C per cent) (June 2024) Africa 2.73 23.64 13.46 37.10 33 - 41 66 Asia and the Pacific 17.86 23.64 88.68 112.32 101 - 124 129 Eastern and Central 8.43 23.64 41.86 65.50 59 - 72 59 Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the 3.79 23.64 18.67 42.31 38 - 47 55 Caribbean Middle East 2.03 23.64 10.08 33.72 30 - 37 18 North America 9.06 23.64 44.98 68.62 62 - 76 58 Western Europe 56.1 23.64 278.55 302.19 272 - 333 216 100.0 165.5 496.3 661.8 601 1 = Based on Principles agreed upon by Member States in 1975; see document WO/CC/IX/2, dated June 30, 1975. 2 = Based on the payable contributions by Member States for each region (source: Finance Division). 3 = Only Professional and higher categories (except the Director General, language and editor posts). Table 3. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - Evolution by Geographical Region (2006-2025) The following graphs show the evolution of the distribution of staff by geographical region since 2006, compared to the desirable ranges established by the Principles of Geographical Distribution agreed by WIPO Member States in 1975. Table 3. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - Evolution by Geographical Region (2006-2025) The following graphs show the evolution of the distribution of staff by geographical region since 2006, compared to the desirable ranges established by the Principles of Geographical Distribution agreed by WIPO Member States in 1975. Table 3. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - Evolution by Geographical Region (2006-2025) The following graphs show the evolution of the distribution of staff by geographical region since 2006, compared to the desirable ranges established by the Principles of Geographical Distribution agreed by WIPO Member States in 1975. Table 3. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - Evolution by Geographical Region (2006-2025) The following graphs show the evolution of the distribution of staff by geographical region since 2006, compared to the desirable ranges established by the Principles of Geographical Distribution agreed by WIPO Member States in 1975. Table 4. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - by WIPO Groups by nationality and grade (All types of appointments) Group/Countries/Grade DDG ADG D2 D1 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 Grand Total Africa Group (53) 1 0 6 14 14 16 15 0 66 Algeria 1 1 1 2 2 7 Burundi 1 1 Cameroon 2 1 1 4 Democratic Rep. of the Congo 1 1 Egypt 3 1 2 6 Ethiopia 1 1 Gambia 1 1 Ghana 1 1 1 2 5 Kenya 1 1 1 2 5 Lesotho 1 1 2 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 1 1 2 Malawi 1 1 Mauritania 1 1 Mauritius 1 1 Morocco 1 1 2 Mozambique 1 1 Niger 1 1 Nigeria 1 1 1 3 Rwanda 2 2 Senegal 1 1 2 South Africa 1 1 1 1 1 5 Togo 1 1 Tunisia 2 2 4 Uganda 2 2 United Republic of Tanzania 1 1 Zambia 1 1 2 Zimbabwe 1 1 2 Unrepresented countries Angola Botswana Burkina Faso Benin Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Gabon Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Madagascar Mali Namibia Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Table 4. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - by WIPO Groups by nationality and grade (All types of appointments) Group/Countries/Grade DDG ADG D2 D1 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 Grand Total Asia and the Pacific Group (46) 1 0 0 6 15 22 20 13 1 78 Bangladesh 3 2 5 Bhutan 1 1 Cambodia 1 1 Dem. People's Rep of Korea 1 1 India 2 6 5 3 16 Indonesia 1 1 1 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 2 3 Jordan 1 1 Lebanon 1 1 2 Malaysia 1 2 3 Mongolia 1 1 1 3 Myanmar 1 2 3 Nepal 1 1 Oman 1 1 Pakistan 1 1 Philippines 1 1 3 2 7 Republic of Korea 2 3 2 2 3 12 Singapore 1 1 2 Sri Lanka 1 1 2 Syrian Arab Republic 2 2 4 Thailand 1 1 1 3 Viet Nam 2 2 Yemen 1 1 Unrepresented countries Afghanistan Brunei Darussalam Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Lao People's Democratic Republic Maldives Marshall Islands Nauru Niue Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Timor-Leste Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Bahrain Iraq Kuwait Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Group of Central Asian, Caucasus and Eastern European Countries (9) 0 0 0 1 2 5 5 4 0 17 Armenia 2 2 Azerbaijan 2 2 Belarus 1 1 2 Kyrgyzstan 1 1 Russian Federation 1 1 1 4 1 8 Uzbekistan 1 1 2 Unrepresented countries Kazakhstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Table 4. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - by WIPO Groups by nationality and grade (All types of appointments) Group/Countries/Grade DDG ADG D2 D1 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 Grand Total Group of Central European and Baltic Countries (19) 0 0 0 1 7 16 11 7 0 42 Albania 1 1 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 Bulgaria 2 1 3 Croatia 1 1 Czech Republic 1 1 Georgia 1 1 Hungary 1 1 1 3 Latvia 1 1 Montenegro 1 1 North Macedonia 2 1 3 Poland 3 1 2 6 Republic of Moldova 3 1 4 Romania 2 3 1 6 Serbia 1 1 Slovakia 1 1 Ukraine 3 1 3 7 Unrepresented countries Estonia Lithuania Slovenia China 1 0 0 4 5 2 13 8 33 China 1 4 5 2 13 8 33 Group B (32) 2 2 8 31 39 102 94 31 1 310 Australia 1 1 1 5 1 1 10 Austria 1 1 2 1 5 Belgium 1 2 4 1 8 Canada 1 4 10 4 2 21 Cyprus 1 1 2 Denmark 1 1 1 3 Finland 1 1 France 1 1 4 8 27 25 6 72 Germany 1 1 4 8 8 3 25 Greece 2 1 3 Ireland 2 1 3 Israel 1 1 Italy 2 1 6 13 1 23 Japan 1 1 2 1 3 4 5 17 Netherlands 1 1 2 4 New Zealand 1 1 1 3 Norway 1 1 Portugal 2 2 Spain 1 2 5 8 3 1 20 Switzerland 1 2 1 2 5 1 12 Türkiye 1 1 1 3 United Kingdom 1 1 5 7 9 10 4 37 United States of America 1 6 5 11 10 1 34 Unrepresented countries Andorra Holy See Iceland Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco San Marino Sweden Table 4. Posts subject to Geographical Distribution - by WIPO Groups by nationality and grade (All types of appointments) Group/Countries/Grade DDG ADG D2 D1 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1 Grand Total Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) (33) 0 1 3 1 11 17 16 5 1 55 Argentina 1 1 1 2 5 Barbados 1 1 Brazil 1 3 2 6 Chile 1 1 1 3 Colombia 1 1 1 2 3 8 Costa Rica 2 2 Cuba 1 1 2 Ecuador 2 2 El Salvador 1 1 Grenada 1 1 Guatemala 1 1 Haiti 2 2 Jamaica 2 1 3 Mexico 3 1 4 Nicaragua 1 1 Peru 2 2 1 5 Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 1 3 Uruguay 2 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1 2 3 Unrepresented countries Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Dominica Dominican Republic Guyana Honduras Panama Paraguay Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Grand Total 4 4 11 50 93 178 175 83 3 601 Saatja: "E-documents" <[email protected]> Saaja: "E-documents" <[email protected]> Teema: WIPO: Statistical Data on Geographical Distribution Report Kuupäev: 2026-01-13 16:01 Tähelepanu! Tegemist on välisvõrgust saabunud kirjaga. Tundmatu saatja korral palume linke ja faile mitte avada. Please find enclosed circular C. N 4252 relating to the WIPO Geographical Distribution Report as at June 30, 2025. -------------- THIS IS AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE, PLEASE DO NOT REPLY DIRECTLY TO THIS EMAIL Ceci est un message automatique, veuillez ne pas y répondre Este es un mensaje automático, por favor no responda a este aviso World Intellectual Property Organization Disclaimer: This electronic message may contain privileged, confidential and copyright protected information. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail and all its attachments. Please ensure all e-mail attachments are scanned for viruses prior to opening or using. Classification: WIPO FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY