Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
18/125
Regional Rank
12/19
Score
7.341
Belgium’s IPRI score increased by 0.062 to 7.341 placing it 12th in the Western Europe region and 18th in the world. Belgium is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Belgium’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.169 to 7.643 with scores of 8.661 in Judicial Independence, 7.652 in Rule of Law, 6.29 in Political Stability, and 7.969 in Control of Corruption.
Belgium’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.046 to 7.048 with scores of 7.856 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.453 in Registering Process, and 5.835 in Access to Financing.
Belgium’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.03 to 7.331 with scores of 8.352 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.017 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 6.625 in Trademark Protection.
Belgium is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- EU
Belgium - IPRI Overall Score
Belgium - IPRI Overall Score
- 1: IPRI
- 2: Legal and Political Subindex
- 3. Judicial Independence
- 4. Rule of Law
- 5. Control of Corruption
- 6. Political Stability
- 7. Physical Property Rights Subindex
- 8. Property Rights Protection
- 9. Registering Property
- 10. Ease of Access to Loans
- 11. Intellectual Property Rights Subindex
- 12. Intellectual Property Rights
- 13. Patent Protection
- 14. Copyright Protection
- 15. Trademark Protection
Belgium - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.813 | 17 | 11 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 18 | 11 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.453 | 18 | 12 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.459 | 20 | 13 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 18 | 12 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 17 | 11 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 18 | 11 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 18 | 11 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.364 | 20 | 12 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.454 | 19 | 12 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.839 | 18 | 12 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.678 | 18 | 11 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.669 | 18 | 11 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.706 | 17 | 10 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 19 | 12 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.279 | 18 | 11 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.341 | 18 | 12 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 6.901 | 16 | 11 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 6.900 | 17 | 11 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 7.416 | 19 | 14 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 7.395 | 20 | 14 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 7.400 | 20 | 13 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 7.500 | 19 | 12 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 7.600 | 19 | 13 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 7.450 | 18 | 13 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 7.671 | 19 | 13 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 7.646 | 19 | 13 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 7.549 | 19 | 13 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 7.471 | 19 | 13 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 7.443 | 20 | 13 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 7.464 | 18 | 12 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 7.474 | 18 | 13 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 7.474 | 18 | 12 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 7.643 | 17 | 12 | 2023 |
| Physical | 5.561 | 32 | 14 | 2007 |
| Physical | 5.600 | 31 | 14 | 2008 |
| Physical | 6.720 | 37 | 14 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.860 | 39 | 15 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 28 | 11 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 26 | 10 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.800 | 35 | 13 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.933 | 28 | 14 | 2014 |
| Physical | 6.395 | 39 | 14 | 2015 |
| Physical | 6.468 | 40 | 15 | 2016 |
| Physical | 7.515 | 28 | 12 | 2017 |
| Physical | 7.387 | 29 | 12 | 2018 |
| Physical | 7.370 | 28 | 12 | 2019 |
| Physical | 7.458 | 29 | 12 | 2020 |
| Physical | 7.366 | 30 | 12 | 2021 |
| Physical | 7.002 | 23 | 12 | 2022 |
| Physical | 7.048 | 21 | 12 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 7.977 | 10 | 8 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 10 | 8 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 8.224 | 8 | 6 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 8.122 | 10 | 8 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 14 | 10 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 12 | 9 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 11 | 8 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 8.600 | 4 | 3 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 8.026 | 12 | 9 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 8.247 | 8 | 6 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.452 | 7 | 5 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 8.177 | 12 | 9 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 8.195 | 12 | 9 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 8.195 | 11 | 7 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 7.361 | 10 | 6 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 7.361 | 10 | 6 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 7.331 | 11 | 8 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Belgium - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.901 | 16 | 11 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.900 | 17 | 11 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.416 | 19 | 14 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.395 | 20 | 14 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 20 | 13 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 19 | 12 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.600 | 19 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.450 | 18 | 13 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.671 | 19 | 13 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.646 | 19 | 13 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.549 | 19 | 13 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.471 | 19 | 13 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.443 | 20 | 13 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.464 | 18 | 12 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.474 | 18 | 13 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.474 | 18 | 12 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.643 | 17 | 12 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.982 | 21 | 12 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.000 | 21 | 12 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.333 | 23 | 14 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.900 | 18 | 13 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.400 | 26 | 13 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.500 | 27 | 13 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.500 | 27 | 12 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.800 | 19 | 12 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.784 | 18 | 11 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.027 | 16 | 10 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.884 | 17 | 10 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.683 | 20 | 11 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.895 | 16 | 9 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.896 | 11 | 7 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.896 | 11 | 7 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.896 | 11 | 7 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.661 | 11 | 8 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 8.040 | 19 | 14 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 7.767 | 22 | 15 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 7.700 | 21 | 15 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 7.800 | 21 | 15 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 7.900 | 20 | 14 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 7.800 | 20 | 14 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 7.806 | 20 | 13 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 8.022 | 20 | 13 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 7.842 | 20 | 13 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 7.804 | 20 | 14 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 7.686 | 21 | 14 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 7.736 | 21 | 14 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 7.727 | 21 | 14 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 7.738 | 20 | 13 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 7.652 | 19 | 13 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 6.320 | 22 | 11 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 6.300 | 22 | 10 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 6.500 | 30 | 14 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 6.215 | 33 | 14 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.600 | 28 | 13 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.600 | 25 | 12 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.800 | 26 | 12 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.800 | 22 | 11 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 6.835 | 25 | 12 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 6.429 | 32 | 14 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 6.304 | 36 | 14 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 6.189 | 39 | 15 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 6.197 | 39 | 14 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 6.206 | 44 | 14 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 6.168 | 39 | 15 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 6.308 | 34 | 14 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 6.290 | 33 | 14 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.400 | 16 | 10 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.400 | 16 | 10 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.791 | 18 | 13 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.697 | 20 | 14 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.900 | 19 | 13 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.000 | 19 | 12 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.200 | 15 | 10 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.100 | 17 | 11 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.260 | 17 | 11 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.105 | 18 | 12 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.165 | 18 | 12 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.206 | 16 | 12 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.994 | 19 | 13 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.021 | 18 | 13 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.104 | 16 | 11 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.956 | 20 | 13 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.969 | 18 | 12 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Belgium - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.561 | 32 | 14 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 31 | 14 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.720 | 37 | 14 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.860 | 39 | 15 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 28 | 11 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 26 | 10 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 35 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.933 | 28 | 14 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.395 | 39 | 14 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.468 | 40 | 15 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.515 | 28 | 12 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.387 | 29 | 12 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.370 | 28 | 12 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.458 | 29 | 12 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.366 | 30 | 12 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.002 | 23 | 12 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.048 | 21 | 12 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.196 | 16 | 12 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.200 | 17 | 12 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.333 | 19 | 13 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.417 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.800 | 22 | 13 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.700 | 23 | 13 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.500 | 28 | 14 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.700 | 21 | 14 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.414 | 23 | 13 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.385 | 26 | 14 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.886 | 21 | 13 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.907 | 19 | 12 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.856 | 19 | 12 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.856 | 16 | 10 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.856 | 16 | 10 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.856 | 16 | 10 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.856 | 15 | 10 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 2.765 | 60 | 15 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 2.800 | 61 | 15 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 6.326 | 88 | 16 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 6.513 | 105 | 17 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 7.600 | 96 | 16 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 7.600 | 103 | 18 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 7.600 | 104 | 18 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 7.500 | 81 | 18 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 7.889 | 105 | 19 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 8.138 | 104 | 19 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 8.061 | 88 | 18 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 8.145 | 105 | 18 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 8.145 | 112 | 19 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 8.407 | 101 | 17 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 8.407 | 101 | 17 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 7.314 | 17 | 11 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 7.453 | 15 | 10 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 5.721 | 20 | 11 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 5.700 | 20 | 11 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 5.500 | 28 | 13 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 5.650 | 24 | 10 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 5.600 | 17 | 6 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 5.600 | 14 | 6 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 5.400 | 19 | 6 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 5.000 | 22 | 7 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 3.881 | 34 | 9 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 3.881 | 35 | 9 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 6.599 | 17 | 7 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 6.110 | 24 | 7 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 6.110 | 24 | 7 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 6.111 | 23 | 7 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 5.835 | 29 | 12 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 5.835 | 29 | 12 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 5.835 | 28 | 12 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Belgium - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.977 | 10 | 8 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 10 | 8 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.224 | 8 | 6 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.122 | 10 | 8 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 14 | 10 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 12 | 9 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 11 | 8 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.600 | 4 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.026 | 12 | 9 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.247 | 8 | 6 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.452 | 7 | 5 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.177 | 12 | 9 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.195 | 12 | 9 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.195 | 11 | 7 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.361 | 10 | 6 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.361 | 10 | 6 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.331 | 11 | 8 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.626 | 16 | 11 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.600 | 17 | 11 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.833 | 14 | 11 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.533 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.300 | 22 | 13 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.200 | 24 | 14 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.500 | 20 | 12 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.500 | 19 | 12 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.146 | 22 | 12 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.809 | 18 | 10 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.323 | 11 | 9 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.398 | 8 | 6 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.352 | 7 | 6 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.352 | 7 | 5 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.352 | 7 | 5 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.352 | 7 | 5 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.352 | 6 | 5 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 8.387 | 10 | 7 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.400 | 11 | 7 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.340 | 5 | 3 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 2 | 1 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 1 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 3 | 1 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 3 | 1 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 3 | 1 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 3 | 1 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.433 | 25 | 14 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.433 | 25 | 14 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.433 | 25 | 14 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.668 | 22 | 11 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.668 | 22 | 11 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 7.017 | 12 | 7 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 10 | 6 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 6 | 3 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 8 | 3 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 7 | 3 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 8 | 3 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 7 | 3 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 9 | 5 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 9 | 5 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 11 | 7 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 11 | 7 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 13 | 9 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 13 | 9 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 13 | 9 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 13 | 9 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2009 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2010 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2011 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2012 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2013 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2014 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2015 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2016 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2017 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2018 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2019 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2020 | |
| Trademark Protection | 6.625 | 20 | 9 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.625 | 20 | 9 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.625 | 20 | 9 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |