Region
Africa
Global Rank
115/126
Regional Rank
22/30
Score
3.160
Cameroon’s IPRI score decreased by -0.479 to 3.16 placing it 22nd in the Africa region and 115th in the world. Cameroon is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as Lower middle income country.
Cameroon’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.029 to 2.457 with scores of 1.687 in Judicial Independence, 2.924 in Rule of Law, 2.541 in Political Stability, and 2.675 in Control of Corruption.
Cameroon’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.466 to 2.473 with scores of 3.333 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 3.585 in Registering Property, and 0.5 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Cameroon’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 4.552 with scores of 5.239 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 4.817 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 3.6 in Trademark Protection.
Cameroon is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- CEMAC
- CEEAC
Cameroon - IPRI Overall Score
Cameroon - 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
Cameroon - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.821 | 95 | 14 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.823 | 105 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.200 | 105 | 18 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.300 | 103 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.300 | 106 | 20 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.300 | 84 | 17 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.906 | 107 | 18 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.048 | 109 | 20 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.294 | 104 | 20 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.323 | 109 | 19 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.307 | 115 | 21 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.205 | 114 | 20 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.988 | 117 | 21 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.516 | 117 | 21 | 2022 |
| Overall | 3.632 | 112 | 20 | 2023 |
| Overall | 3.640 | 109 | 18 | 2024 |
| Overall | 3.160 | 115 | 22 | 2025 |
| Legal and Political | 3.034 | 102 | 14 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 3.032 | 108 | 17 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 3.500 | 100 | 15 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 3.400 | 102 | 14 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 3.300 | 110 | 20 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 3.325 | 82 | 15 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 3.134 | 107 | 17 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 3.123 | 114 | 21 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 3.144 | 116 | 22 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 3.151 | 114 | 21 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 3.080 | 117 | 22 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 2.936 | 121 | 24 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 2.724 | 121 | 25 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 2.727 | 121 | 24 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 2.431 | 119 | 24 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 2.428 | 117 | 23 | 2024 |
| Legal and Political | 2.457 | 119 | 24 | 2025 |
| Physical | 4.466 | 101 | 13 | 2009 |
| Physical | 4.649 | 104 | 15 | 2010 |
| Physical | 5.300 | 102 | 15 | 2011 |
| Physical | 5.400 | 103 | 14 | 2012 |
| Physical | 5.600 | 93 | 12 | 2013 |
| Physical | 5.533 | 74 | 10 | 2014 |
| Physical | 4.725 | 105 | 16 | 2015 |
| Physical | 4.885 | 108 | 17 | 2016 |
| Physical | 5.386 | 89 | 17 | 2017 |
| Physical | 5.335 | 107 | 16 | 2018 |
| Physical | 5.425 | 110 | 18 | 2019 |
| Physical | 5.338 | 113 | 19 | 2020 |
| Physical | 5.325 | 110 | 17 | 2021 |
| Physical | 3.906 | 114 | 18 | 2022 |
| Physical | 3.913 | 110 | 17 | 2023 |
| Physical | 3.939 | 108 | 16 | 2024 |
| Physical | 2.473 | 116 | 21 | 2025 |
| Intellectual | 3.962 | 81 | 11 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 3.789 | 90 | 16 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 3.900 | 99 | 18 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 92 | 17 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 96 | 20 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 3.933 | 85 | 17 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 3.860 | 97 | 18 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 4.137 | 98 | 19 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 4.351 | 97 | 19 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 4.483 | 89 | 16 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 4.415 | 97 | 20 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 4.341 | 100 | 20 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 3.914 | 110 | 19 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 3.914 | 110 | 19 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 4.552 | 92 | 13 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 4.552 | 92 | 13 | 2024 |
| Intellectual | 4.552 | 92 | 13 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Cameroon - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.034 | 102 | 14 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.032 | 108 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 3.500 | 100 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 3.400 | 102 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 3.300 | 110 | 20 | 2013 |
| Overall | 3.325 | 82 | 15 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.134 | 107 | 17 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.123 | 114 | 21 | 2016 |
| Overall | 3.144 | 116 | 22 | 2017 |
| Overall | 3.151 | 114 | 21 | 2018 |
| Overall | 3.080 | 117 | 22 | 2019 |
| Overall | 2.936 | 121 | 24 | 2020 |
| Overall | 2.724 | 121 | 25 | 2021 |
| Overall | 2.727 | 121 | 24 | 2022 |
| Overall | 2.431 | 119 | 24 | 2023 |
| Overall | 2.428 | 117 | 23 | 2024 |
| Overall | 2.457 | 119 | 24 | 2025 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.000 | 103 | 15 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.983 | 111 | 18 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.800 | 102 | 16 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.900 | 96 | 14 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.500 | 109 | 21 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.300 | 88 | 19 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.049 | 97 | 17 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.430 | 93 | 18 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.363 | 101 | 19 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.431 | 95 | 17 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.301 | 98 | 20 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.248 | 97 | 17 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.248 | 97 | 17 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.248 | 97 | 17 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.781 | 103 | 23 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.764 | 104 | 24 | 2024 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.687 | 107 | 25 | 2025 |
| Rule of Law | 2.820 | 106 | 15 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 3.014 | 108 | 16 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 2.900 | 112 | 17 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 2.900 | 114 | 18 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 2.900 | 116 | 21 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 3.000 | 85 | 17 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 2.908 | 112 | 20 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 3.258 | 112 | 21 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 3.078 | 117 | 22 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 2.961 | 116 | 21 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 2.952 | 118 | 23 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 2.841 | 122 | 24 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 2.762 | 121 | 24 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 2.707 | 121 | 24 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 2.805 | 116 | 23 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 2.909 | 114 | 23 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law | 2.924 | 111 | 23 | 2025 |
| Political Stability | 4.220 | 78 | 12 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 3.933 | 87 | 13 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 4.200 | 82 | 13 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 3.800 | 86 | 13 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 3.800 | 88 | 15 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 3.800 | 67 | 12 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 3.964 | 84 | 13 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 3.111 | 109 | 20 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 3.199 | 108 | 21 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 3.483 | 104 | 18 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 3.435 | 113 | 21 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 2.955 | 120 | 23 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 2.302 | 121 | 24 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 2.214 | 120 | 23 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 2.322 | 115 | 22 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 2.294 | 113 | 21 | 2024 |
| Political Stability | 2.541 | 113 | 22 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.097 | 103 | 14 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.200 | 107 | 16 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.200 | 106 | 17 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.000 | 111 | 18 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.100 | 112 | 21 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.500 | 91 | 19 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.616 | 115 | 20 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.694 | 119 | 22 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.937 | 119 | 21 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.728 | 118 | 22 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.630 | 121 | 23 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.701 | 122 | 24 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.583 | 122 | 24 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.737 | 120 | 24 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.815 | 115 | 23 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.744 | 117 | 23 | 2024 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.675 | 115 | 24 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Cameroon - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.466 | 101 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.649 | 104 | 15 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.300 | 102 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.400 | 103 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 93 | 12 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.533 | 74 | 10 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.725 | 105 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.885 | 108 | 17 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.386 | 89 | 17 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.335 | 107 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.425 | 110 | 18 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.338 | 113 | 19 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.325 | 110 | 17 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.906 | 114 | 18 | 2022 |
| Overall | 3.913 | 110 | 17 | 2023 |
| Overall | 3.939 | 108 | 16 | 2024 |
| Overall | 2.473 | 116 | 21 | 2025 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.667 | 86 | 10 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.567 | 95 | 14 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.300 | 88 | 12 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.200 | 89 | 12 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.400 | 86 | 14 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.500 | 59 | 8 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.393 | 88 | 11 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.884 | 86 | 13 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.131 | 78 | 13 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.102 | 77 | 11 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.213 | 77 | 12 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.888 | 97 | 16 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.888 | 97 | 16 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.888 | 97 | 16 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.888 | 93 | 15 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.888 | 93 | 15 | 2024 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 3.333 | 100 | 18 | 2025 |
| Registering Process | 7.397 | 72 | 10 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 7.531 | 83 | 11 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 7.800 | 82 | 13 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 7.900 | 89 | 13 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 7.900 | 86 | 13 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 7.900 | 66 | 12 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 7.227 | 117 | 23 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 7.217 | 119 | 23 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 7.101 | 101 | 24 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 7.227 | 119 | 24 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 7.386 | 121 | 25 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 7.448 | 119 | 24 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 7.448 | 119 | 24 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 3.191 | 99 | 21 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 3.210 | 95 | 21 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 3.288 | 97 | 21 | 2024 |
| Registering Process | 3.585 | 89 | 18 | 2025 |
| Access to Financing | 1.333 | 111 | 18 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 1.850 | 113 | 17 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 2.700 | 117 | 19 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.000 | 107 | 16 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 3.400 | 89 | 11 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 3.500 | 68 | 11 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 2.554 | 83 | 13 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 2.554 | 85 | 14 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 3.925 | 92 | 12 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 3.676 | 101 | 12 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 3.676 | 101 | 12 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 3.677 | 101 | 12 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 3.640 | 111 | 16 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 3.640 | 111 | 16 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 3.640 | 107 | 15 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 3.640 | 107 | 15 | 2024 |
| Access to Financing | 0.500 | 113 | 19 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Cameroon - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.962 | 81 | 11 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.789 | 90 | 16 | 2010 |
| Overall | 3.900 | 99 | 18 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 92 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 96 | 20 | 2013 |
| Overall | 3.933 | 85 | 17 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.860 | 97 | 18 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.137 | 98 | 19 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.351 | 97 | 19 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.483 | 89 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.415 | 97 | 20 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.341 | 100 | 20 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.914 | 110 | 19 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.914 | 110 | 19 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.552 | 92 | 13 | 2023 |
| Overall | 4.552 | 92 | 13 | 2024 |
| Overall | 4.552 | 92 | 13 | 2025 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.167 | 56 | 3 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.550 | 80 | 9 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.900 | 96 | 16 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.300 | 86 | 14 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.400 | 87 | 15 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.500 | 67 | 12 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.996 | 76 | 9 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.828 | 64 | 8 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.468 | 57 | 6 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.867 | 46 | 3 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.462 | 61 | 6 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.239 | 63 | 5 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.239 | 63 | 5 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.239 | 63 | 5 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.239 | 60 | 4 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.239 | 60 | 4 | 2024 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.239 | 60 | 5 | 2025 |
| Patent Protection | 6.120 | 70 | 6 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 6.117 | 72 | 7 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 6.100 | 71 | 7 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 6.100 | 71 | 7 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 6.100 | 69 | 7 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 5.800 | 71 | 9 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 75 | 10 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 76 | 10 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 76 | 10 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 78 | 10 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 80 | 10 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 78 | 9 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 4.817 | 78 | 8 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 4.817 | 78 | 8 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 4.817 | 83 | 11 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 4.817 | 83 | 11 | 2024 |
| Patent Protection | 4.817 | 83 | 11 | 2025 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.600 | 85 | 6 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 85 | 8 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 90 | 8 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 89 | 7 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 91 | 9 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 71 | 9 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 88 | 9 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 90 | 9 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 92 | 9 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 89 | 8 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 90 | 7 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 90 | 7 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 89 | 7 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 90 | 7 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2024 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2025 | |
| 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 | 3.600 | 119 | 23 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 3.600 | 119 | 23 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 3.600 | 118 | 23 | 2023 |
| Trademark Protection | 3.600 | 118 | 23 | 2024 |
| Trademark Protection | 3.600 | 120 | 23 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |