2025
| International Property Rights Index

Costa Rica

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank

38/126

Regional Rank

2/21

Score

6.111

Costa Rica’s IPRI score increased by 0.276 to 6.111 placing it 2nd in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 38th in the world. Costa Rica is classified by the IMF as part of the Latin America and the Caribbean group and by the World Bank as Upper middle income country.

 

Costa Rica’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.101 to 6.524 with scores of 6.908 in Judicial Independence, 5.779 in Rule of Law, 7.101 in Political Stability, and 6.307 in Control of Corruption.

 

Costa Rica’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.741 to 6.337 with scores of 8.333 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 5.878 in Registering Property, and 4.8 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

Costa Rica’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.015 to 5.471 with scores of 6.008 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.483 in Patent Protection, 4.986 in Copyright Protection, and 5.407 in Trademark Protection.

 

Costa Rica is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • OECD
  • MCCA

Costa Rica - IPRI Overall Score

Costa Rica - 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

Costa Rica - IPRI Overall Score

Costa Rica - Legal and Political Environment

Costa Rica - Physical Property Rights

Costa Rica - Intellectual Property Rights