Region
Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Global Rank
35/126
Regional Rank
7/25
Score
6.263
Croatia’s IPRI score increased by 1.066 to 6.263 placing it 7th in the Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia region and 35th in the world. Croatia is classified by the IMF as part of the Emerging and Developing Europe group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Croatia’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.042 to 5.622 with scores of 5.04 in Judicial Independence, 5.721 in Rule of Law, 6.362 in Political Stability, and 5.364 in Control of Corruption.
Croatia’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 3.167 to 7.625 with scores of 10 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.676 in Registering Property, and 8.2 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Croatia’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.012 to 5.543 with scores of 4.616 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.483 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 6.53 in Trademark Protection.
Croatia is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- EU
Croatia - IPRI Overall Score
Croatia - 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
Croatia - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.949 | 60 | 12 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.901 | 68 | 13 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.300 | 66 | 12 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.200 | 68 | 13 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.200 | 67 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.873 | 69 | 14 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.938 | 70 | 14 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.754 | 86 | 13 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.171 | 73 | 13 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.162 | 75 | 14 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.232 | 75 | 15 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.422 | 62 | 13 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.916 | 65 | 15 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.191 | 56 | 11 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.197 | 54 | 11 | 2024 |
| Overall | 6.263 | 35 | 7 | 2025 |
| Legal and Political | 4.971 | 52 | 10 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 5.062 | 55 | 10 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 5.300 | 56 | 11 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 5.200 | 56 | 11 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 5.100 | 58 | 11 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 5.141 | 51 | 9 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 5.224 | 51 | 10 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 5.150 | 57 | 12 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 5.242 | 56 | 12 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 5.096 | 59 | 12 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 5.017 | 60 | 13 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 4.993 | 60 | 13 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 4.908 | 62 | 13 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 5.535 | 46 | 9 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 5.580 | 44 | 9 | 2024 |
| Legal and Political | 5.622 | 44 | 9 | 2025 |
| Physical | 5.243 | 73 | 13 | 2009 |
| Physical | 5.116 | 89 | 18 | 2010 |
| Physical | 5.700 | 80 | 14 | 2011 |
| Physical | 5.700 | 87 | 18 | 2012 |
| Physical | 5.600 | 94 | 20 | 2013 |
| Physical | 4.901 | 98 | 20 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.005 | 101 | 21 | 2016 |
| Physical | 4.349 | 115 | 17 | 2017 |
| Physical | 5.484 | 104 | 24 | 2018 |
| Physical | 5.599 | 106 | 25 | 2019 |
| Physical | 5.870 | 98 | 21 | 2020 |
| Physical | 5.881 | 96 | 21 | 2021 |
| Physical | 4.448 | 91 | 19 | 2022 |
| Physical | 4.483 | 83 | 17 | 2023 |
| Physical | 4.458 | 85 | 18 | 2024 |
| Physical | 7.625 | 16 | 2 | 2025 |
| Intellectual | 4.633 | 65 | 12 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 4.525 | 71 | 13 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 4.800 | 77 | 14 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 4.800 | 75 | 13 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 4.800 | 78 | 14 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 4.577 | 71 | 14 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 4.585 | 80 | 14 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 4.764 | 80 | 14 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 4.788 | 78 | 14 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 4.791 | 78 | 14 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 4.808 | 75 | 14 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 5.393 | 56 | 13 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 5.393 | 56 | 13 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 5.555 | 46 | 11 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 5.555 | 46 | 11 | 2024 |
| Intellectual | 5.543 | 45 | 11 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Croatia - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.971 | 52 | 10 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.062 | 55 | 10 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.300 | 56 | 11 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.200 | 56 | 11 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.100 | 58 | 11 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.141 | 51 | 9 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.224 | 51 | 10 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.150 | 57 | 12 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.242 | 56 | 12 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.096 | 59 | 12 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.017 | 60 | 13 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.993 | 60 | 13 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.908 | 62 | 13 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.535 | 46 | 9 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.580 | 44 | 9 | 2024 |
| Overall | 5.622 | 44 | 9 | 2025 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.833 | 73 | 11 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.700 | 84 | 14 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.500 | 85 | 14 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.400 | 86 | 15 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.000 | 93 | 18 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.592 | 86 | 15 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.701 | 90 | 14 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.541 | 94 | 16 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.154 | 104 | 18 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.557 | 111 | 21 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.300 | 114 | 21 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.300 | 114 | 21 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.300 | 114 | 21 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.934 | 48 | 8 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.063 | 47 | 8 | 2024 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.040 | 50 | 9 | 2025 |
| Rule of Law | 5.060 | 54 | 10 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 5.167 | 57 | 11 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 5.400 | 52 | 10 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 5.400 | 51 | 10 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 5.400 | 52 | 10 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 5.529 | 52 | 10 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 5.621 | 50 | 10 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 5.405 | 53 | 11 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 5.873 | 48 | 10 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 5.668 | 49 | 11 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 5.650 | 50 | 12 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 5.732 | 48 | 10 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 5.588 | 51 | 11 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 5.605 | 47 | 10 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 5.736 | 46 | 10 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law | 5.721 | 48 | 10 | 2025 |
| Political Stability | 6.040 | 37 | 9 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 6.140 | 39 | 9 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.200 | 35 | 9 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.200 | 37 | 8 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.100 | 41 | 9 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.228 | 35 | 8 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 6.202 | 38 | 9 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 6.252 | 38 | 8 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 6.553 | 33 | 6 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 6.786 | 29 | 6 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 6.854 | 26 | 3 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 6.688 | 26 | 5 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 6.341 | 33 | 7 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 6.478 | 29 | 5 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 6.224 | 30 | 5 | 2024 |
| Political Stability | 6.362 | 30 | 5 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.951 | 53 | 11 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.242 | 52 | 10 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.100 | 54 | 11 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.900 | 56 | 11 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.000 | 54 | 11 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.214 | 48 | 11 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.371 | 47 | 9 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.401 | 47 | 9 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.388 | 49 | 10 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.373 | 50 | 10 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.263 | 51 | 10 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.251 | 51 | 10 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.401 | 50 | 10 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.123 | 50 | 10 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.296 | 46 | 9 | 2024 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.364 | 47 | 9 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Croatia - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.243 | 73 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.116 | 89 | 18 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 80 | 14 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 87 | 18 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 94 | 20 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.901 | 98 | 20 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.005 | 101 | 21 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.349 | 115 | 17 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.484 | 104 | 24 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.599 | 106 | 25 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.870 | 98 | 21 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.881 | 96 | 21 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.448 | 91 | 19 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.483 | 83 | 17 | 2023 |
| Overall | 4.458 | 85 | 18 | 2024 |
| Overall | 7.625 | 16 | 2 | 2025 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.333 | 70 | 12 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.333 | 77 | 12 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.700 | 79 | 13 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.600 | 79 | 13 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.400 | 88 | 17 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.655 | 84 | 17 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.656 | 94 | 17 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.681 | 101 | 17 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.383 | 102 | 17 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.247 | 112 | 22 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.587 | 103 | 20 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.587 | 103 | 20 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.587 | 103 | 20 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.587 | 99 | 19 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.587 | 99 | 19 | 2024 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 10.000 | 25 | 9 | 2025 |
| Registering Process | 6.063 | 95 | 19 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 6.197 | 109 | 22 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 7.700 | 89 | 19 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 7.700 | 98 | 23 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 7.700 | 98 | 24 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 7.675 | 111 | 23 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 7.987 | 107 | 24 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2017 | |
| Registering Process | 7.994 | 108 | 23 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 8.474 | 99 | 23 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 8.947 | 78 | 20 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 8.947 | 78 | 20 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 4.649 | 55 | 12 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 4.755 | 44 | 9 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 4.678 | 48 | 10 | 2024 |
| Registering Process | 4.676 | 49 | 9 | 2025 |
| Access to Financing | 4.333 | 51 | 9 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 3.817 | 70 | 15 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 3.600 | 74 | 13 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.700 | 75 | 13 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 3.600 | 81 | 15 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 2.372 | 91 | 18 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 2.372 | 93 | 18 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 4.016 | 89 | 16 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.075 | 90 | 17 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.075 | 90 | 17 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.075 | 90 | 17 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 4.108 | 96 | 21 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 4.108 | 96 | 21 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.108 | 92 | 20 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 4.108 | 92 | 20 | 2024 |
| Access to Financing | 8.200 | 8 | 2 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Croatia - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.633 | 65 | 12 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.525 | 71 | 13 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.800 | 77 | 14 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.800 | 75 | 13 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.800 | 78 | 14 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.577 | 71 | 14 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.585 | 80 | 14 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.764 | 80 | 14 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.788 | 78 | 14 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.791 | 78 | 14 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.808 | 75 | 14 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.393 | 56 | 13 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.393 | 56 | 13 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.555 | 46 | 11 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.555 | 46 | 11 | 2024 |
| Overall | 5.543 | 45 | 11 | 2025 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.667 | 48 | 7 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.450 | 53 | 7 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.000 | 66 | 12 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.000 | 65 | 12 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.000 | 67 | 12 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.353 | 67 | 14 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.370 | 81 | 15 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.628 | 81 | 15 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.677 | 79 | 14 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.583 | 87 | 17 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.616 | 89 | 19 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.616 | 89 | 19 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.616 | 89 | 19 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.616 | 86 | 18 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.616 | 86 | 18 | 2024 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.616 | 86 | 18 | 2025 |
| Patent Protection | No Data | No Data | 2009 | |
| Patent Protection | No Data | No Data | 2010 | |
| Patent Protection | No Data | No Data | 2011 | |
| Patent Protection | No Data | No Data | 2012 | |
| Patent Protection | No Data | No Data | 2013 | |
| Patent Protection | No Data | No Data | 2015 | |
| Patent Protection | No Data | No Data | 2016 | |
| Patent Protection | No Data | No Data | 2017 | |
| Patent Protection | No Data | No Data | 2018 | |
| Patent Protection | No Data | No Data | 2019 | |
| Patent Protection | No Data | No Data | 2020 | |
| Patent Protection | No Data | No Data | 2021 | |
| Patent Protection | No Data | No Data | 2022 | |
| Patent Protection | 5.483 | 62 | 12 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 5.483 | 62 | 12 | 2024 |
| Patent Protection | 5.483 | 60 | 12 | 2025 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.600 | 36 | 8 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.600 | 44 | 10 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.600 | 41 | 9 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.600 | 41 | 9 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.700 | 41 | 8 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.800 | 42 | 8 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.800 | 42 | 8 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.900 | 43 | 10 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.900 | 43 | 10 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.000 | 45 | 10 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.000 | 45 | 10 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.000 | 44 | 10 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.000 | 45 | 10 | 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 | 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 | 6.564 | 26 | 10 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.564 | 26 | 10 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.564 | 26 | 10 | 2023 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.564 | 26 | 10 | 2024 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.530 | 19 | 8 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |