Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
13/125
Regional Rank
4/19
Score
7.583
Japan’s IPRI score decreased by -0.094 to 7.583 placing it 4th in the Asia and Oceania region and 13th in the world. Japan is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Japan’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.208 to 7.758 with scores of 7.636 in Judicial Independence, 8.159 in Rule of Law, 7.106 in Political Stability, and 8.131 in Control of Corruption.
Japan’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.054 to 7.66 with scores of 8.688 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.81 in Registering Process, and 6.483 in Access to Financing.
Japan’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.129 to 7.331 with scores of 8.295 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.667 in Patent Protection, 8.195 in Copyright Protection, and 6.168 in Trademark Protection.
Japan is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- TPP-11
Japan - IPRI Overall Score
Japan - 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
Japan - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.500 | 13 | 4 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.619 | 17 | 4 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.608 | 18 | 4 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.600 | 17 | 5 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 13 | 4 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 16 | 5 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 15 | 5 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.977 | 8 | 3 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.098 | 7 | 3 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.327 | 8 | 3 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.231 | 11 | 4 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.323 | 6 | 4 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.362 | 5 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.893 | 12 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.677 | 9 | 3 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.583 | 13 | 4 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 7.300 | 15 | 5 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 7.404 | 20 | 5 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 7.365 | 21 | 5 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 7.600 | 19 | 5 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 7.700 | 17 | 5 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 7.700 | 17 | 5 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 7.425 | 19 | 5 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 7.919 | 16 | 5 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 8.086 | 15 | 5 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 7.936 | 16 | 5 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 7.836 | 16 | 5 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 8.031 | 14 | 5 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 7.987 | 14 | 5 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 7.976 | 13 | 4 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 7.966 | 11 | 3 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 7.758 | 16 | 4 | 2023 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 17 | 5 | 2008 |
| Physical | 7.217 | 23 | 7 | 2009 |
| Physical | 7.131 | 29 | 7 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 30 | 6 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.100 | 24 | 7 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.200 | 23 | 7 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.200 | 21 | 5 | 2014 |
| Physical | 7.450 | 13 | 5 | 2015 |
| Physical | 7.581 | 11 | 5 | 2016 |
| Physical | 8.458 | 6 | 3 | 2017 |
| Physical | 8.340 | 7 | 3 | 2018 |
| Physical | 8.317 | 6 | 3 | 2019 |
| Physical | 8.424 | 3 | 3 | 2020 |
| Physical | 8.243 | 6 | 3 | 2021 |
| Physical | 7.606 | 10 | 4 | 2022 |
| Physical | 7.660 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 8.200 | 8 | 2 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 8.236 | 7 | 1 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 8.328 | 4 | 1 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 8.200 | 8 | 2 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 8.300 | 4 | 1 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 8.300 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 8.467 | 6 | 2 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 8.563 | 1 | 1 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 8.627 | 2 | 1 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.586 | 3 | 1 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 8.517 | 6 | 2 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 8.620 | 5 | 2 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 8.676 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 7.460 | 6 | 2 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 7.460 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 7.331 | 12 | 3 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Japan - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.300 | 15 | 5 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.404 | 20 | 5 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.365 | 21 | 5 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.600 | 19 | 5 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 17 | 5 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 17 | 5 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.425 | 19 | 5 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.919 | 16 | 5 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.086 | 15 | 5 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.936 | 16 | 5 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.836 | 16 | 5 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.031 | 14 | 5 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.987 | 14 | 5 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.976 | 13 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.966 | 11 | 3 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.758 | 16 | 4 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.600 | 18 | 5 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.500 | 20 | 5 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.300 | 23 | 5 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.100 | 19 | 4 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.300 | 18 | 4 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.300 | 16 | 4 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.500 | 13 | 3 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.604 | 8 | 3 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.644 | 12 | 3 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.469 | 15 | 4 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.386 | 15 | 4 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.473 | 10 | 4 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.647 | 5 | 2 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.647 | 5 | 2 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.647 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.636 | 21 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 7.780 | 21 | 5 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 7.793 | 21 | 5 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 7.600 | 22 | 5 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 7.600 | 23 | 5 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 7.500 | 23 | 5 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 7.600 | 23 | 5 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 7.819 | 19 | 5 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 8.197 | 19 | 5 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 8.023 | 19 | 5 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 7.755 | 21 | 5 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 8.132 | 18 | 5 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 8.068 | 17 | 5 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 8.076 | 17 | 5 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 8.050 | 16 | 5 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 8.159 | 15 | 4 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 10 | 4 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 7.040 | 14 | 4 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 6.874 | 24 | 6 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 17 | 5 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.700 | 22 | 5 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 22 | 6 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 20 | 5 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 6.963 | 18 | 4 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 7.041 | 18 | 5 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 7.034 | 15 | 5 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 7.182 | 14 | 4 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 7.474 | 9 | 4 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 7.382 | 10 | 4 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 7.231 | 13 | 5 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 7.175 | 11 | 4 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 7.106 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.300 | 19 | 5 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.298 | 22 | 5 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.493 | 22 | 5 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.700 | 22 | 5 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.100 | 17 | 5 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.000 | 20 | 5 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.200 | 16 | 5 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.292 | 15 | 4 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.461 | 14 | 4 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.217 | 17 | 5 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.022 | 19 | 5 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.044 | 18 | 5 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.850 | 20 | 5 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.951 | 19 | 5 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.992 | 19 | 5 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.131 | 17 | 4 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Japan - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.000 | 17 | 5 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.217 | 23 | 7 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.131 | 29 | 7 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 30 | 6 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 24 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 23 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 21 | 5 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.450 | 13 | 5 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.581 | 11 | 5 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.458 | 6 | 3 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.340 | 7 | 3 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.317 | 6 | 3 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.424 | 3 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.243 | 6 | 3 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.606 | 10 | 4 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.660 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.700 | 13 | 4 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.667 | 14 | 4 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.767 | 15 | 4 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.000 | 19 | 6 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.100 | 19 | 5 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.300 | 17 | 6 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.300 | 14 | 4 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.240 | 11 | 4 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.634 | 7 | 3 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.619 | 11 | 3 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.449 | 10 | 4 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.379 | 9 | 3 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.688 | 5 | 3 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.688 | 5 | 3 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.688 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.688 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 7.400 | 17 | 6 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.484 | 27 | 8 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.644 | 31 | 8 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.700 | 40 | 8 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.800 | 40 | 8 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.800 | 41 | 9 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.700 | 34 | 8 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.548 | 27 | 8 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.546 | 29 | 8 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.527 | 21 | 8 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.547 | 31 | 8 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.547 | 33 | 10 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.558 | 33 | 10 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.558 | 32 | 10 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 7.648 | 14 | 5 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 7.810 | 12 | 4 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 4.900 | 27 | 8 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 4.500 | 47 | 13 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 3.983 | 65 | 14 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 46 | 13 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 49 | 13 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 53 | 14 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 4.800 | 27 | 10 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 4.562 | 19 | 6 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 4.562 | 19 | 6 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 7.227 | 6 | 4 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 7.025 | 7 | 4 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 7.025 | 7 | 4 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 7.026 | 7 | 4 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 6.483 | 13 | 6 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 6.483 | 13 | 6 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 6.483 | 12 | 5 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Japan - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.200 | 8 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.236 | 7 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.328 | 4 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 8 | 2 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 4 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.467 | 6 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.563 | 1 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.627 | 2 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.586 | 3 | 1 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.517 | 6 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.620 | 5 | 2 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.676 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.460 | 6 | 2 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.460 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.331 | 12 | 3 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.100 | 11 | 3 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.667 | 16 | 4 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.750 | 14 | 4 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.500 | 19 | 5 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.500 | 21 | 5 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.700 | 17 | 4 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.200 | 8 | 4 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.255 | 7 | 3 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.447 | 6 | 3 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.226 | 14 | 4 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.017 | 18 | 5 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.129 | 11 | 4 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.295 | 8 | 3 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.295 | 8 | 3 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.295 | 8 | 3 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.295 | 7 | 2 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 9.700 | 2 | 1 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.340 | 12 | 1 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 9 | 1 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 9 | 1 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 9 | 1 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 9 | 1 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 10 | 1 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 10 | 1 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 10 | 1 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 10 | 1 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 5 | 2 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 6 | 2 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 6 | 2 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.977 | 15 | 4 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.977 | 15 | 4 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 6.667 | 18 | 3 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.200 | 4 | 2 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 8 | 3 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 2 | 1 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 1 | 1 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 4 | 2 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 3 | 1 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.100 | 2 | 1 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.100 | 2 | 1 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.200 | 2 | 1 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.200 | 2 | 1 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 2 | 1 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.195 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| 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 | 6.168 | 38 | 4 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.168 | 38 | 4 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.168 | 38 | 4 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |