Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
31/125
Regional Rank
7/19
Score
6.174
Malaysia’s IPRI score decreased by -0.126 to 6.174 placing it 7th in the Asia and Oceania region and 31th in the world. Malaysia is classified by the IMF as part of the Emerging and Developing Asia group and by the World Bank as Upper middle income country.
Malaysia’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.605 to 5.416 with scores of 4.846 in Judicial Independence, 6.116 in Rule of Law, 5.359 in Political Stability, and 5.341 in Control of Corruption.
Malaysia’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.156 to 6.559 with scores of 7.525 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 5.484 in Registering Process, and 6.669 in Access to Financing.
Malaysia’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.385 to 6.547 with scores of 7.319 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.183 in Patent Protection, 6.471 in Copyright Protection, and 6.215 in Trademark Protection.
Malaysia is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- ASEAN
- TPP-11
Malaysia - IPRI Overall Score
Malaysia - 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
Malaysia - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.813 | 25 | 6 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 25 | 7 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.197 | 36 | 8 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.051 | 42 | 8 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 44 | 8 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 34 | 8 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 34 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 29 | 7 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.602 | 28 | 7 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.753 | 26 | 7 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.610 | 32 | 7 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.491 | 34 | 7 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.623 | 32 | 7 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.717 | 30 | 7 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.699 | 29 | 7 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 29 | 8 | 2022 |
| Overall | 6.174 | 31 | 7 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 6.235 | 21 | 5 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 6.200 | 21 | 6 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 5.941 | 40 | 7 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 5.657 | 50 | 9 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 5.600 | 50 | 9 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 5.800 | 45 | 8 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 5.700 | 46 | 9 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 5.775 | 37 | 7 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 5.830 | 41 | 7 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 6.127 | 37 | 7 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 5.808 | 44 | 8 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 5.713 | 44 | 9 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 5.817 | 44 | 9 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 6.157 | 40 | 9 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 6.001 | 42 | 9 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 6.021 | 41 | 9 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 5.416 | 48 | 8 | 2023 |
| Physical | 5.587 | 31 | 9 | 2007 |
| Physical | 5.600 | 33 | 10 | 2008 |
| Physical | 6.797 | 34 | 9 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.736 | 42 | 9 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.800 | 35 | 8 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.500 | 18 | 5 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.700 | 13 | 5 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.900 | 30 | 7 | 2014 |
| Physical | 7.653 | 8 | 4 | 2015 |
| Physical | 7.688 | 8 | 4 | 2016 |
| Physical | 7.595 | 25 | 7 | 2017 |
| Physical | 7.656 | 22 | 7 | 2018 |
| Physical | 7.814 | 22 | 7 | 2019 |
| Physical | 7.771 | 21 | 7 | 2020 |
| Physical | 7.933 | 19 | 7 | 2021 |
| Physical | 6.716 | 28 | 7 | 2022 |
| Physical | 6.559 | 27 | 6 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 5.618 | 28 | 6 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 5.600 | 30 | 7 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 5.853 | 38 | 8 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 5.761 | 39 | 8 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 5.900 | 40 | 8 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 6.200 | 36 | 8 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 6.100 | 36 | 7 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 6.233 | 33 | 7 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 6.322 | 33 | 8 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 6.442 | 32 | 8 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 6.428 | 36 | 8 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 6.105 | 43 | 8 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 6.239 | 39 | 8 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 6.223 | 39 | 8 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 6.162 | 32 | 9 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 6.162 | 32 | 9 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 6.547 | 26 | 6 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Malaysia - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.235 | 21 | 5 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.200 | 21 | 6 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.941 | 40 | 7 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.657 | 50 | 9 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 50 | 9 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 45 | 8 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 46 | 9 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.775 | 37 | 7 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.830 | 41 | 7 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.127 | 37 | 7 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.808 | 44 | 8 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.713 | 44 | 9 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.817 | 44 | 9 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.157 | 40 | 9 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.001 | 42 | 9 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.021 | 41 | 9 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.416 | 48 | 8 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.238 | 19 | 5 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.200 | 20 | 6 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.000 | 31 | 7 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.100 | 43 | 8 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.200 | 48 | 10 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.700 | 41 | 7 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.600 | 40 | 7 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.500 | 32 | 7 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.450 | 35 | 6 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.594 | 33 | 6 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.014 | 42 | 6 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.091 | 39 | 6 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.672 | 32 | 6 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.865 | 29 | 6 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.865 | 29 | 6 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.865 | 29 | 6 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.846 | 49 | 8 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 6.060 | 42 | 8 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 5.981 | 48 | 9 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 6.100 | 47 | 9 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 6.000 | 47 | 9 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 6.000 | 45 | 8 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 6.000 | 36 | 7 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 5.952 | 44 | 8 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 6.281 | 40 | 8 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 6.149 | 41 | 8 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 6.070 | 42 | 9 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 5.828 | 47 | 9 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 6.247 | 39 | 9 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 6.182 | 40 | 9 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 6.317 | 40 | 9 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 6.116 | 38 | 8 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 5.980 | 24 | 5 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 6.000 | 25 | 6 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 5.400 | 52 | 9 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 5.260 | 57 | 10 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 5.100 | 63 | 10 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 5.300 | 53 | 8 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 5.300 | 55 | 9 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 5.000 | 51 | 8 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 5.104 | 58 | 9 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 5.680 | 45 | 7 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 5.502 | 51 | 8 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 5.467 | 57 | 10 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 5.716 | 54 | 10 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 5.888 | 50 | 9 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 5.464 | 55 | 9 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 5.402 | 53 | 8 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 5.359 | 50 | 8 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.100 | 23 | 5 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.100 | 24 | 6 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.306 | 48 | 8 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.287 | 50 | 9 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.000 | 57 | 9 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.200 | 51 | 9 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.000 | 56 | 9 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.600 | 36 | 7 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.813 | 40 | 8 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.954 | 41 | 8 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.568 | 45 | 9 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.222 | 50 | 9 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.052 | 52 | 9 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.628 | 46 | 9 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.495 | 47 | 9 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.499 | 48 | 9 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.341 | 46 | 8 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Malaysia - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.587 | 31 | 9 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 33 | 10 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.797 | 34 | 9 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.736 | 42 | 9 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 35 | 8 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 18 | 5 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 13 | 5 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.900 | 30 | 7 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.653 | 8 | 4 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.688 | 8 | 4 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.595 | 25 | 7 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.656 | 22 | 7 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.814 | 22 | 7 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.771 | 21 | 7 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.933 | 19 | 7 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.716 | 28 | 7 | 2022 |
| Overall | 6.559 | 27 | 6 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.934 | 21 | 5 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.900 | 23 | 7 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.833 | 23 | 7 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.433 | 33 | 7 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.300 | 36 | 8 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.600 | 27 | 7 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.700 | 26 | 8 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.400 | 26 | 7 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.160 | 25 | 7 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.251 | 28 | 7 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.152 | 31 | 7 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.265 | 30 | 7 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.662 | 22 | 6 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.525 | 24 | 7 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.525 | 24 | 7 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.525 | 24 | 7 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.525 | 23 | 6 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 3.005 | 59 | 12 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 3.000 | 60 | 13 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 6.557 | 86 | 17 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 6.691 | 100 | 17 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 7.100 | 110 | 17 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.500 | 66 | 14 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 33 | 7 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.900 | 28 | 7 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.504 | 32 | 9 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.519 | 33 | 9 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.499 | 24 | 9 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.520 | 33 | 9 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.595 | 29 | 9 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.605 | 31 | 9 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.605 | 31 | 9 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 5.953 | 30 | 7 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 5.484 | 30 | 6 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 5.822 | 18 | 7 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 5.800 | 19 | 7 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 6.000 | 18 | 5 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 6.083 | 15 | 5 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 6.000 | 10 | 3 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 6.400 | 8 | 2 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 6.300 | 9 | 3 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 6.300 | 3 | 3 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 6.295 | 2 | 1 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 6.295 | 2 | 1 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 6.133 | 25 | 6 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 6.184 | 20 | 7 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 6.184 | 20 | 7 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 6.184 | 20 | 7 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 6.669 | 8 | 4 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 6.669 | 8 | 4 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 6.669 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Malaysia - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.618 | 28 | 6 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 30 | 7 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.853 | 38 | 8 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.761 | 39 | 8 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.900 | 40 | 8 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.200 | 36 | 8 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 36 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.233 | 33 | 7 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.322 | 33 | 8 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.442 | 32 | 8 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.428 | 36 | 8 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.105 | 43 | 8 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.239 | 39 | 8 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.223 | 39 | 8 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.162 | 32 | 9 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.162 | 32 | 9 | 2022 |
| Overall | 6.547 | 26 | 6 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.872 | 20 | 5 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.900 | 21 | 6 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.833 | 25 | 7 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.267 | 31 | 8 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.700 | 30 | 7 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.100 | 28 | 7 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.900 | 29 | 7 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.900 | 26 | 7 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.000 | 24 | 6 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.360 | 23 | 6 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.217 | 27 | 6 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.166 | 26 | 6 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.367 | 24 | 6 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.319 | 25 | 6 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.319 | 25 | 6 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.319 | 25 | 6 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.319 | 24 | 5 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 6.548 | 36 | 5 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 6.500 | 39 | 6 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 6.960 | 55 | 11 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 6.967 | 55 | 11 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 54 | 11 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 54 | 11 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 53 | 10 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 7.400 | 43 | 8 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 7.367 | 45 | 10 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 7.367 | 46 | 10 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 7.367 | 46 | 10 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 65 | 12 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 68 | 12 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 67 | 12 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.215 | 41 | 8 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.215 | 41 | 8 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 6.183 | 41 | 8 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.411 | 22 | 7 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.400 | 23 | 8 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.767 | 47 | 7 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.050 | 52 | 8 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.100 | 51 | 8 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.400 | 46 | 8 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.500 | 46 | 8 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.500 | 38 | 7 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.600 | 46 | 8 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.600 | 46 | 8 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.700 | 46 | 8 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.700 | 46 | 8 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.900 | 46 | 8 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.900 | 46 | 8 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.900 | 46 | 8 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.900 | 46 | 8 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.471 | 17 | 6 | 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 | 6.215 | 35 | 3 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.215 | 35 | 3 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.215 | 35 | 3 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |