ALBANIA

ALBANIA’s IPRI score decreased by -0.18 to 3.82 placing it 23rd in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region and 118th in the world. ALBANIA is classified by the IMF as part of the Emerging and Developing Europe group and by the World Bank as an upper-middle income country.

ALBANIA’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.03 to 4.24 with scores of 2.75 in Judicial Independence, 4.28 in Rule of Law, 5.83 in Political Stability, and 4.11 for Control of Corruption.

ALBANIA’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.77 to 3.94 with scores of 4.23 in Property Rights, data unavailable for in Registering Property, and 3.65 for Ease of Access to Loans.

ALBANIA’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.19 to 3.29 with scores of 3.87 in Intellectual Property Protection, data unavailable for in Patent Protection, and 2.7 in Copyright Protections.

ALBANIA - IPRI Overall Score

Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year
Overall	3.501	103	22	2009
Overall	3.799	106	23	2010
Overall	4.400	97	17	2011
Overall	4.400	100	17	2012
Overall	4.200	113	23	2013
Overall	3.713	111	23	2015
Overall	4.004	111	23	2016
Overall	3.822	118	23	2017
Legal and Political	3.550	89	21	2009
Legal and Political	3.816	88	19	2010
Legal and Political	4.500	79	16	2011
Legal and Political	4.200	80	20	2012
Legal and Political	4.000	89	22	2013
Legal and Political	3.750	86	20	2015
Legal and Political	4.206	80	19	2016
Legal and Political	4.241	79	18	2017
Physical	4.853	86	17	2009
Physical	5.239	84	16	2010
Physical	5.500	95	20	2011
Physical	5.500	102	22	2012
Physical	5.200	114	24	2013
Physical	4.560	110	23	2015
Physical	4.711	112	24	2016
Physical	3.940	122	22	2017
Intellectual	2.100	108	21	2009
Intellectual	2.342	116	23	2010
Intellectual	3.300	113	18	2011
Intellectual	3.400	114	19	2012
Intellectual	3.400	116	20	2013
Intellectual	2.830	114	21	2015
Intellectual	3.095	118	21	2016
Intellectual	3.285	121	22	2017
Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year

ALBANIA - Legal and Political Environmental

Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year
Overall	3.550	89	21	2009
Overall	3.816	88	19	2010
Overall	4.500	79	16	2011
Overall	4.200	80	20	2012
Overall	4.000	89	22	2013
Overall	3.750	86	20	2015
Overall	4.206	80	19	2016
Overall	4.241	79	18	2017
Judicial Independence	2.333	100	23	2009
Judicial Independence	2.350	107	24	2010
Judicial Independence	4.700	80	12	2011
Judicial Independence	4.200	89	17	2012
Judicial Independence	3.700	103	22	2013
Judicial Independence	2.465	104	20	2015
Judicial Independence	2.726	107	21	2016
Judicial Independence	2.746	114	23	2017
Rule Of Law	3.600	90	21	2009
Rule Of Law	3.797	90	21	2010
Rule Of Law	4.000	83	21	2011
Rule Of Law	4.100	81	21	2012
Rule Of Law	4.000	88	21	2013
Rule Of Law	3.852	86	20	2015
Rule Of Law	4.259	83	21	2016
Rule Of Law	4.281	83	20	2017
Political Stability	4.460	73	18	2009
Political Stability	5.018	64	15	2010
Political Stability	4.900	67	16	2011
Political Stability	4.600	73	17	2012
Political Stability	4.500	75	18	2013
Political Stability	5.116	57	15	2015
Political Stability	5.947	42	11	2016
Political Stability	5.825	44	11	2017
Corruption Control	3.807	80	18	2009
Corruption Control	4.100	81	19	2010
Corruption Control	4.200	79	19	2011
Corruption Control	4.000	84	19	2012
Corruption Control	3.800	88	21	2013
Corruption Control	3.567	96	19	2015
Corruption Control	3.894	83	20	2016
Corruption Control	4.112	81	19	2017
Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year

ALBANIA - Physical Property Rights

Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year
Overall	3.500	107	24	2009
Overall	3.650	112	25	2010
Overall	4.800	101	18	2011
Overall	4.900	99	18	2012
Overall	4.500	112	21	2013
Overall	2.956	114	23	2015
Overall	3.414	117	24	2016
Overall	4.228	109	19	2017
Protection of Physical Property	4.853	86	17	2009
Protection of Physical Property	5.239	84	16	2010
Protection of Physical Property	5.500	95	20	2011
Protection of Physical Property	5.500	102	22	2012
Protection of Physical Property	5.200	114	24	2013
Protection of Physical Property	4.560	110	23	2015
Protection of Physical Property	4.711	112	24	2016
Protection of Physical Property	3.940	122	22	2017
Registering Property	7.726	59	10	2009
Registering Property	8.183	55	11	2010
Registering Property	8.300	62	15	2011
Registering Property	8.500	66	16	2012
Registering Property	8.500	65	17	2013
Registering Property	9.260	52	16	2015
Registering Property	9.257	54	16	2016
Registering Property		No Data	No Data	2017
Access to Loan	3.333	70	17	2009
Access to Loan	3.883	69	14	2010
Access to Loan	3.500	81	16	2011
Access to Loan	3.000	105	24	2012
Access to Loan	2.600	119	25	2013
Access to Loan	1.463	109	23	2015
Access to Loan	1.463	113	24	2016
Access to Loan	3.652	100	19	2017
Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year

ALBANIA -Intellectual Property Rights

Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year
Overall	2.000	104	24	2009
Overall	2.383	111	24	2010
Overall	4.000	91	18	2011
Overall	4.300	84	15	2012
Overall	4.300	94	18	2013
Overall	3.160	99	21	2015
Overall	3.691	99	19	2016
Overall	3.871	109	22	2017
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	2.100	108	21	2009
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	2.342	116	23	2010
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.300	113	18	2011
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.400	114	19	2012
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.400	116	20	2013
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	2.830	114	21	2015
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.095	118	21	2016
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.285	121	22	2017
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
Copyright Protection	2.200	73	19	2009
Copyright Protection	2.300	74	18	2010
Copyright Protection	2.500	75	18	2011
Copyright Protection	2.500	76	18	2012
Copyright Protection	2.500	75	18	2013
Copyright Protection	2.500	75	18	2015
Copyright Protection	2.500	76	19	2016
Copyright Protection	2.700	75	18	2017
Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year