2020
| International Property Rights Index

Australia

Region

Asia and Oceania

Global Rank

6/129

Regional Rank

4/19

Score

8.358

AUSTRALIA

Region:  Asia and Oceania

Global Rank: 6 of 129

Regional Rank: 4 of 19

 

Australia’s IPRI score decreased by -0.006 to 8.358 placing it 4th in the Asia and Oceania region and 6th in the world. Australia is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.

 

Australia’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.012 to 8.141 with scores of 8.292 in Judicial Independence, 8.431 in Rule of Law, 7.231 in Political Stability, and 8.612 in Control of Corruption.

 

Australia’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.046 to 8.326 with scores of 8.446 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.851 in Registering Property, and 6.682 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

Australia’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.051 to 8.605 with scores of 7.865 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 9.75 in Patent Protection, and 8.2 in Copyright Protection.

 

Australia is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • OECD
  • TPP-11

Australia - IPRI Overall Score

Australia - 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 Piracy

Australia - IPRI Overall Score

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 8.072 8 2 2007
Overall 8.100 5 2 2008
Overall 8.188 9 2 2009
Overall 8.192 9 3 2010
Overall 8.000 10 3 2011
Overall 7.800 10 3 2012
Overall 7.900 11 3 2013
Overall 7.800 15 3 2014
Overall 7.714 12 4 2015
Overall 7.931 12 4 2016
Overall 8.244 10 4 2017
Overall 8.329 7 3 2018
Overall 8.363 5 3 2019
Overall 8.358 6 4 2020
Legal and Political 8.081 7 2 2007
Legal and Political 8.100 7 2 2008
Legal and Political 8.319 11 2 2009
Legal and Political 8.456 11 3 2010
Legal and Political 8.300 12 2 2011
Legal and Political 8.200 10 3 2012
Legal and Political 8.300 10 2 2013
Legal and Political 8.425 10 2 2014
Legal and Political 8.052 11 3 2015
Legal and Political 8.335 10 2 2016
Legal and Political 8.272 11 3 2017
Legal and Political 8.227 11 3 2018
Legal and Political 8.153 11 3 2019
Legal and Political 8.141 11 3 2020
Physical 7.826 8 3 2007
Physical 7.800 8 3 2008
Physical 8.060 9 3 2009
Physical 8.143 8 3 2010
Physical 7.700 13 3 2011
Physical 7.400 19 6 2012
Physical 7.400 19 6 2013
Physical 7.400 14 4 2014
Physical 7.071 19 7 2015
Physical 7.275 16 7 2016
Physical 8.239 11 5 2017
Physical 8.171 14 6 2018
Physical 8.280 7 4 2019
Physical 8.326 5 4 2020
Intellectual 8.307 4 1 2007
Intellectual 8.300 4 1 2008
Intellectual 8.186 9 2 2009
Intellectual 7.978 12 2 2010
Intellectual 7.900 17 4 2011
Intellectual 7.800 18 4 2012
Intellectual 7.900 15 3 2013
Intellectual 8.000 15 3 2014
Intellectual 8.019 13 2 2015
Intellectual 8.183 13 2 2016
Intellectual 8.220 14 2 2017
Intellectual 8.589 4 1 2018
Intellectual 8.656 4 1 2019
Intellectual 8.605 4 2 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Australia - Legal and Political Environmental

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 8.081 7 2 2007
Overall 8.100 7 2 2008
Overall 8.319 11 2 2009
Overall 8.456 11 3 2010
Overall 8.300 12 2 2011
Overall 8.200 10 3 2012
Overall 8.300 10 2 2013
Overall 8.425 10 2 2014
Overall 8.052 11 3 2015
Overall 8.335 10 2 2016
Overall 8.272 11 3 2017
Overall 8.227 11 3 2018
Overall 8.153 11 3 2019
Overall 8.141 11 3 2020
Judicial Independence 8.804 6 2 2007
Judicial Independence 8.800 6 2 2008
Judicial Independence 9.000 3 2 2009
Judicial Independence 9.083 8 2 2010
Judicial Independence 9.000 9 2 2011
Judicial Independence 8.700 15 2 2012
Judicial Independence 8.600 13 2 2013
Judicial Independence 8.200 14 4 2014
Judicial Independence 8.147 14 4 2015
Judicial Independence 8.584 13 4 2016
Judicial Independence 8.730 10 3 2017
Judicial Independence 8.766 8 2 2018
Judicial Independence 8.598 7 2 2019
Judicial Independence 8.292 10 4 2020
Rule Of Law No Data No Data 2007
Rule Of Law No Data No Data 2008
Rule Of Law 8.580 11 2 2009
Rule Of Law 8.529 11 2 2010
Rule Of Law 8.500 9 2 2011
Rule Of Law 8.500 12 2 2012
Rule Of Law 8.600 7 2 2013
Rule Of Law 8.500 11 2 2014
Rule Of Law 8.507 10 2 2015
Rule Of Law 8.855 9 2 2016
Rule Of Law 8.648 13 4 2017
Rule Of Law 8.504 11 3 2018
Rule Of Law 8.363 13 4 2019
Rule Of Law 8.431 14 4 2020
Political Stability 6.640 16 4 2007
Political Stability 6.600 17 5 2008
Political Stability 6.720 20 5 2009
Political Stability 7.154 15 5 2010
Political Stability 6.700 25 6 2011
Political Stability 6.600 29 6 2012
Political Stability 6.700 31 8 2013
Political Stability 7.000 17 3 2014
Political Stability 7.033 16 3 2015
Political Stability 7.163 12 4 2016
Political Stability 6.887 24 6 2017
Political Stability 7.098 18 5 2018
Political Stability 7.063 21 5 2019
Political Stability 7.231 16 5 2020
Control of Corruption 8.800 8 3 2007
Control of Corruption 8.800 8 3 2008
Control of Corruption 8.974 12 3 2009
Control of Corruption 9.056 9 3 2010
Control of Corruption 9.100 8 3 2011
Control of Corruption 9.100 9 3 2012
Control of Corruption 9.300 6 2 2013
Control of Corruption 9.000 10 3 2014
Control of Corruption 8.521 13 3 2015
Control of Corruption 8.740 10 3 2016
Control of Corruption 8.822 10 3 2017
Control of Corruption 8.541 14 3 2018
Control of Corruption 8.590 14 3 2019
Control of Corruption 8.612 14 3 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Australia - Physical Property Rights

Australia - Intellectual Property Rights

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 8.307 4 1 2007
Overall 8.300 4 1 2008
Overall 8.186 9 2 2009
Overall 7.978 12 2 2010
Overall 7.900 17 4 2011
Overall 7.800 18 4 2012
Overall 7.900 15 3 2013
Overall 8.000 15 3 2014
Overall 8.019 13 2 2015
Overall 8.183 13 2 2016
Overall 8.220 14 2 2017
Overall 8.589 4 1 2018
Overall 8.656 4 1 2019
Overall 8.605 4 2 2020
Perception of IP Protection 8.194 9 2 2007
Perception of IP Protection 8.200 10 2 2008
Perception of IP Protection 8.167 10 2 2009
Perception of IP Protection 8.200 10 2 2010
Perception of IP Protection 8.000 12 3 2011
Perception of IP Protection 7.600 20 4 2012
Perception of IP Protection 7.600 19 5 2013
Perception of IP Protection 7.600 18 5 2014
Perception of IP Protection 7.490 16 5 2015
Perception of IP Protection 7.983 13 5 2016
Perception of IP Protection 7.995 18 5 2017
Perception of IP Protection 8.018 16 4 2018
Perception of IP Protection 8.018 14 5 2019
Perception of IP Protection 7.865 11 5 2020
Patent Protection 9.048 5 1 2007
Patent Protection 9.000 6 2 2008
Patent Protection 8.340 29 5 2009
Patent Protection 8.333 30 5 2010
Patent Protection 8.300 33 5 2011
Patent Protection 8.300 30 5 2012
Patent Protection 8.300 31 4 2013
Patent Protection 8.700 22 2 2014
Patent Protection 8.667 22 2 2015
Patent Protection 8.667 21 2 2016
Patent Protection 8.667 20 2 2017
Patent Protection 9.750 3 1 2018
Patent Protection 9.750 2 1 2019
Patent Protection 9.750 2 1 2020
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2007
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2008
Copyright Piracy 8.500 3 1 2009
Copyright Piracy 7.400 11 3 2010
Copyright Piracy 7.500 11 4 2011
Copyright Piracy 7.600 5 3 2012
Copyright Piracy 7.700 6 4 2013
Copyright Piracy 7.700 5 3 2014
Copyright Piracy 7.900 5 3 2015
Copyright Piracy 7.900 5 3 2016
Copyright Piracy 8.000 5 3 2017
Copyright Piracy 8.000 5 3 2018
Copyright Piracy 8.200 5 3 2019
Copyright Piracy 8.200 5 3 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year