Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
10/125
Regional Rank
3/19
Score
7.688
Australia’s IPRI score increased by 0.071 to 7.688 placing it 3rd in the Asia and Oceania region and 10th 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 increased by 0.217 to 8.15 with scores of 9.018 in Judicial Independence, 8.349 in Rule of Law, 6.759 in Political Stability, and 8.475 in Control of Corruption.
Australia’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.02 to 7.395 with scores of 8.446 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.929 in Registering Process, and 5.809 in Access to Financing.
Australia’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.016 to 7.518 with scores of 7.865 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.217 in Patent Protection, 8.4 in Copyright Protection, and 6.591 in Trademark 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 Protection
- 15. Trademark Protection
Australia - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.072 | 8 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 3 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.188 | 9 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.192 | 9 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 9 | 3 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 10 | 3 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 11 | 3 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 11 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.904 | 11 | 3 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.616 | 11 | 4 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.688 | 10 | 3 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 8.081 | 7 | 2 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 8.100 | 6 | 2 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 8.319 | 11 | 2 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 8.456 | 9 | 3 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 8.300 | 10 | 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 |
| Legal and Political | 8.175 | 11 | 3 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 7.933 | 12 | 4 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 8.150 | 11 | 2 | 2023 |
| 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 | 12 | 3 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.400 | 19 | 6 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.400 | 18 | 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 |
| Physical | 8.035 | 15 | 6 | 2021 |
| Physical | 7.414 | 13 | 5 | 2022 |
| Physical | 7.395 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 8.307 | 4 | 1 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 8.300 | 4 | 1 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 8.186 | 9 | 2 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.978 | 11 | 2 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 16 | 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 |
| Intellectual | 7.502 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 7.502 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 7.518 | 8 | 2 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Australia - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.081 | 7 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 6 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.319 | 11 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.456 | 9 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 10 | 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 |
| Overall | 8.175 | 11 | 3 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.933 | 12 | 4 | 2022 |
| Overall | 8.150 | 11 | 2 | 2023 |
| 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 | 6 | 2 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.700 | 13 | 2 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.600 | 12 | 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.292 | 10 | 4 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.292 | 10 | 4 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.018 | 7 | 1 | 2023 |
| 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 | 11 | 2 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 8.600 | 6 | 2 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 9 | 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 |
| Rule of Law | 8.468 | 13 | 3 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 8.302 | 13 | 3 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 8.349 | 12 | 3 | 2023 |
| 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 | 24 | 6 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.700 | 29 | 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 |
| Political Stability | 7.317 | 10 | 4 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 6.807 | 24 | 5 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 6.759 | 24 | 5 | 2023 |
| 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 | 7 | 3 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.100 | 7 | 3 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.300 | 5 | 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.622 | 11 | 3 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.330 | 13 | 3 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.475 | 12 | 3 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Australia - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.826 | 8 | 3 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 8 | 3 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.060 | 9 | 3 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.143 | 8 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 12 | 3 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 19 | 6 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 18 | 6 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 14 | 4 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.071 | 19 | 7 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.275 | 16 | 7 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.239 | 11 | 5 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.171 | 14 | 6 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.280 | 7 | 4 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.326 | 5 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.035 | 15 | 6 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.414 | 13 | 5 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.395 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.968 | 9 | 1 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.000 | 7 | 1 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.833 | 8 | 2 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.883 | 13 | 3 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.400 | 12 | 3 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.900 | 21 | 6 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.800 | 24 | 7 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.500 | 24 | 6 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.513 | 21 | 6 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.126 | 16 | 5 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.091 | 15 | 5 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.998 | 18 | 5 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.324 | 11 | 5 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.446 | 9 | 4 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.446 | 9 | 4 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.446 | 9 | 4 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.446 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 8.113 | 12 | 4 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 8.100 | 12 | 4 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.846 | 18 | 6 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.980 | 24 | 6 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 28 | 6 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 9.100 | 24 | 5 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 9.100 | 27 | 5 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 22 | 4 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.833 | 14 | 6 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.833 | 15 | 6 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.826 | 11 | 4 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.833 | 14 | 3 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.833 | 13 | 3 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.851 | 16 | 3 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.851 | 14 | 3 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 7.988 | 11 | 4 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 7.929 | 10 | 3 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 6.398 | 12 | 4 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 6.400 | 11 | 3 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 6.500 | 12 | 2 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 6.567 | 6 | 1 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 5.600 | 16 | 5 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 5.300 | 21 | 6 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 5.300 | 22 | 8 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 5.000 | 21 | 8 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 3.866 | 36 | 12 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 3.866 | 37 | 12 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 6.799 | 14 | 5 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 6.682 | 14 | 6 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 6.682 | 14 | 6 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 6.682 | 14 | 6 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 5.809 | 31 | 10 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 5.809 | 31 | 10 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 5.809 | 30 | 9 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
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 | 11 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 16 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.502 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.502 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.518 | 8 | 2 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.194 | 9 | 2 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.200 | 9 | 2 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.167 | 9 | 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 | 18 | 4 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.600 | 18 | 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.865 | 11 | 5 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.865 | 11 | 5 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.865 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 9.048 | 3 | 1 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 9.000 | 4 | 2 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 8.340 | 29 | 5 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 8.333 | 29 | 5 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 8.300 | 29 | 5 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 8.300 | 29 | 5 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 8.300 | 29 | 4 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 17 | 2 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 17 | 2 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 17 | 2 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 17 | 2 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 9.750 | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 9.750 | 3 | 1 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 9.750 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 7.351 | 6 | 1 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 7.351 | 6 | 1 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 7.217 | 5 | 1 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 8.500 | 2 | 1 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.400 | 10 | 3 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 6 | 4 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 5 | 3 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 6 | 4 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 5 | 3 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 5 | 3 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 5 | 3 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 5 | 3 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 5 | 3 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.200 | 5 | 3 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.200 | 5 | 3 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.200 | 5 | 3 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.200 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 9 | 3 | 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 | 6.591 | 24 | 2 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.591 | 24 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.591 | 24 | 2 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |