Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
11/129
Regional Rank
3/19
Score
7.904
Australia’s IPRI score decreased by -0.454 to 7.904 placing it 3rd in the Asia and Oceania region and 11st 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 0.034 to 8.175 with scores of 8.292 in Judicial Independence, 8.468 in Rule of Law, 7.317 in Political Stability, and 8.622 in Control of Corruption.
Australia’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.291 to 8.035 with scores of 8.446 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.851 in Registering Property, and 5.809 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Australia’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.103 to 7.502 with scores of 7.865 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.351 in Patent Protection, 8.2 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 | 5 | 1 | 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 | 5 | 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 |
| 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 | 3 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 8.200 | 10 | 3 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 8.300 | 10 | 3 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Physical | 8.035 | 15 | 6 | 2021 |
| 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 | 4 | 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 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Australia - Legal and Political Environment
| 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 | 3 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 10 | 3 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 10 | 3 | 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 |
| 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 | 3 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.600 | 13 | 3 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Rule of Law | 8.468 | 13 | 3 | 2021 |
| 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 | 7 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.700 | 31 | 8 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 7.000 | 17 | 4 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.622 | 11 | 3 | 2021 |
| 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 | 13 | 3 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 19 | 6 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 19 | 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 |
| 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 | 13 | 3 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.883 | 13 | 3 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.400 | 13 | 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 |
| Registering Property | 8.113 | 12 | 4 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 8.100 | 12 | 4 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 8.846 | 19 | 6 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 8.980 | 24 | 6 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 9.000 | 29 | 6 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 9.100 | 25 | 5 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 9.100 | 31 | 5 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 9.000 | 23 | 4 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 9.833 | 14 | 6 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 9.833 | 15 | 6 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 9.826 | 11 | 4 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 9.833 | 14 | 3 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 9.833 | 13 | 3 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 9.851 | 16 | 3 | 2020 |
| Registering Property | 9.851 | 15 | 3 | 2021 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.398 | 12 | 4 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.400 | 13 | 3 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.500 | 12 | 3 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.567 | 7 | 1 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.600 | 16 | 5 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.300 | 23 | 6 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.300 | 24 | 8 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.000 | 23 | 8 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.866 | 36 | 12 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.866 | 37 | 12 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.799 | 14 | 5 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.682 | 14 | 6 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.682 | 14 | 6 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.682 | 14 | 6 | 2020 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.809 | 31 | 10 | 2021 |
| 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 | 12 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 17 | 4 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 18 | 4 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 15 | 4 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.865 | 11 | 5 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Patent Protection | 7.351 | 6 | 1 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 8.500 | 3 | 1 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.400 | 11 | 3 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 11 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |