Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
13/125
Regional Rank
9/19
Score
7.560
Austria’s IPRI score decreased by -0.072 to 7.56 placing it 9th in the Western Europe region and 13rd in the world. Austria is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Austria’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.185 to 7.675 with scores of 8.494 in Judicial Independence, 8.412 in Rule of Law, 6.276 in Political Stability, and 7.517 in Control of Corruption.
Austria’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.031 to 7.348 with scores of 8.619 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.183 in Registering Property, and 6.241 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Austria’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 7.656 with scores of 8.158 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.217 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 7.594 in Trademark Protection.
Austria is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- EU
Austria - IPRI Overall Score
Austria - 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
Austria - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.964 | 10 | 8 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 9 | 7 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.115 | 10 | 8 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.166 | 10 | 7 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 12 | 8 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 11 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 12 | 8 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 12 | 8 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.554 | 17 | 10 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.591 | 17 | 10 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.012 | 15 | 9 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.004 | 15 | 9 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.089 | 14 | 8 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.145 | 12 | 8 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.925 | 10 | 7 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.665 | 10 | 7 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.632 | 11 | 8 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.560 | 13 | 9 | 2024 |
| Legal and Political | 7.937 | 10 | 7 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 7.900 | 9 | 7 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 8.404 | 9 | 8 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 8.399 | 12 | 9 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 8.100 | 14 | 10 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 8.000 | 15 | 10 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 7.800 | 16 | 11 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 7.850 | 16 | 11 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 7.828 | 18 | 12 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 7.827 | 18 | 12 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 7.854 | 17 | 11 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 7.779 | 17 | 11 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 7.927 | 15 | 9 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 7.957 | 15 | 9 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 7.933 | 14 | 9 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 7.804 | 14 | 9 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 7.860 | 15 | 11 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 7.675 | 16 | 11 | 2024 |
| Physical | 7.403 | 14 | 10 | 2007 |
| Physical | 7.400 | 14 | 10 | 2008 |
| Physical | 7.832 | 13 | 10 | 2009 |
| Physical | 7.792 | 13 | 9 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.500 | 15 | 6 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.500 | 16 | 7 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.400 | 19 | 7 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.333 | 15 | 8 | 2014 |
| Physical | 6.840 | 27 | 11 | 2015 |
| Physical | 6.862 | 27 | 12 | 2016 |
| Physical | 7.970 | 14 | 6 | 2017 |
| Physical | 7.848 | 20 | 10 | 2018 |
| Physical | 7.906 | 18 | 8 | 2019 |
| Physical | 8.029 | 16 | 6 | 2020 |
| Physical | 8.075 | 14 | 6 | 2021 |
| Physical | 7.425 | 12 | 8 | 2022 |
| Physical | 7.379 | 12 | 8 | 2023 |
| Physical | 7.348 | 12 | 8 | 2024 |
| Intellectual | 8.552 | 3 | 3 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 8.600 | 2 | 2 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 8.109 | 11 | 8 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 8.306 | 6 | 4 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 10 | 7 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 11 | 8 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 10 | 7 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 8.750 | 2 | 2 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 7.994 | 14 | 10 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 8.084 | 15 | 11 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.212 | 15 | 11 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 8.387 | 8 | 5 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 8.434 | 8 | 5 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 8.447 | 7 | 4 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 7.768 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 7.768 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 7.656 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 7.656 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Austria - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.937 | 10 | 7 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 9 | 7 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.404 | 9 | 8 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.399 | 12 | 9 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 14 | 10 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 15 | 10 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 16 | 11 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.850 | 16 | 11 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.828 | 18 | 12 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.827 | 18 | 12 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.854 | 17 | 11 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.779 | 17 | 11 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.927 | 15 | 9 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.957 | 15 | 9 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.933 | 14 | 9 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.804 | 14 | 9 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.860 | 15 | 11 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.675 | 16 | 11 | 2024 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.150 | 14 | 9 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.100 | 14 | 9 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.500 | 9 | 7 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.517 | 11 | 8 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.200 | 18 | 12 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.900 | 21 | 12 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.400 | 29 | 13 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.300 | 25 | 13 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.957 | 27 | 13 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.931 | 27 | 13 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.291 | 26 | 13 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.650 | 21 | 12 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.714 | 20 | 11 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.761 | 12 | 8 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.761 | 12 | 8 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.761 | 12 | 8 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.437 | 12 | 9 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.494 | 12 | 9 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 8.800 | 6 | 5 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 8.836 | 3 | 3 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 10 | 7 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 8.600 | 6 | 5 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 8.600 | 7 | 5 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 8.700 | 5 | 4 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 8.658 | 6 | 5 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 8.914 | 8 | 7 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 8.700 | 10 | 8 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 8.555 | 10 | 7 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 8.624 | 9 | 7 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 8.752 | 6 | 5 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 8.766 | 7 | 6 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 8.621 | 7 | 5 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 8.576 | 7 | 5 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 8.412 | 8 | 6 | 2024 |
| Political Stability | 6.960 | 9 | 6 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 7.000 | 9 | 6 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 7.460 | 8 | 7 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 7.599 | 5 | 4 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 7.300 | 7 | 6 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 7.200 | 9 | 6 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 7.400 | 7 | 6 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 7.700 | 3 | 3 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 7.686 | 4 | 3 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 7.588 | 3 | 2 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 7.440 | 8 | 4 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 6.821 | 26 | 12 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 7.319 | 14 | 8 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 7.124 | 19 | 10 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 7.115 | 17 | 9 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 6.813 | 22 | 11 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 6.885 | 19 | 10 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 6.276 | 27 | 12 | 2024 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.700 | 9 | 6 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.700 | 9 | 6 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.856 | 13 | 9 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.643 | 14 | 9 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.500 | 14 | 9 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.300 | 15 | 10 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.900 | 21 | 14 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.700 | 22 | 14 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.013 | 20 | 13 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.875 | 20 | 13 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.986 | 19 | 13 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.088 | 18 | 13 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.052 | 17 | 12 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.193 | 16 | 11 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.091 | 17 | 12 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.019 | 18 | 12 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.542 | 20 | 14 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.517 | 20 | 14 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Austria - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.403 | 14 | 10 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 14 | 10 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.832 | 13 | 10 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.792 | 13 | 9 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 15 | 6 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 16 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 19 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.333 | 15 | 8 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.840 | 27 | 11 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.862 | 27 | 12 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.970 | 14 | 6 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.848 | 20 | 10 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.906 | 18 | 8 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.029 | 16 | 6 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.075 | 14 | 6 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.425 | 12 | 8 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.379 | 12 | 8 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.348 | 12 | 8 | 2024 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.083 | 6 | 6 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.100 | 5 | 5 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.167 | 4 | 4 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.367 | 3 | 3 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.800 | 7 | 5 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 11 | 8 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.400 | 12 | 7 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.400 | 11 | 7 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.074 | 13 | 7 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.144 | 15 | 9 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.194 | 13 | 9 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.092 | 17 | 11 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.265 | 12 | 6 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.619 | 6 | 3 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.619 | 6 | 3 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.619 | 6 | 3 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.619 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.619 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Registering Process | 7.802 | 14 | 8 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 7.800 | 14 | 8 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.830 | 20 | 9 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.910 | 27 | 9 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 9.100 | 22 | 6 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 9.300 | 18 | 7 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 9.300 | 18 | 7 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 9.300 | 11 | 7 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.349 | 47 | 11 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.347 | 48 | 11 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.319 | 39 | 11 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.349 | 52 | 11 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.349 | 50 | 11 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.364 | 52 | 11 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.364 | 52 | 11 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 7.414 | 16 | 10 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 7.277 | 17 | 11 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 7.183 | 18 | 11 | 2024 |
| Access to Financing | 5.324 | 23 | 12 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 5.300 | 23 | 12 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 5.500 | 27 | 12 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 5.100 | 37 | 13 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 4.600 | 41 | 11 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 4.600 | 37 | 10 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 4.600 | 41 | 9 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 4.300 | 40 | 11 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 3.097 | 62 | 12 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 3.097 | 63 | 12 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 6.397 | 19 | 8 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 6.104 | 25 | 8 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 6.104 | 25 | 8 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 6.105 | 25 | 8 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 6.241 | 17 | 8 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 6.241 | 17 | 8 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 6.241 | 16 | 8 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 6.241 | 16 | 8 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Austria - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.552 | 3 | 3 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.600 | 2 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.109 | 11 | 8 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.306 | 6 | 4 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 10 | 7 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 11 | 8 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 10 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.750 | 2 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.994 | 14 | 10 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.084 | 15 | 11 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.212 | 15 | 11 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.387 | 8 | 5 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.434 | 8 | 5 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.447 | 7 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.768 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.768 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.656 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.656 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.676 | 15 | 10 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.700 | 16 | 10 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.167 | 10 | 8 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.650 | 5 | 4 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.100 | 9 | 7 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.800 | 15 | 12 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.800 | 15 | 11 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.800 | 15 | 10 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.515 | 15 | 9 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.786 | 19 | 11 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.070 | 17 | 11 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.177 | 11 | 7 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.120 | 12 | 8 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.158 | 9 | 6 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.158 | 9 | 6 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.158 | 9 | 6 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.158 | 8 | 6 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.158 | 8 | 6 | 2024 |
| Patent Protection | 9.429 | 2 | 1 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 9.400 | 3 | 1 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 8.660 | 17 | 12 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 17 | 12 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 17 | 12 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 17 | 12 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 17 | 12 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 18 | 13 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 18 | 13 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 18 | 13 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 18 | 13 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 7 | 4 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 7 | 4 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 7 | 4 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 7.218 | 9 | 4 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 7.218 | 9 | 4 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 7.217 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 7.217 | 6 | 3 | 2024 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 9 | 5 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 5 | 2 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 7 | 2 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 6 | 2 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 7 | 2 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 6 | 2 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 6 | 2 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 6 | 2 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 6 | 2 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 6 | 2 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.100 | 6 | 2 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.100 | 6 | 2 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.100 | 6 | 2 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.100 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2024 | |
| 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 | 7.594 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 7.594 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 7.594 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trademark Protection | 7.594 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |