Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
10/129
Regional Rank
7/19
Score
7.925
Austria’s IPRI score decreased by -0.22 to 7.925 placing it 7th in the Western Europe region and 10th 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 -0.024 to 7.933 with scores of 7.761 in Judicial Independence, 8.766 in Rule of Law, 7.115 in Political Stability, and 8.091 in Control of Corruption.
Austria’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.046 to 8.075 with scores of 8.619 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.364 in Registering Property, and 6.241 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Austria’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.679 to 7.768 with scores of 8.158 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.218 in Patent Protection, 8.1 in 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 | 10 | 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 | 13 | 9 | 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 |
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 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 |
| 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 | 19 | 6 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.500 | 16 | 7 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.400 | 18 | 7 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.333 | 16 | 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 |
| Intellectual | 8.552 | 3 | 3 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 8.600 | 2 | 3 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 8.109 | 11 | 8 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 8.306 | 6 | 4 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 12 | 8 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 14 | 10 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 14 | 9 | 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 |
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.150 | 14 | 9 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.100 | 15 | 9 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.500 | 9 | 8 | 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 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 8.800 | 7 | 5 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 8.836 | 3 | 3 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 10 | 7 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 8.600 | 10 | 5 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 8.600 | 8 | 5 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 8.700 | 7 | 6 | 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 |
| Political Stability | 6.960 | 9 | 6 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 7.000 | 9 | 6 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 7.460 | 9 | 7 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 7.599 | 5 | 4 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 7.300 | 7 | 6 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 7.200 | 10 | 6 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 7.400 | 9 | 7 | 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 |
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 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 |
| 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 | 19 | 6 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 16 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 18 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.333 | 16 | 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 |
| 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 | 8 | 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 |
| Registering Property | 7.802 | 14 | 8 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 7.800 | 15 | 8 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 8.830 | 20 | 9 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 8.910 | 27 | 9 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 9.100 | 24 | 6 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 9.300 | 19 | 7 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 9.300 | 21 | 7 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 9.300 | 11 | 7 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 9.349 | 47 | 11 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 9.347 | 48 | 11 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 9.319 | 39 | 11 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 9.349 | 52 | 11 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 9.349 | 50 | 11 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 9.364 | 52 | 11 | 2020 |
| Registering Property | 9.364 | 52 | 11 | 2021 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.324 | 23 | 12 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.300 | 24 | 12 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.500 | 29 | 12 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.100 | 37 | 13 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.600 | 41 | 11 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.600 | 41 | 10 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.600 | 42 | 9 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.300 | 40 | 11 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.097 | 62 | 12 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.097 | 63 | 12 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.397 | 19 | 8 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.104 | 25 | 8 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.104 | 25 | 8 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.105 | 25 | 8 | 2020 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.241 | 17 | 8 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Austria - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.552 | 3 | 3 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.600 | 2 | 3 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.109 | 11 | 8 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.306 | 6 | 4 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 12 | 8 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 14 | 10 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 14 | 9 | 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.676 | 15 | 10 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.700 | 16 | 10 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.167 | 11 | 9 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.650 | 5 | 4 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.100 | 9 | 9 | 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 | 17 | 11 | 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 |
| Patent Protection | 9.429 | 2 | 1 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 9.400 | 3 | 1 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 8.660 | 18 | 14 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 21 | 14 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 21 | 14 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 19 | 14 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 19 | 14 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 21 | 14 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 21 | 14 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 19 | 14 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 17 | 14 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 11 | 4 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 10 | 4 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 7 | 4 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 7.218 | 9 | 4 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 12 | 7 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 5 | 2 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 10 | 4 | 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 | 7 | 2 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.100 | 7 | 2 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.100 | 6 | 2 | 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 | 7.594 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |