AZERBAIJAN

AZERBAIJAN’s IPRI score decreased by -0.13 to 3.95 placing it 21st in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region and 115th in the world. AZERBAIJAN is classified by the IMF as part of the Commonwealth of Independent States group and by the World Bank as an upper-middle income country.

AZERBAIJAN’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.21 to 3.84 with scores of 4.44 in Judicial Independence, 3.79 in Rule of Law, 3.79 in Political Stability, and 3.35 for Control of Corruption.

AZERBAIJAN’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.14 to 4.62 with scores of 5.4 in Property Rights, data unavailable for in Registering Property, and 3.83 for Ease of Access to Loans.

AZERBAIJAN’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.53 to 3.38 with scores of 5.16 in Intellectual Property Protection, data unavailable for in Patent Protection, and 1.6 in Copyright Protections.

AZERBAIJAN - IPRI Overall Score

Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year
Overall	3.411	106	23	2009
Overall	3.983	97	19	2010
Overall	4.400	95	18	2011
Overall	4.400	97	18	2012
Overall	4.500	98	19	2013
Overall	4.087	99	20	2015
Overall	4.080	107	21	2016
Overall	3.946	115	21	2017
Legal and Political	3.168	96	23	2009
Legal and Political	3.639	96	24	2010
Legal and Political	3.800	94	22	2011
Legal and Political	3.800	97	23	2012
Legal and Political	3.700	100	23	2013
Legal and Political	3.658	89	21	2015
Legal and Political	3.636	97	22	2016
Legal and Political	3.842	94	22	2017
Physical	4.998	82	14	2009
Physical	5.734	71	14	2010
Physical	6.200	55	8	2011
Physical	6.200	57	9	2012
Physical	6.400	50	8	2013
Physical	5.756	60	12	2015
Physical	5.756	68	12	2016
Physical	4.615	111	15	2017
Intellectual	2.067	110	22	2009
Intellectual	2.575	113	20	2010
Intellectual	3.200	116	22	2011
Intellectual	3.300	116	21	2012
Intellectual	3.400	118	22	2013
Intellectual	2.848	113	20	2015
Intellectual	2.848	119	22	2016
Intellectual	3.382	116	20	2017
Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year

AZERBAIJAN - Legal and Political Environmental

Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year
Overall	3.168	96	23	2009
Overall	3.639	96	24	2010
Overall	3.800	94	22	2011
Overall	3.800	97	23	2012
Overall	3.700	100	23	2013
Overall	3.658	89	21	2015
Overall	3.636	97	22	2016
Overall	3.842	94	22	2017
Judicial Independence	2.833	92	18	2009
Judicial Independence	4.050	76	11	2010
Judicial Independence	4.700	81	13	2011
Judicial Independence	4.900	75	9	2012
Judicial Independence	4.900	77	11	2013
Judicial Independence	3.601	85	14	2015
Judicial Independence	3.601	92	15	2016
Judicial Independence	4.435	78	11	2017
Rule Of Law	3.340	96	23	2009
Rule Of Law	3.482	100	23	2010
Rule Of Law	3.400	104	25	2011
Rule Of Law	3.300	103	25	2012
Rule Of Law	3.300	104	25	2013
Rule Of Law	3.653	93	22	2015
Rule Of Law	3.787	96	23	2016
Rule Of Law	3.794	97	23	2017
Political Stability	3.620	85	21	2009
Political Stability	4.035	85	20	2010
Political Stability	4.200	81	19	2011
Political Stability	4.300	76	18	2012
Political Stability	3.900	86	21	2013
Political Stability	4.179	79	20	2015
Political Stability	3.996	87	22	2016
Political Stability	3.788	96	22	2017
Corruption Control	2.880	107	24	2009
Corruption Control	2.991	113	25	2010
Corruption Control	2.800	116	24	2011
Corruption Control	2.600	120	25	2012
Corruption Control	2.700	120	25	2013
Corruption Control	3.197	106	22	2015
Corruption Control	3.159	112	24	2016
Corruption Control	3.351	109	22	2017
Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year

AZERBAIJAN - Physical Property Rights

Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year
Overall	4.500	91	18	2009
Overall	5.400	74	11	2010
Overall	5.500	85	14	2011
Overall	5.500	83	14	2012
Overall	5.700	77	13	2013
Overall	4.682	83	16	2015
Overall	4.682	93	16	2016
Overall	5.405	66	11	2017
Protection of Physical Property	4.998	82	14	2009
Protection of Physical Property	5.734	71	14	2010
Protection of Physical Property	6.200	55	8	2011
Protection of Physical Property	6.200	57	9	2012
Protection of Physical Property	6.400	50	8	2013
Protection of Physical Property	5.756	60	12	2015
Protection of Physical Property	5.756	68	12	2016
Protection of Physical Property	4.615	111	15	2017
Registering Property	7.495	69	11	2009
Registering Property	9.069	21	5	2010
Registering Property	9.200	21	6	2011
Registering Property	9.200	21	6	2012
Registering Property	9.200	25	7	2013
Registering Property	9.733	19	6	2015
Registering Property	9.732	21	6	2016
Registering Property		No Data	No Data	2017
Access to Loan	3.000	81	20	2009
Access to Loan	2.733	92	22	2010
Access to Loan	4.000	64	9	2011
Access to Loan	3.900	63	8	2012
Access to Loan	4.300	57	5	2013
Access to Loan	2.855	72	11	2015
Access to Loan	2.855	73	11	2016
Access to Loan	3.826	95	18	2017
Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year

AZERBAIJAN -Intellectual Property Rights

Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year
Overall	3.333	82	15	2009
Overall	4.150	63	11	2010
Overall	5.100	62	9	2011
Overall	5.300	56	8	2012
Overall	5.600	48	5	2013
Overall	4.197	71	15	2015
Overall	4.197	86	16	2016
Overall	5.164	67	10	2017
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	2.067	110	22	2009
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	2.575	113	20	2010
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.200	116	22	2011
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.300	116	21	2012
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.400	118	22	2013
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	2.848	113	20	2015
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	2.848	119	22	2016
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.382	116	20	2017
Patent Protection		No Data	No Data	2009
Patent Protection		No Data	No Data	2010
Patent Protection		No Data	No Data	2011
Patent Protection		No Data	No Data	2012
Patent Protection		No Data	No Data	2013
Patent Protection		No Data	No Data	2015
Patent Protection		No Data	No Data	2016
Patent Protection		No Data	No Data	2017
Copyright Protection	0.800	96	22	2009
Copyright Protection	1.000	100	23	2010
Copyright Protection	1.200	98	22	2011
Copyright Protection	1.200	100	22	2012
Copyright Protection	1.300	98	22	2013
Copyright Protection	1.500	94	21	2015
Copyright Protection	1.500	97	22	2016
Copyright Protection	1.600	96	22	2017
Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year