Western Europe
17/126
11/19
7.480
Belgium’s IPRI score increased by 0.184 to 7.48 placing it 11st in the Western Europe region and 17th in the world. Belgium is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Belgium’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.185 to 7.414 with scores of 8.399 in Judicial Independence, 7.591 in Rule of Law, 5.991 in Political Stability, and 7.674 in Control of Corruption.
Belgium’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.766 to 7.727 with scores of 10 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.181 in Registering Property, and 6 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Belgium’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.033 to 7.298 with scores of 8.352 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.017 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 6.525 in Trademark Protection.
Belgium is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- EU
Belgium - IPRI Overall Score
Belgium - 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
Belgium - IPRI Overall Score
Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 6.813 | 17 | 11 | 2007 |
Overall | 6.800 | 18 | 11 | 2008 |
Overall | 7.453 | 18 | 12 | 2009 |
Overall | 7.459 | 20 | 13 | 2010 |
Overall | 7.500 | 18 | 12 | 2011 |
Overall | 7.500 | 17 | 11 | 2012 |
Overall | 7.500 | 18 | 11 | 2013 |
Overall | 7.500 | 18 | 11 | 2014 |
Overall | 7.364 | 20 | 12 | 2015 |
Overall | 7.454 | 19 | 12 | 2016 |
Overall | 7.839 | 18 | 12 | 2017 |
Overall | 7.678 | 18 | 11 | 2018 |
Overall | 7.669 | 18 | 11 | 2019 |
Overall | 7.706 | 17 | 10 | 2020 |
Overall | 7.400 | 19 | 12 | 2021 |
Overall | 7.279 | 18 | 11 | 2022 |
Overall | 7.341 | 18 | 12 | 2023 |
Overall | 7.297 | 18 | 12 | 2024 |
Overall | 7.480 | 17 | 11 | 2025 |
Legal and Political | 6.901 | 16 | 11 | 2007 |
Legal and Political | 6.900 | 17 | 11 | 2008 |
Legal and Political | 7.416 | 19 | 14 | 2009 |
Legal and Political | 7.395 | 20 | 14 | 2010 |
Legal and Political | 7.400 | 20 | 13 | 2011 |
Legal and Political | 7.500 | 19 | 12 | 2012 |
Legal and Political | 7.600 | 19 | 13 | 2013 |
Legal and Political | 7.450 | 18 | 13 | 2014 |
Legal and Political | 7.671 | 19 | 13 | 2015 |
Legal and Political | 7.646 | 19 | 13 | 2016 |
Legal and Political | 7.549 | 19 | 13 | 2017 |
Legal and Political | 7.471 | 19 | 13 | 2018 |
Legal and Political | 7.443 | 20 | 13 | 2019 |
Legal and Political | 7.464 | 18 | 12 | 2020 |
Legal and Political | 7.474 | 18 | 13 | 2021 |
Legal and Political | 7.474 | 18 | 12 | 2022 |
Legal and Political | 7.643 | 17 | 12 | 2023 |
Legal and Political | 7.599 | 17 | 12 | 2024 |
Legal and Political | 7.414 | 18 | 13 | 2025 |
Physical | 5.561 | 32 | 14 | 2007 |
Physical | 5.600 | 31 | 14 | 2008 |
Physical | 6.720 | 37 | 14 | 2009 |
Physical | 6.860 | 39 | 15 | 2010 |
Physical | 7.000 | 28 | 11 | 2011 |
Physical | 7.000 | 26 | 10 | 2012 |
Physical | 6.800 | 35 | 13 | 2013 |
Physical | 6.933 | 28 | 14 | 2014 |
Physical | 6.395 | 39 | 14 | 2015 |
Physical | 6.468 | 40 | 15 | 2016 |
Physical | 7.515 | 28 | 12 | 2017 |
Physical | 7.387 | 29 | 12 | 2018 |
Physical | 7.370 | 28 | 12 | 2019 |
Physical | 7.458 | 29 | 12 | 2020 |
Physical | 7.366 | 30 | 12 | 2021 |
Physical | 7.002 | 23 | 12 | 2022 |
Physical | 7.048 | 21 | 12 | 2023 |
Physical | 6.961 | 22 | 12 | 2024 |
Physical | 7.727 | 14 | 8 | 2025 |
Intellectual | 7.977 | 10 | 8 | 2007 |
Intellectual | 8.000 | 10 | 8 | 2008 |
Intellectual | 8.224 | 8 | 6 | 2009 |
Intellectual | 8.122 | 10 | 8 | 2010 |
Intellectual | 8.000 | 14 | 10 | 2011 |
Intellectual | 8.000 | 12 | 9 | 2012 |
Intellectual | 8.100 | 11 | 8 | 2013 |
Intellectual | 8.600 | 4 | 3 | 2014 |
Intellectual | 8.026 | 12 | 9 | 2015 |
Intellectual | 8.247 | 8 | 6 | 2016 |
Intellectual | 8.452 | 7 | 5 | 2017 |
Intellectual | 8.177 | 12 | 9 | 2018 |
Intellectual | 8.195 | 12 | 9 | 2019 |
Intellectual | 8.195 | 11 | 7 | 2020 |
Intellectual | 7.361 | 10 | 6 | 2021 |
Intellectual | 7.361 | 10 | 6 | 2022 |
Intellectual | 7.331 | 11 | 8 | 2023 |
Intellectual | 7.331 | 11 | 8 | 2024 |
Intellectual | 7.298 | 11 | 8 | 2025 |
Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Belgium - Legal and Political Environment
Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 6.901 | 16 | 11 | 2007 |
Overall | 6.900 | 17 | 11 | 2008 |
Overall | 7.416 | 19 | 14 | 2009 |
Overall | 7.395 | 20 | 14 | 2010 |
Overall | 7.400 | 20 | 13 | 2011 |
Overall | 7.500 | 19 | 12 | 2012 |
Overall | 7.600 | 19 | 13 | 2013 |
Overall | 7.450 | 18 | 13 | 2014 |
Overall | 7.671 | 19 | 13 | 2015 |
Overall | 7.646 | 19 | 13 | 2016 |
Overall | 7.549 | 19 | 13 | 2017 |
Overall | 7.471 | 19 | 13 | 2018 |
Overall | 7.443 | 20 | 13 | 2019 |
Overall | 7.464 | 18 | 12 | 2020 |
Overall | 7.474 | 18 | 13 | 2021 |
Overall | 7.474 | 18 | 12 | 2022 |
Overall | 7.643 | 17 | 12 | 2023 |
Overall | 7.599 | 17 | 12 | 2024 |
Overall | 7.414 | 18 | 13 | 2025 |
Judicial Independence | 6.982 | 21 | 12 | 2007 |
Judicial Independence | 7.000 | 21 | 12 | 2008 |
Judicial Independence | 7.333 | 23 | 14 | 2009 |
Judicial Independence | 7.900 | 18 | 13 | 2010 |
Judicial Independence | 7.400 | 26 | 13 | 2011 |
Judicial Independence | 7.500 | 27 | 13 | 2012 |
Judicial Independence | 7.500 | 27 | 12 | 2013 |
Judicial Independence | 7.800 | 19 | 12 | 2014 |
Judicial Independence | 7.784 | 18 | 11 | 2015 |
Judicial Independence | 8.027 | 16 | 10 | 2016 |
Judicial Independence | 7.884 | 17 | 10 | 2017 |
Judicial Independence | 7.683 | 20 | 11 | 2018 |
Judicial Independence | 7.895 | 16 | 9 | 2019 |
Judicial Independence | 7.896 | 11 | 7 | 2020 |
Judicial Independence | 7.896 | 11 | 7 | 2021 |
Judicial Independence | 7.896 | 11 | 7 | 2022 |
Judicial Independence | 8.661 | 11 | 8 | 2023 |
Judicial Independence | 8.555 | 11 | 8 | 2024 |
Judicial Independence | 8.399 | 12 | 9 | 2025 |
Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
Rule of Law | 8.040 | 19 | 14 | 2009 |
Rule of Law | 7.767 | 22 | 15 | 2010 |
Rule of Law | 7.700 | 21 | 15 | 2011 |
Rule of Law | 7.800 | 21 | 15 | 2012 |
Rule of Law | 7.900 | 20 | 14 | 2013 |
Rule of Law | 7.800 | 20 | 14 | 2014 |
Rule of Law | 7.806 | 20 | 13 | 2015 |
Rule of Law | 8.022 | 20 | 13 | 2016 |
Rule of Law | 7.842 | 20 | 13 | 2017 |
Rule of Law | 7.804 | 20 | 14 | 2018 |
Rule of Law | 7.686 | 21 | 14 | 2019 |
Rule of Law | 7.736 | 21 | 14 | 2020 |
Rule of Law | 7.727 | 21 | 14 | 2021 |
Rule of Law | 7.738 | 20 | 13 | 2022 |
Rule of Law | 7.652 | 19 | 13 | 2023 |
Rule of Law | 7.698 | 19 | 13 | 2024 |
Rule of Law | 7.591 | 19 | 13 | 2025 |
Political Stability | 6.320 | 22 | 11 | 2007 |
Political Stability | 6.300 | 22 | 10 | 2008 |
Political Stability | 6.500 | 30 | 14 | 2009 |
Political Stability | 6.215 | 33 | 14 | 2010 |
Political Stability | 6.600 | 28 | 13 | 2011 |
Political Stability | 6.600 | 25 | 12 | 2012 |
Political Stability | 6.800 | 26 | 12 | 2013 |
Political Stability | 6.800 | 22 | 11 | 2014 |
Political Stability | 6.835 | 25 | 12 | 2015 |
Political Stability | 6.429 | 32 | 14 | 2016 |
Political Stability | 6.304 | 36 | 14 | 2017 |
Political Stability | 6.189 | 39 | 15 | 2018 |
Political Stability | 6.197 | 39 | 14 | 2019 |
Political Stability | 6.206 | 44 | 14 | 2020 |
Political Stability | 6.168 | 39 | 15 | 2021 |
Political Stability | 6.308 | 34 | 14 | 2022 |
Political Stability | 6.290 | 33 | 14 | 2023 |
Political Stability | 6.151 | 31 | 14 | 2024 |
Political Stability | 5.991 | 40 | 16 | 2025 |
Control of Corruption | 7.400 | 16 | 10 | 2007 |
Control of Corruption | 7.400 | 16 | 10 | 2008 |
Control of Corruption | 7.791 | 18 | 13 | 2009 |
Control of Corruption | 7.697 | 20 | 14 | 2010 |
Control of Corruption | 7.900 | 19 | 13 | 2011 |
Control of Corruption | 8.000 | 19 | 12 | 2012 |
Control of Corruption | 8.200 | 15 | 10 | 2013 |
Control of Corruption | 8.100 | 17 | 11 | 2014 |
Control of Corruption | 8.260 | 17 | 11 | 2015 |
Control of Corruption | 8.105 | 18 | 12 | 2016 |
Control of Corruption | 8.165 | 18 | 12 | 2017 |
Control of Corruption | 8.206 | 16 | 12 | 2018 |
Control of Corruption | 7.994 | 19 | 13 | 2019 |
Control of Corruption | 8.021 | 18 | 13 | 2020 |
Control of Corruption | 8.104 | 16 | 11 | 2021 |
Control of Corruption | 7.956 | 20 | 13 | 2022 |
Control of Corruption | 7.969 | 18 | 12 | 2023 |
Control of Corruption | 7.990 | 18 | 12 | 2024 |
Control of Corruption | 7.674 | 18 | 12 | 2025 |
Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Belgium - Physical Property Rights
Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 5.561 | 32 | 14 | 2007 |
Overall | 5.600 | 31 | 14 | 2008 |
Overall | 6.720 | 37 | 14 | 2009 |
Overall | 6.860 | 39 | 15 | 2010 |
Overall | 7.000 | 28 | 11 | 2011 |
Overall | 7.000 | 26 | 10 | 2012 |
Overall | 6.800 | 35 | 13 | 2013 |
Overall | 6.933 | 28 | 14 | 2014 |
Overall | 6.395 | 39 | 14 | 2015 |
Overall | 6.468 | 40 | 15 | 2016 |
Overall | 7.515 | 28 | 12 | 2017 |
Overall | 7.387 | 29 | 12 | 2018 |
Overall | 7.370 | 28 | 12 | 2019 |
Overall | 7.458 | 29 | 12 | 2020 |
Overall | 7.366 | 30 | 12 | 2021 |
Overall | 7.002 | 23 | 12 | 2022 |
Overall | 7.048 | 21 | 12 | 2023 |
Overall | 6.961 | 22 | 12 | 2024 |
Overall | 7.727 | 14 | 8 | 2025 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.196 | 16 | 12 | 2007 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.200 | 17 | 12 | 2008 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.333 | 19 | 13 | 2009 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.417 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.800 | 22 | 13 | 2011 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.700 | 23 | 13 | 2012 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.500 | 28 | 14 | 2013 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.700 | 21 | 14 | 2014 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.414 | 23 | 13 | 2015 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.385 | 26 | 14 | 2016 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.886 | 21 | 13 | 2017 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.907 | 19 | 12 | 2018 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.856 | 19 | 12 | 2019 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.856 | 16 | 10 | 2020 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.856 | 16 | 10 | 2021 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.856 | 16 | 10 | 2022 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.856 | 15 | 10 | 2023 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.856 | 15 | 10 | 2024 |
Perception of Physical Property Protection | 10.000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
Registering Process | 2.765 | 60 | 15 | 2007 |
Registering Process | 2.800 | 61 | 15 | 2008 |
Registering Process | 6.326 | 88 | 16 | 2009 |
Registering Process | 6.513 | 105 | 17 | 2010 |
Registering Process | 7.600 | 96 | 16 | 2011 |
Registering Process | 7.600 | 103 | 18 | 2012 |
Registering Process | 7.600 | 104 | 18 | 2013 |
Registering Process | 7.500 | 81 | 18 | 2014 |
Registering Process | 7.889 | 105 | 19 | 2015 |
Registering Process | 8.138 | 104 | 19 | 2016 |
Registering Process | 8.061 | 88 | 18 | 2017 |
Registering Process | 8.145 | 105 | 18 | 2018 |
Registering Process | 8.145 | 112 | 19 | 2019 |
Registering Process | 8.407 | 101 | 17 | 2020 |
Registering Process | 8.407 | 101 | 17 | 2021 |
Registering Process | 7.314 | 17 | 11 | 2022 |
Registering Process | 7.453 | 15 | 10 | 2023 |
Registering Process | 7.191 | 17 | 10 | 2024 |
Registering Process | 7.181 | 17 | 10 | 2025 |
Access to Financing | 5.721 | 20 | 11 | 2007 |
Access to Financing | 5.700 | 20 | 11 | 2008 |
Access to Financing | 5.500 | 28 | 13 | 2009 |
Access to Financing | 5.650 | 24 | 10 | 2010 |
Access to Financing | 5.600 | 17 | 6 | 2011 |
Access to Financing | 5.600 | 14 | 6 | 2012 |
Access to Financing | 5.400 | 19 | 6 | 2013 |
Access to Financing | 5.000 | 22 | 7 | 2014 |
Access to Financing | 3.881 | 34 | 9 | 2015 |
Access to Financing | 3.881 | 35 | 9 | 2016 |
Access to Financing | 6.599 | 17 | 7 | 2017 |
Access to Financing | 6.110 | 24 | 7 | 2018 |
Access to Financing | 6.110 | 24 | 7 | 2019 |
Access to Financing | 6.111 | 23 | 7 | 2020 |
Access to Financing | 5.835 | 29 | 12 | 2021 |
Access to Financing | 5.835 | 29 | 12 | 2022 |
Access to Financing | 5.835 | 28 | 12 | 2023 |
Access to Financing | 5.835 | 28 | 12 | 2024 |
Access to Financing | 6.000 | 25 | 9 | 2025 |
Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Belgium - Intellectual Property Rights
Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | 7.977 | 10 | 8 | 2007 |
Overall | 8.000 | 10 | 8 | 2008 |
Overall | 8.224 | 8 | 6 | 2009 |
Overall | 8.122 | 10 | 8 | 2010 |
Overall | 8.000 | 14 | 10 | 2011 |
Overall | 8.000 | 12 | 9 | 2012 |
Overall | 8.100 | 11 | 8 | 2013 |
Overall | 8.600 | 4 | 3 | 2014 |
Overall | 8.026 | 12 | 9 | 2015 |
Overall | 8.247 | 8 | 6 | 2016 |
Overall | 8.452 | 7 | 5 | 2017 |
Overall | 8.177 | 12 | 9 | 2018 |
Overall | 8.195 | 12 | 9 | 2019 |
Overall | 8.195 | 11 | 7 | 2020 |
Overall | 7.361 | 10 | 6 | 2021 |
Overall | 7.361 | 10 | 6 | 2022 |
Overall | 7.331 | 11 | 8 | 2023 |
Overall | 7.331 | 11 | 8 | 2024 |
Overall | 7.298 | 11 | 8 | 2025 |
Perception of IP Protection | 7.626 | 16 | 11 | 2007 |
Perception of IP Protection | 7.600 | 17 | 11 | 2008 |
Perception of IP Protection | 7.833 | 14 | 11 | 2009 |
Perception of IP Protection | 7.533 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
Perception of IP Protection | 7.300 | 22 | 13 | 2011 |
Perception of IP Protection | 7.200 | 24 | 14 | 2012 |
Perception of IP Protection | 7.500 | 20 | 12 | 2013 |
Perception of IP Protection | 7.500 | 19 | 12 | 2014 |
Perception of IP Protection | 7.146 | 22 | 12 | 2015 |
Perception of IP Protection | 7.809 | 18 | 10 | 2016 |
Perception of IP Protection | 8.323 | 11 | 9 | 2017 |
Perception of IP Protection | 8.398 | 8 | 6 | 2018 |
Perception of IP Protection | 8.352 | 7 | 6 | 2019 |
Perception of IP Protection | 8.352 | 7 | 5 | 2020 |
Perception of IP Protection | 8.352 | 7 | 5 | 2021 |
Perception of IP Protection | 8.352 | 7 | 5 | 2022 |
Perception of IP Protection | 8.352 | 6 | 5 | 2023 |
Perception of IP Protection | 8.352 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
Perception of IP Protection | 8.352 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
Patent Protection | 8.387 | 10 | 7 | 2007 |
Patent Protection | 8.400 | 11 | 7 | 2008 |
Patent Protection | 9.340 | 5 | 3 | 2009 |
Patent Protection | 9.333 | 2 | 1 | 2010 |
Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 1 | 2012 |
Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
Patent Protection | 9.300 | 3 | 1 | 2014 |
Patent Protection | 9.333 | 3 | 1 | 2015 |
Patent Protection | 9.333 | 3 | 1 | 2016 |
Patent Protection | 9.333 | 3 | 1 | 2017 |
Patent Protection | 8.433 | 25 | 14 | 2018 |
Patent Protection | 8.433 | 25 | 14 | 2019 |
Patent Protection | 8.433 | 25 | 14 | 2020 |
Patent Protection | 6.668 | 22 | 11 | 2021 |
Patent Protection | 6.668 | 22 | 11 | 2022 |
Patent Protection | 7.017 | 12 | 7 | 2023 |
Patent Protection | 7.017 | 12 | 7 | 2024 |
Patent Protection | 7.017 | 12 | 7 | 2025 |
Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 10 | 6 | 2009 |
Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 6 | 3 | 2010 |
Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 8 | 3 | 2011 |
Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 7 | 3 | 2012 |
Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 8 | 3 | 2013 |
Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 7 | 3 | 2014 |
Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 9 | 5 | 2015 |
Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 9 | 5 | 2016 |
Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 11 | 7 | 2017 |
Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 11 | 7 | 2018 |
Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 13 | 9 | 2019 |
Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 13 | 9 | 2020 |
Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 13 | 9 | 2021 |
Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 13 | 9 | 2022 |
Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2024 | |
Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2025 | |
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 | 6.625 | 20 | 9 | 2021 |
Trademark Protection | 6.625 | 20 | 9 | 2022 |
Trademark Protection | 6.625 | 20 | 9 | 2023 |
Trademark Protection | 6.625 | 20 | 9 | 2024 |
Trademark Protection | 6.525 | 21 | 9 | 2025 |
Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |