2022
| International Property Rights Index

Belgium

Region

Western Europe

Global Rank

18/129

Regional Rank

11/19

Score

7.279

Belgium’s IPRI score decreased by -0.121 to 7.279 placing it 10st in the Western Europe region and 18th 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 did not change and remained at 7.474 with scores of 7.896 in Judicial Independence, 7.738 in Rule of Law, 6.308 in Political Stability, and 7.956 in Control of Corruption.

 

Belgium’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.364 to 7.002 with scores of 7.856 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.314 in Registering Process, and 5.835 in Access to Financing.

 

Belgium’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 7.361 with scores of 8.352 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.668 in Patent Protection, 7.8 in Copyright Protection, and 6.625 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

Belgium - Legal and Political Environment

Belgium - Physical Property Rights

Belgium - Intellectual Property Rights