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
| 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 | 19 | 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 |
| Legal and Political | 6.901 | 16 | 11 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 6.900 | 18 | 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 |
| 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 | 29 | 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 |
| Intellectual | 7.977 | 10 | 8 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 11 | 8 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 8.224 | 8 | 6 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 8.122 | 10 | 8 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 15 | 10 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 12 | 8 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 13 | 7 | 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 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Belgium - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.901 | 16 | 11 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.900 | 18 | 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.982 | 21 | 12 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.000 | 22 | 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 | 28 | 13 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.500 | 27 | 12 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.800 | 20 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Political Stability | 6.320 | 22 | 11 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 6.300 | 22 | 11 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 6.500 | 30 | 14 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 6.215 | 33 | 14 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.600 | 29 | 14 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.600 | 28 | 13 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.800 | 26 | 12 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.800 | 24 | 12 | 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 |
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.200 | 15 | 10 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.100 | 18 | 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 |
| 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 | 29 | 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 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.196 | 16 | 12 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.200 | 18 | 12 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.333 | 20 | 14 | 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 | 24 | 13 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.500 | 30 | 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 |
| 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 | 97 | 16 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 7.600 | 103 | 18 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 7.600 | 106 | 18 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 7.500 | 84 | 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 |
| Access to Financing | 5.721 | 20 | 11 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 5.700 | 21 | 11 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 5.500 | 30 | 12 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 5.650 | 24 | 10 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 5.600 | 17 | 6 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 5.600 | 16 | 6 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 5.400 | 20 | 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 | 24 | 7 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 5.835 | 29 | 12 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 5.835 | 29 | 12 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Belgium - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.977 | 10 | 8 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 11 | 8 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.224 | 8 | 6 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.122 | 10 | 8 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 15 | 10 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 12 | 8 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 13 | 7 | 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 |
| 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 | 23 | 13 | 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 |
| Patent Protection | 8.387 | 10 | 7 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.400 | 13 | 7 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.340 | 13 | 5 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 3 | 7 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 10 | 7 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 7 | 7 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 9 | 7 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 7 | 2 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 8 | 2 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 8 | 2 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 8 | 2 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.433 | 25 | 14 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.433 | 25 | 14 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.433 | 26 | 14 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.668 | 23 | 11 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.668 | 22 | 11 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 13 | 5 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 9 | 3 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 9 | 3 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 9 | 3 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 10 | 3 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 8 | 3 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 13 | 5 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 10 | 5 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 12 | 8 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 12 | 8 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 14 | 9 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 15 | 9 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 14 | 9 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 14 | 9 | 2022 |
| 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 | 10 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.625 | 21 | 10 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |