Region
Africa
Global Rank
44/125
Regional Rank
1/30
Score
5.558
Botswana’s IPRI score decreased by -0.008 to 5.558 placing it 1st in the Africa region and 44th in the world. Botswana is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as Upper middle income country.
Botswana’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.027 to 6.506 with scores of 6.613 in Judicial Independence, 5.935 in Rule of Law, 7.155 in Political Stability, and 6.323 in Control of Corruption.
Botswana’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.05 to 5.302 with scores of 6.523 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 5.005 in Registering Property, and 4.377 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Botswana’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 4.866 with scores of 5.154 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 4.817 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 4.628 in Trademark Protection.
Botswana is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- SADC
Botswana - IPRI Overall Score
Botswana - 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
Botswana - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.758 | 43 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.006 | 44 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 37 | 2 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 39 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 38 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 31 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.926 | 38 | 3 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.932 | 44 | 4 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.126 | 44 | 4 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.999 | 49 | 4 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.963 | 53 | 4 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.934 | 51 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.750 | 54 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.288 | 56 | 4 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.566 | 44 | 1 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.558 | 44 | 1 | 2024 |
| Legal and Political | 6.723 | 26 | 1 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 6.857 | 26 | 1 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 6.800 | 29 | 1 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 7.000 | 26 | 1 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 7.100 | 25 | 1 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 6.925 | 24 | 1 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 6.650 | 28 | 1 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 6.576 | 30 | 1 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 6.545 | 31 | 1 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 6.399 | 34 | 2 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 6.370 | 35 | 2 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 6.385 | 33 | 2 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 6.364 | 33 | 2 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 6.320 | 33 | 2 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 6.479 | 33 | 1 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 6.506 | 31 | 1 | 2024 |
| Physical | 6.438 | 42 | 3 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.851 | 40 | 2 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.200 | 21 | 1 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 27 | 2 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.900 | 32 | 4 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.933 | 29 | 2 | 2014 |
| Physical | 6.444 | 38 | 4 | 2015 |
| Physical | 6.471 | 39 | 4 | 2016 |
| Physical | 7.066 | 36 | 4 | 2017 |
| Physical | 6.888 | 43 | 3 | 2018 |
| Physical | 6.883 | 48 | 4 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.798 | 54 | 4 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.683 | 55 | 3 | 2021 |
| Physical | 5.339 | 54 | 3 | 2022 |
| Physical | 5.352 | 51 | 2 | 2023 |
| Physical | 5.302 | 51 | 2 | 2024 |
| Intellectual | 4.113 | 78 | 10 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 4.311 | 75 | 8 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 5.000 | 66 | 7 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 4.900 | 69 | 9 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 5.000 | 70 | 11 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 5.750 | 40 | 3 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 4.684 | 69 | 7 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 4.750 | 75 | 12 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 4.767 | 79 | 13 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 4.711 | 79 | 12 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 4.636 | 84 | 14 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 4.618 | 84 | 13 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 4.204 | 99 | 13 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 4.204 | 99 | 13 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 4.866 | 78 | 6 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 4.866 | 79 | 6 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Botswana - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.723 | 26 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.857 | 26 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 29 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 26 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 25 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.925 | 24 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.650 | 28 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.576 | 30 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.545 | 31 | 1 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.399 | 34 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.370 | 35 | 2 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.385 | 33 | 2 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.364 | 33 | 2 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.320 | 33 | 2 | 2022 |
| Overall | 6.479 | 33 | 1 | 2023 |
| Overall | 6.506 | 31 | 1 | 2024 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.167 | 24 | 2 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.233 | 24 | 1 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.400 | 27 | 1 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.700 | 24 | 1 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.900 | 20 | 1 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.600 | 22 | 2 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.458 | 34 | 4 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.394 | 35 | 4 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.106 | 38 | 4 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.342 | 53 | 6 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.547 | 51 | 6 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.870 | 42 | 4 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.870 | 42 | 4 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.870 | 42 | 4 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.574 | 33 | 3 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.613 | 33 | 3 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law | 6.340 | 36 | 2 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 6.287 | 42 | 2 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 6.300 | 42 | 2 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 6.300 | 41 | 2 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 6.300 | 40 | 2 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 6.300 | 33 | 2 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 6.186 | 39 | 2 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 6.269 | 41 | 2 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 6.265 | 40 | 2 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 6.043 | 43 | 2 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 6.028 | 42 | 2 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 5.933 | 44 | 2 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 5.997 | 44 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 5.881 | 47 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 5.963 | 40 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 5.935 | 40 | 1 | 2024 |
| Political Stability | 6.680 | 21 | 1 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 6.912 | 21 | 1 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.800 | 19 | 1 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 17 | 1 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 7.100 | 16 | 1 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 7.200 | 11 | 1 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 7.113 | 13 | 1 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 7.044 | 16 | 1 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 7.135 | 12 | 1 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 7.341 | 10 | 1 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 7.306 | 15 | 1 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 7.236 | 15 | 1 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 7.174 | 15 | 1 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 7.270 | 9 | 1 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 7.009 | 12 | 1 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 7.155 | 7 | 1 | 2024 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.706 | 30 | 1 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.996 | 30 | 1 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.700 | 33 | 1 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.000 | 27 | 1 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.900 | 28 | 1 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.900 | 26 | 1 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.844 | 29 | 1 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.599 | 33 | 2 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.672 | 31 | 1 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.869 | 28 | 1 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.597 | 30 | 1 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.501 | 31 | 1 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.416 | 34 | 1 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.258 | 37 | 1 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.370 | 35 | 1 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.323 | 35 | 1 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Botswana - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.438 | 42 | 3 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.851 | 40 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 21 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 27 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.900 | 32 | 4 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.933 | 29 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.444 | 38 | 4 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.471 | 39 | 4 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.066 | 36 | 4 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.888 | 43 | 3 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.883 | 48 | 4 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.798 | 54 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.683 | 55 | 3 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.339 | 54 | 3 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.352 | 51 | 2 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.302 | 51 | 2 | 2024 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.500 | 51 | 3 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.017 | 44 | 3 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.600 | 30 | 2 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.300 | 33 | 3 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.900 | 43 | 5 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.100 | 30 | 3 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.500 | 36 | 4 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.487 | 37 | 4 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.713 | 35 | 3 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.813 | 33 | 2 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.799 | 35 | 2 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.523 | 44 | 3 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.523 | 44 | 3 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.523 | 44 | 3 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.523 | 41 | 2 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.523 | 41 | 2 | 2024 |
| Registering Process | 8.649 | 22 | 1 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 9.069 | 21 | 1 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.900 | 33 | 2 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.900 | 35 | 2 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.900 | 36 | 2 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 9.100 | 16 | 1 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.511 | 30 | 2 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.606 | 24 | 1 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.589 | 18 | 2 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.127 | 64 | 6 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.127 | 63 | 6 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.148 | 62 | 6 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.148 | 62 | 6 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 5.117 | 40 | 5 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 5.155 | 35 | 3 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 5.005 | 39 | 4 | 2024 |
| Access to Financing | 4.167 | 54 | 4 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 4.467 | 49 | 4 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 5.000 | 29 | 2 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 4.900 | 32 | 2 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 4.900 | 33 | 4 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 4.600 | 31 | 3 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 3.322 | 51 | 6 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 3.322 | 52 | 6 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 4.897 | 67 | 6 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.724 | 70 | 6 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.724 | 70 | 6 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.724 | 70 | 6 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 4.377 | 89 | 7 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 4.377 | 89 | 7 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.377 | 85 | 6 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 4.377 | 85 | 6 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Botswana - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.113 | 78 | 10 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.311 | 75 | 8 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 66 | 7 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.900 | 69 | 9 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 70 | 11 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.750 | 40 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.684 | 69 | 7 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.750 | 75 | 12 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.767 | 79 | 13 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.711 | 79 | 12 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.636 | 84 | 14 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.618 | 84 | 13 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.204 | 99 | 13 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.204 | 99 | 13 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.866 | 78 | 6 | 2023 |
| Overall | 4.866 | 79 | 6 | 2024 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.500 | 74 | 8 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.900 | 71 | 5 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.900 | 40 | 3 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.700 | 43 | 3 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.900 | 41 | 4 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.800 | 32 | 2 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.252 | 39 | 4 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.449 | 46 | 5 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.500 | 53 | 4 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.333 | 62 | 7 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.210 | 65 | 8 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.154 | 69 | 8 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.154 | 69 | 8 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.154 | 69 | 8 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.154 | 66 | 7 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.154 | 66 | 7 | 2024 |
| Patent Protection | 7.400 | 46 | 2 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 7.033 | 51 | 2 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 50 | 2 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 50 | 2 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 49 | 2 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 54 | 2 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 57 | 2 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 58 | 2 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 58 | 2 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 60 | 2 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 61 | 2 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 61 | 2 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 5.033 | 72 | 5 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 5.033 | 72 | 5 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 4.817 | 82 | 10 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 4.817 | 82 | 10 | 2024 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 81 | 4 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 78 | 4 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 80 | 4 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 81 | 4 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 85 | 5 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 65 | 5 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 81 | 5 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 83 | 5 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 85 | 5 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 83 | 5 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 89 | 6 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 89 | 6 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 88 | 6 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 89 | 6 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2024 | |
| 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 | 4.628 | 91 | 7 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.628 | 91 | 7 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.628 | 90 | 7 | 2023 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.628 | 90 | 7 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |