Region
Africa
Global Rank
48/126
Regional Rank
2/30
Score
5.528
Botswana’s IPRI score decreased by -0.03 to 5.528 placing it 2nd in the Africa region and 48th 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 decreased by -0.047 to 6.459 with scores of 6.48 in Judicial Independence, 5.781 in Rule of Law, 7.205 in Political Stability, and 6.372 in Control of Corruption.
Botswana’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.035 to 5.267 with scores of 8.333 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.968 in Registering Property, and 2.5 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Botswana’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.009 to 4.857 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 4.601 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 |
| Overall | 5.528 | 48 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Legal and Political | 6.459 | 32 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Physical | 5.267 | 53 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Intellectual | 4.857 | 80 | 7 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Overall | 6.459 | 32 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.480 | 33 | 4 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Rule of Law | 5.781 | 46 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Political Stability | 7.205 | 7 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.372 | 33 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Overall | 5.267 | 53 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.333 | 41 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Registering Process | 4.968 | 43 | 6 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Access to Financing | 2.500 | 84 | 4 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Overall | 4.857 | 80 | 7 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.154 | 66 | 8 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Patent Protection | 4.817 | 82 | 10 | 2025 |
| 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 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2025 | |
| 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 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.601 | 93 | 7 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |