Region
Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Global Rank
64/129
Regional Rank
14/25
Score
4.972
Bulgaria’s IPRI score decreased by -0.614 to 4.972 placing it 14st in the Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia region and 64th in the world. Bulgaria is classified by the IMF as part of the Emerging and Developing Europe group and by the World Bank as Upper middle income country.
Bulgaria’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.17 to 4.79 with scores of 3.801 in Judicial Independence, 4.826 in Rule of Law, 6.08 in Political Stability, and 4.455 in Control of Corruption.
Bulgaria’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.675 to 4.789 with scores of 4.865 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.32 in Registering Process, and 5.182 in Access to Financing.
Bulgaria’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 5.335 with scores of 4.499 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.25 in Patent Protection, 4.3 in Copyright Protection, and 6.291 in Trademark Protection.
Bulgaria is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- EU
Bulgaria - IPRI Overall Score
Bulgaria - 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
Bulgaria - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.772 | 52 | 6 | 2007 |
| Overall | 3.800 | 51 | 6 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.065 | 59 | 11 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.239 | 58 | 11 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.300 | 63 | 12 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.400 | 64 | 11 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.500 | 59 | 11 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.300 | 52 | 8 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.935 | 66 | 13 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.019 | 66 | 12 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.813 | 85 | 12 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.397 | 63 | 11 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.569 | 61 | 11 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.721 | 55 | 10 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.586 | 56 | 10 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.972 | 64 | 14 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 2.957 | 53 | 7 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 3.000 | 54 | 7 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 4.514 | 59 | 13 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 4.593 | 65 | 14 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 5.000 | 62 | 13 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 4.800 | 63 | 13 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 4.800 | 61 | 12 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 4.675 | 53 | 9 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 4.177 | 73 | 16 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 4.313 | 73 | 16 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 4.414 | 74 | 15 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 4.563 | 70 | 14 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 4.836 | 64 | 14 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 4.914 | 63 | 14 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 4.960 | 62 | 14 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 4.790 | 64 | 14 | 2022 |
| Physical | 4.859 | 45 | 4 | 2007 |
| Physical | 4.900 | 46 | 4 | 2008 |
| Physical | 5.586 | 67 | 12 | 2009 |
| Physical | 5.996 | 54 | 8 | 2010 |
| Physical | 5.600 | 89 | 15 | 2011 |
| Physical | 5.800 | 77 | 13 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.000 | 70 | 14 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.000 | 58 | 7 | 2014 |
| Physical | 5.689 | 64 | 14 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.744 | 69 | 13 | 2016 |
| Physical | 4.803 | 106 | 14 | 2017 |
| Physical | 6.137 | 75 | 15 | 2018 |
| Physical | 6.184 | 79 | 16 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.370 | 77 | 14 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.464 | 69 | 15 | 2021 |
| Physical | 4.789 | 74 | 15 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 3.500 | 57 | 8 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 3.500 | 58 | 8 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 5.093 | 49 | 9 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 5.128 | 54 | 10 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 5.400 | 54 | 10 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 5.600 | 51 | 9 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 5.700 | 49 | 9 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 4.933 | 64 | 10 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 4.939 | 65 | 11 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 5.000 | 67 | 12 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 5.221 | 64 | 12 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 5.492 | 60 | 10 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 5.687 | 60 | 10 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 5.878 | 55 | 10 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 5.335 | 57 | 14 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 5.335 | 57 | 14 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Bulgaria - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2.957 | 53 | 7 | 2007 |
| Overall | 3.000 | 54 | 7 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.514 | 59 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.593 | 65 | 14 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 62 | 13 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.800 | 63 | 13 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.800 | 61 | 12 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.675 | 53 | 9 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.177 | 73 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.313 | 73 | 16 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.414 | 74 | 15 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.563 | 70 | 14 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.836 | 64 | 14 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.914 | 63 | 14 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.960 | 62 | 14 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.790 | 64 | 14 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.509 | 57 | 8 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.500 | 58 | 8 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.000 | 89 | 15 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.183 | 97 | 17 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.200 | 93 | 17 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.200 | 91 | 17 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.100 | 87 | 16 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.700 | 80 | 9 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.215 | 108 | 21 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.810 | 104 | 20 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.371 | 100 | 19 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.325 | 99 | 17 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.645 | 88 | 14 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.801 | 80 | 13 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.801 | 80 | 13 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.801 | 80 | 13 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 4.720 | 58 | 12 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 4.759 | 65 | 14 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 4.900 | 60 | 14 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 4.800 | 62 | 14 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 4.800 | 62 | 14 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 4.800 | 50 | 9 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 4.725 | 62 | 15 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 4.845 | 62 | 16 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 4.752 | 68 | 16 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 4.924 | 64 | 13 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 4.918 | 66 | 14 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 4.941 | 64 | 14 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 5.072 | 61 | 14 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 4.826 | 66 | 16 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 5.320 | 32 | 5 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 5.300 | 33 | 5 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 5.840 | 44 | 11 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 5.778 | 49 | 13 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 5.900 | 45 | 11 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 5.700 | 48 | 13 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 5.600 | 50 | 11 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 5.700 | 37 | 7 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 5.351 | 51 | 12 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 5.164 | 59 | 15 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 5.162 | 59 | 15 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 5.326 | 62 | 16 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 6.105 | 43 | 12 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 6.219 | 43 | 11 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 6.280 | 34 | 8 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 6.080 | 39 | 10 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.000 | 36 | 4 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.000 | 37 | 4 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.497 | 59 | 13 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.653 | 66 | 15 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.800 | 62 | 13 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.600 | 63 | 14 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.700 | 60 | 14 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.500 | 49 | 8 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.415 | 66 | 17 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.432 | 66 | 18 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.371 | 68 | 17 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.677 | 62 | 14 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.678 | 62 | 14 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.697 | 63 | 14 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.690 | 64 | 14 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.455 | 71 | 15 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Bulgaria - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.859 | 45 | 4 | 2007 |
| Overall | 4.900 | 46 | 4 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.586 | 67 | 12 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.996 | 54 | 8 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 89 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 77 | 13 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 70 | 14 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 58 | 7 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.689 | 64 | 14 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.744 | 69 | 13 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.803 | 106 | 14 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.137 | 75 | 15 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.184 | 79 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.370 | 77 | 14 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.464 | 69 | 15 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.789 | 74 | 15 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.583 | 56 | 6 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.600 | 57 | 7 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.667 | 86 | 16 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.867 | 91 | 18 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.600 | 107 | 22 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.700 | 104 | 20 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.000 | 101 | 18 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.100 | 72 | 9 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.113 | 96 | 19 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.327 | 103 | 18 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.476 | 105 | 18 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.183 | 108 | 19 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.322 | 110 | 21 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.865 | 98 | 17 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.865 | 98 | 17 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.865 | 98 | 17 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 6.302 | 32 | 3 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 6.300 | 32 | 3 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 7.758 | 57 | 9 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.187 | 54 | 10 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.200 | 69 | 17 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.300 | 77 | 18 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.300 | 75 | 19 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.400 | 53 | 9 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.630 | 24 | 9 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.583 | 25 | 9 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2017 | |
| Registering Process | 9.328 | 53 | 17 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.328 | 51 | 17 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.344 | 54 | 17 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.344 | 53 | 17 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 4.320 | 68 | 15 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 3.692 | 40 | 5 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 3.700 | 41 | 5 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 4.333 | 51 | 8 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 4.933 | 40 | 6 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 4.100 | 58 | 7 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 46 | 3 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 4.700 | 39 | 2 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 4.700 | 30 | 1 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 3.323 | 50 | 6 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 3.323 | 51 | 6 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 5.129 | 60 | 10 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.902 | 60 | 10 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.902 | 60 | 10 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.902 | 60 | 10 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 5.182 | 48 | 7 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 5.182 | 48 | 7 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Bulgaria - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.500 | 57 | 8 | 2007 |
| Overall | 3.500 | 58 | 8 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.093 | 49 | 9 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.128 | 54 | 10 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.400 | 54 | 10 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 51 | 9 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 49 | 9 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.933 | 64 | 10 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.939 | 65 | 11 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 67 | 12 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.221 | 64 | 12 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.492 | 60 | 10 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.687 | 60 | 10 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.878 | 55 | 10 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.335 | 57 | 14 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.335 | 57 | 14 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 2.844 | 61 | 7 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 2.800 | 64 | 7 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.000 | 89 | 16 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.100 | 94 | 18 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.800 | 102 | 21 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.100 | 89 | 17 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.300 | 93 | 18 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.300 | 71 | 8 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.368 | 95 | 20 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.550 | 105 | 21 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.914 | 107 | 20 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.644 | 114 | 23 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.929 | 109 | 23 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.499 | 93 | 20 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.499 | 93 | 20 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.499 | 93 | 20 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 6.476 | 37 | 6 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 6.500 | 38 | 6 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.800 | 3 | 1 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 12 | 1 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.100 | 11 | 1 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.100 | 11 | 1 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.100 | 12 | 1 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 7.800 | 36 | 7 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 7.750 | 36 | 7 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 7.750 | 36 | 7 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 7.750 | 35 | 7 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 20 | 3 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 20 | 3 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 18 | 3 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.250 | 38 | 7 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.250 | 39 | 7 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.180 | 32 | 8 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.200 | 33 | 8 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 57 | 10 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 63 | 14 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.300 | 65 | 14 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.500 | 59 | 13 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.600 | 60 | 14 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.600 | 50 | 10 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.700 | 60 | 14 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.700 | 60 | 14 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.000 | 55 | 12 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.000 | 57 | 12 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.300 | 54 | 12 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.300 | 54 | 12 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.300 | 53 | 12 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.300 | 54 | 12 | 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 | 6.291 | 31 | 14 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.291 | 31 | 14 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |