Region
Africa
Global Rank
117/129
Regional Rank
21/30
Score
3.516
Cameroon’s IPRI score decreased by -0.472 to 3.516 placing it 21st in the Africa region and 117th in the world. Cameroon is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as Lower middle income country.
Cameroon’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.003 to 2.727 with scores of 3.248 in Judicial Independence, 2.707 in Rule of Law, 2.214 in Political Stability, and 2.737 in Control of Corruption.
Cameroon’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.419 to 3.906 with scores of 4.888 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 3.191 in Registering Process, and 3.64 in Access to Financing.
Cameroon’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 3.914 with scores of 5.239 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 4.817 in Patent Protection, 2 in Copyright Protection, and 3.6 in Trademark Protection.
Cameroon is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- CEMAC
- CEEAC
Cameroon - IPRI Overall Score
Cameroon - 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
Cameroon - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.821 | 95 | 14 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.823 | 105 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.200 | 107 | 18 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.300 | 106 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.300 | 106 | 20 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.300 | 85 | 17 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.906 | 107 | 18 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.048 | 109 | 20 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.294 | 104 | 20 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.323 | 109 | 19 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.307 | 115 | 21 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.205 | 114 | 20 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.988 | 117 | 21 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.516 | 117 | 21 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 3.034 | 102 | 14 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 3.032 | 108 | 17 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 3.500 | 106 | 15 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 3.400 | 102 | 15 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 3.300 | 113 | 20 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 3.325 | 83 | 15 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 3.134 | 107 | 17 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 3.123 | 114 | 21 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 3.144 | 116 | 22 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 3.151 | 114 | 21 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 3.080 | 117 | 22 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 2.936 | 121 | 24 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 2.724 | 121 | 25 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 2.727 | 121 | 24 | 2022 |
| Physical | 4.466 | 101 | 13 | 2009 |
| Physical | 4.649 | 104 | 15 | 2010 |
| Physical | 5.300 | 105 | 16 | 2011 |
| Physical | 5.400 | 104 | 16 | 2012 |
| Physical | 5.600 | 97 | 13 | 2013 |
| Physical | 5.533 | 74 | 10 | 2014 |
| Physical | 4.725 | 105 | 16 | 2015 |
| Physical | 4.885 | 108 | 17 | 2016 |
| Physical | 5.386 | 89 | 17 | 2017 |
| Physical | 5.335 | 107 | 16 | 2018 |
| Physical | 5.425 | 110 | 18 | 2019 |
| Physical | 5.338 | 113 | 19 | 2020 |
| Physical | 5.325 | 110 | 17 | 2021 |
| Physical | 3.906 | 114 | 18 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 3.962 | 81 | 11 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 3.789 | 90 | 16 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 3.900 | 99 | 19 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 92 | 18 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 97 | 21 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 3.933 | 85 | 17 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 3.860 | 97 | 18 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 4.137 | 98 | 19 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 4.351 | 97 | 19 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 4.483 | 89 | 16 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 4.415 | 97 | 20 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 4.341 | 100 | 20 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 3.914 | 110 | 19 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 3.914 | 110 | 19 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Cameroon - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.034 | 102 | 14 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.032 | 108 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 3.500 | 106 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 3.400 | 102 | 15 | 2012 |
| Overall | 3.300 | 113 | 20 | 2013 |
| Overall | 3.325 | 83 | 15 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.134 | 107 | 17 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.123 | 114 | 21 | 2016 |
| Overall | 3.144 | 116 | 22 | 2017 |
| Overall | 3.151 | 114 | 21 | 2018 |
| Overall | 3.080 | 117 | 22 | 2019 |
| Overall | 2.936 | 121 | 24 | 2020 |
| Overall | 2.724 | 121 | 25 | 2021 |
| Overall | 2.727 | 121 | 24 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.000 | 103 | 15 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.983 | 111 | 18 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.800 | 102 | 17 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.900 | 98 | 14 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.500 | 109 | 22 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.300 | 89 | 19 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.049 | 97 | 17 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.430 | 93 | 18 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.363 | 101 | 19 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.431 | 95 | 17 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.301 | 98 | 20 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.248 | 97 | 17 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.248 | 97 | 17 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.248 | 97 | 17 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 2.820 | 106 | 15 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 3.014 | 108 | 16 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 2.900 | 112 | 18 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 2.900 | 116 | 18 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 2.900 | 117 | 21 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 3.000 | 85 | 17 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 2.908 | 112 | 20 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 3.258 | 112 | 21 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 3.078 | 117 | 22 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 2.961 | 116 | 21 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 2.952 | 118 | 23 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 2.841 | 122 | 24 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 2.762 | 121 | 24 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 2.707 | 121 | 24 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 4.220 | 78 | 12 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 3.933 | 87 | 13 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 4.200 | 82 | 13 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 3.800 | 86 | 13 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 3.800 | 88 | 15 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 3.800 | 68 | 12 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 3.964 | 84 | 13 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 3.111 | 109 | 20 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 3.199 | 108 | 21 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 3.483 | 104 | 18 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 3.435 | 113 | 21 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 2.955 | 120 | 23 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 2.302 | 121 | 24 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 2.214 | 120 | 23 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.097 | 103 | 14 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.200 | 107 | 16 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.200 | 110 | 17 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.000 | 112 | 19 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.100 | 112 | 21 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.500 | 91 | 20 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.616 | 115 | 20 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.694 | 119 | 22 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.937 | 119 | 21 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.728 | 118 | 22 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.630 | 121 | 23 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.701 | 122 | 24 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.583 | 122 | 24 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.737 | 120 | 24 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Cameroon - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.466 | 101 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.649 | 104 | 15 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.300 | 105 | 16 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.400 | 104 | 16 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 97 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.533 | 74 | 10 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.725 | 105 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.885 | 108 | 17 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.386 | 89 | 17 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.335 | 107 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.425 | 110 | 18 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.338 | 113 | 19 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.325 | 110 | 17 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.906 | 114 | 18 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.667 | 88 | 12 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.567 | 95 | 14 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.300 | 88 | 12 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.200 | 89 | 13 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.400 | 88 | 14 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.500 | 63 | 9 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.393 | 88 | 11 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.884 | 86 | 13 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.131 | 78 | 13 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.102 | 77 | 11 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.213 | 77 | 12 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.888 | 97 | 16 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.888 | 97 | 16 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.888 | 97 | 16 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 7.397 | 72 | 10 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 7.531 | 83 | 11 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 7.800 | 84 | 12 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 7.900 | 89 | 13 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 7.900 | 88 | 15 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 7.900 | 70 | 13 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 7.227 | 117 | 23 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 7.217 | 119 | 23 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 7.101 | 101 | 24 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 7.227 | 119 | 24 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 7.386 | 121 | 25 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 7.448 | 119 | 24 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 7.448 | 119 | 24 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 3.191 | 99 | 21 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 1.333 | 111 | 18 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 1.850 | 113 | 17 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 2.700 | 118 | 20 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.000 | 109 | 16 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 3.400 | 89 | 11 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 3.500 | 69 | 11 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 2.554 | 83 | 13 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 2.554 | 85 | 14 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 3.925 | 92 | 12 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 3.676 | 101 | 12 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 3.676 | 101 | 12 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 3.677 | 101 | 12 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 3.640 | 111 | 16 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 3.640 | 111 | 16 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Cameroon - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.962 | 81 | 11 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.789 | 90 | 16 | 2010 |
| Overall | 3.900 | 99 | 19 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 92 | 18 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 97 | 21 | 2013 |
| Overall | 3.933 | 85 | 17 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.860 | 97 | 18 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.137 | 98 | 19 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.351 | 97 | 19 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.483 | 89 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.415 | 97 | 20 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.341 | 100 | 20 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.914 | 110 | 19 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.914 | 110 | 19 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.167 | 58 | 3 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.550 | 80 | 9 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.900 | 95 | 17 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.300 | 87 | 14 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.400 | 91 | 18 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.500 | 66 | 11 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.996 | 76 | 9 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.828 | 64 | 8 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.468 | 57 | 6 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.867 | 46 | 3 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.462 | 61 | 6 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.239 | 63 | 5 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.239 | 63 | 5 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.239 | 63 | 5 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 6.120 | 70 | 6 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 6.117 | 73 | 7 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 6.100 | 71 | 7 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 6.100 | 70 | 7 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 6.100 | 72 | 7 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 5.800 | 72 | 10 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 80 | 10 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 76 | 13 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 78 | 12 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 79 | 11 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 83 | 11 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 78 | 11 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 4.817 | 79 | 9 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 4.817 | 79 | 9 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.600 | 84 | 6 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 85 | 8 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 91 | 8 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 91 | 7 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 91 | 9 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 72 | 9 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 88 | 9 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 90 | 9 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 92 | 9 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 89 | 8 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 88 | 6 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 89 | 6 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 91 | 6 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 91 | 6 | 2022 |
| 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 | 3.600 | 119 | 23 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 3.600 | 119 | 23 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |