CAMEROON

CAMEROON’s IPRI score increased by 0.25 to 4.29 placing it 20th in the Africa region and 104th in the world. CAMEROON is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as a lower-middle income country.

CAMEROON’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.02 to 3.14 with scores of 3.36 in Judicial Independence, 3.08 in Rule of Law, 3.2 in Political Stability, and 2.94 for Control of Corruption.

CAMEROON’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.5 to 5.39 with scores of 5.13 in Property Rights, 7.1 in Registering Property, and 3.92 for Ease of Access to Loans.

CAMEROON’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.21 to 4.35 with scores of 5.47 in Intellectual Property Protection, 5.78 in Patent Protection, and 1.8 in Copyright Protections.

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
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	16	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
Physical	4.466	101	13	2009
Physical	4.649	104	15	2010
Physical	5.300	105	16	2011
Physical	5.400	104	15	2012
Physical	5.600	97	12	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
Intellectual	3.962	81	11	2009
Intellectual	3.789	90	16	2010
Intellectual	3.900	99	18	2011
Intellectual	4.100	92	17	2012
Intellectual	4.100	97	20	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
Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year

CAMEROON - Legal and Political Environmental

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	16	2014
Overall	3.134	107	17	2015
Overall	3.123	114	21	2016
Overall	3.144	116	22	2017
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	17	2012
Judicial Independence	3.500	109	21	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
Rule Of Law	2.820	106	15	2009
Rule Of Law	3.014	108	16	2010
Rule Of Law	2.900	112	17	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
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
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	21	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
Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year

CAMEROON - Physical Property Rights

Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year
Overall	4.667	88	10	2009
Overall	4.567	95	14	2010
Overall	5.300	88	12	2011
Overall	5.200	89	12	2012
Overall	5.400	88	14	2013
Overall	5.500	63	9	2014
Overall	4.393	88	11	2015
Overall	4.884	86	13	2016
Overall	5.131	78	13	2017
Protection of Physical Property	4.466	101	13	2009
Protection of Physical Property	4.649	104	15	2010
Protection of Physical Property	5.300	105	16	2011
Protection of Physical Property	5.400	104	15	2012
Protection of Physical Property	5.600	97	12	2013
Protection of Physical Property	5.533	74	10	2014
Protection of Physical Property	4.725	105	16	2015
Protection of Physical Property	4.885	108	17	2016
Protection of Physical Property	5.386	89	17	2017
Registering Property	7.397	72	10	2009
Registering Property	7.531	83	11	2010
Registering Property	7.800	84	14	2011
Registering Property	7.900	89	15	2012
Registering Property	7.900	88	15	2013
Registering Property	7.900	70	12	2014
Registering Property	7.227	117	23	2015
Registering Property	7.217	119	23	2016
Registering Property	7.101	101	24	2017
Ease of Access to Loans	1.333	111	18	2009
Ease of Access to Loans	1.850	113	17	2010
Ease of Access to Loans	2.700	118	20	2011
Ease of Access to Loans	3.000	109	16	2012
Ease of Access to Loans	3.400	89	12	2013
Ease of Access to Loans	3.500	69	12	2014
Ease of Access to Loans	2.554	83	13	2015
Ease of Access to Loans	2.554	85	14	2016
Ease of Access to Loans	3.925	92	12	2017
Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year

CAMEROON -Intellectual Property Rights

Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year
Overall	4.167	60	3	2009
Overall	3.550	80	9	2010
Overall	3.900	95	16	2011
Overall	4.300	87	14	2012
Overall	4.400	91	15	2013
Overall	4.500	66	12	2014
Overall	3.996	76	9	2015
Overall	4.828	64	8	2016
Overall	5.468	57	6	2017
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.962	81	11	2009
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.789	90	16	2010
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.900	99	18	2011
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	4.100	92	17	2012
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	4.100	97	20	2013
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.933	85	17	2014
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	3.860	97	18	2015
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	4.137	98	19	2016
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights	4.351	97	19	2017
Patent Protection	6.120	70	6	2009
Patent Protection	6.117	73	8	2010
Patent Protection	6.100	71	7	2011
Patent Protection	6.100	70	7	2012
Patent Protection	6.100	72	8	2013
Patent Protection	5.800	72	11	2014
Patent Protection	5.783	80	13	2015
Patent Protection	5.783	76	12	2016
Patent Protection	5.783	78	12	2017
Copyright Piracy	1.600	84	6	2009
Copyright Piracy	1.700	85	9	2010
Copyright Piracy	1.700	91	9	2011
Copyright Piracy	1.800	91	8	2012
Copyright Piracy	1.700	91	9	2013
Copyright Piracy	1.700	72	9	2014
Copyright Piracy	1.800	88	9	2015
Copyright Piracy	1.800	90	9	2016
Copyright Piracy	1.800	92	9	2017
Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year