Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Global Rank
40/125
Regional Rank
3/21
Score
5.821
Costa Rica’s IPRI score increased by 0.116 to 5.821 placing it 3rd in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 40th in the world. Costa Rica is classified by the IMF as part of the Latin America and the Caribbean group and by the World Bank as Upper middle income country.
Costa Rica’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.119 to 6.412 with scores of 6.952 in Judicial Independence, 5.904 in Rule of Law, 6.802 in Political Stability, and 5.991 in Control of Corruption.
Costa Rica’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.032 to 5.564 with scores of 6.611 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 5.754 in Registering Process, and 4.328 in Access to Financing.
Costa Rica’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.196 to 5.486 with scores of 6.008 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.483 in Patent Protection, 4.986 in Copyright Protection, and 5.469 in Trademark Protection.
Costa Rica is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- MCCA
Costa Rica - IPRI Overall Score
Costa Rica - 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
Costa Rica - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.172 | 33 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.200 | 33 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.639 | 46 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.668 | 49 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.900 | 49 | 3 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 51 | 3 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.900 | 49 | 3 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 40 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.736 | 47 | 3 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.818 | 47 | 3 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.060 | 45 | 3 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.571 | 31 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.488 | 34 | 2 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.404 | 37 | 2 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.091 | 45 | 3 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.705 | 44 | 3 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.821 | 40 | 3 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 5.864 | 24 | 3 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 5.900 | 24 | 3 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 6.273 | 32 | 3 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 6.251 | 38 | 3 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 6.600 | 33 | 3 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 6.400 | 33 | 3 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 6.300 | 38 | 3 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 6.300 | 31 | 3 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 6.311 | 33 | 3 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 6.384 | 33 | 3 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 6.398 | 35 | 3 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 6.568 | 31 | 3 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 6.166 | 39 | 3 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 6.061 | 42 | 3 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 6.126 | 40 | 3 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 6.293 | 35 | 3 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 6.412 | 35 | 3 | 2023 |
| Physical | 5.508 | 35 | 4 | 2007 |
| Physical | 5.500 | 35 | 5 | 2008 |
| Physical | 5.901 | 53 | 4 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.099 | 52 | 3 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.100 | 58 | 4 | 2011 |
| Physical | 6.000 | 66 | 7 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.200 | 59 | 5 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.600 | 42 | 4 | 2014 |
| Physical | 5.787 | 59 | 6 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.789 | 64 | 9 | 2016 |
| Physical | 6.399 | 59 | 9 | 2017 |
| Physical | 6.697 | 53 | 4 | 2018 |
| Physical | 6.820 | 51 | 3 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.803 | 52 | 4 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.858 | 51 | 2 | 2021 |
| Physical | 5.532 | 50 | 3 | 2022 |
| Physical | 5.564 | 46 | 3 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 4.145 | 45 | 8 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 46 | 8 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 4.743 | 64 | 9 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 4.656 | 69 | 10 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 5.000 | 67 | 9 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 5.000 | 66 | 9 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 5.100 | 67 | 9 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 5.300 | 49 | 5 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 5.110 | 58 | 6 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 5.281 | 57 | 7 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 5.383 | 57 | 7 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 6.448 | 35 | 1 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 6.479 | 34 | 1 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 6.347 | 36 | 2 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 5.291 | 59 | 6 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 5.291 | 59 | 6 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 5.486 | 49 | 4 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Costa Rica - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.864 | 24 | 3 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.900 | 24 | 3 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.273 | 32 | 3 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.251 | 38 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 33 | 3 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.400 | 33 | 3 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 38 | 3 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 31 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.311 | 33 | 3 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.384 | 33 | 3 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.398 | 35 | 3 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.568 | 31 | 3 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.166 | 39 | 3 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.061 | 42 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.126 | 40 | 3 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.293 | 35 | 3 | 2022 |
| Overall | 6.412 | 35 | 3 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.872 | 22 | 1 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.900 | 23 | 1 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.833 | 33 | 1 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.033 | 29 | 1 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.500 | 24 | 2 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.000 | 36 | 3 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.700 | 39 | 3 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.900 | 29 | 3 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.733 | 31 | 3 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.795 | 30 | 2 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.962 | 30 | 2 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.255 | 26 | 2 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.466 | 36 | 3 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.841 | 43 | 3 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.841 | 43 | 3 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.841 | 43 | 3 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.952 | 29 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 5.880 | 46 | 3 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 5.883 | 50 | 3 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 6.100 | 46 | 3 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 6.000 | 46 | 3 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 5.900 | 46 | 3 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 5.900 | 37 | 3 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 5.991 | 43 | 3 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 6.023 | 43 | 3 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 5.958 | 43 | 3 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 5.927 | 46 | 3 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 5.909 | 44 | 3 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 5.957 | 43 | 3 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 6.088 | 43 | 3 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 6.140 | 43 | 3 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 5.904 | 42 | 3 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 6.520 | 19 | 2 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 6.500 | 20 | 2 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 6.680 | 22 | 2 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 6.117 | 42 | 3 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.300 | 32 | 3 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.400 | 31 | 2 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.200 | 35 | 2 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.300 | 29 | 2 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 6.332 | 34 | 2 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 6.261 | 36 | 2 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 6.257 | 37 | 2 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 6.685 | 30 | 2 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 6.356 | 37 | 2 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 6.340 | 39 | 3 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 6.128 | 42 | 2 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 6.639 | 26 | 2 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 6.802 | 21 | 2 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.200 | 32 | 3 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.200 | 33 | 3 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.700 | 40 | 3 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.969 | 40 | 3 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.400 | 36 | 3 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.300 | 35 | 3 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.200 | 36 | 3 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.200 | 31 | 3 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.188 | 36 | 3 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.459 | 35 | 3 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.415 | 34 | 3 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.404 | 35 | 3 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.933 | 43 | 3 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.104 | 40 | 3 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.445 | 33 | 3 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.552 | 31 | 3 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.991 | 40 | 3 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Costa Rica - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.508 | 35 | 4 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.500 | 35 | 5 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.901 | 53 | 4 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.099 | 52 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 58 | 4 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 66 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.200 | 59 | 5 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 42 | 4 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.787 | 59 | 6 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.789 | 64 | 9 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.399 | 59 | 9 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.697 | 53 | 4 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.820 | 51 | 3 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.803 | 52 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.858 | 51 | 2 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.532 | 50 | 3 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.564 | 46 | 3 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.083 | 40 | 5 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.100 | 41 | 5 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.000 | 59 | 6 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.967 | 66 | 7 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.200 | 60 | 4 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.100 | 62 | 6 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.400 | 53 | 5 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.500 | 42 | 5 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.967 | 43 | 3 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.977 | 43 | 4 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.009 | 45 | 5 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.302 | 41 | 4 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.671 | 36 | 2 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.611 | 41 | 3 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.611 | 41 | 3 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.611 | 41 | 3 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.611 | 38 | 3 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 7.184 | 18 | 1 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 7.200 | 18 | 1 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.368 | 33 | 4 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.529 | 39 | 3 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 45 | 4 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.900 | 36 | 3 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.900 | 37 | 3 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.800 | 30 | 3 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.370 | 45 | 3 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.367 | 45 | 3 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.341 | 35 | 3 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.625 | 27 | 2 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.625 | 28 | 2 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.634 | 30 | 2 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.634 | 30 | 2 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 5.657 | 32 | 2 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 5.754 | 28 | 2 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 3.256 | 48 | 8 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 3.300 | 47 | 7 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 3.333 | 71 | 9 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 3.800 | 71 | 8 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 3.400 | 84 | 12 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.000 | 108 | 18 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 3.300 | 95 | 18 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 3.400 | 71 | 16 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 2.024 | 100 | 17 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 2.024 | 103 | 18 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 3.846 | 93 | 17 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.164 | 85 | 16 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.164 | 85 | 16 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.165 | 85 | 16 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 4.328 | 93 | 15 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 4.328 | 93 | 15 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.328 | 89 | 14 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Costa Rica - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.145 | 45 | 8 | 2007 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 46 | 8 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.743 | 64 | 9 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.656 | 69 | 10 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 67 | 9 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 66 | 9 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.100 | 67 | 9 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.300 | 49 | 5 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.110 | 58 | 6 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.281 | 57 | 7 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.383 | 57 | 7 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.448 | 35 | 1 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.479 | 34 | 1 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.347 | 36 | 2 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.291 | 59 | 6 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.291 | 59 | 6 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.486 | 49 | 4 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.974 | 33 | 2 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.000 | 34 | 2 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.500 | 52 | 4 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.183 | 61 | 4 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.100 | 60 | 4 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.000 | 64 | 5 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.200 | 58 | 4 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.500 | 40 | 4 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.046 | 45 | 3 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.560 | 43 | 3 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.865 | 42 | 3 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.412 | 33 | 1 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.403 | 35 | 1 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.008 | 47 | 3 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.008 | 47 | 3 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.008 | 47 | 3 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.008 | 45 | 3 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 4.849 | 61 | 16 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 4.800 | 62 | 16 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 5.780 | 78 | 18 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 83 | 18 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 5.800 | 82 | 18 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 5.800 | 82 | 18 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 5.800 | 82 | 17 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 6.200 | 64 | 13 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 6.183 | 71 | 13 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 6.183 | 72 | 14 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 6.183 | 72 | 14 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 17 | 3 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 17 | 3 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 17 | 3 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 5.486 | 62 | 13 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 5.486 | 62 | 13 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 5.483 | 61 | 12 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.614 | 19 | 3 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.600 | 21 | 4 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.950 | 46 | 3 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.000 | 53 | 4 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.100 | 48 | 3 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.200 | 49 | 3 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.200 | 49 | 4 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.200 | 41 | 4 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.100 | 52 | 5 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.100 | 52 | 5 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.100 | 54 | 5 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.100 | 54 | 5 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.200 | 55 | 5 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.200 | 55 | 5 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.200 | 55 | 5 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.200 | 55 | 5 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.986 | 22 | 2 | 2023 |
| 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 | 5.469 | 61 | 8 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.469 | 61 | 8 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.469 | 61 | 8 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |