2019
| International Property Rights Index

Costa Rica

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank

34/129

Regional Rank

2/21

COSTA RICA

Region: Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank: 34 of 129

Region Rank: 2 of 21

 

Costa Rica’s IPRI score decreased by -0.082 to 6.488 placing it 2nd in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 34th 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 an Upper middle income country.

Costa Rica’s Legal and Political Subindex score decreased by -0.401 to 6.166 with scores of 6.466 in Judicial Independence, 5.909 in Rule of Law, 5.933 in Control of Corruption, and 6.356 in Political Stability.

Costa Rica’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.123 to 6.820 with scores of 6.671 in Perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.625 in Registering Property, and 4.164 in Ease of Access to Loans.

Costa Rica’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex score increased by 0.030 to 6.479 with scores of 6.403 in Perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 8.83 in Patent Protection, and 4.2 in Copyright Protection.

Costa Rica is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • Central American Common Market

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 Piracy

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
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 39 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
Physical 5.508 35 4 2007
Physical 5.500 37 5 2008
Physical 5.901 53 4 2009
Physical 6.099 52 3 2010
Physical 6.100 62 5 2011
Physical 6.000 67 8 2012
Physical 6.200 62 6 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
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 70 10 2011
Intellectual 5.000 68 9 2012
Intellectual 5.100 69 9 2013
Intellectual 5.300 48 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
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Costa Rica - Legal and Political Environmental

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 39 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
Judicial Independence 6.872 22 1 2007
Judicial Independence 6.900 23 1 2008
Judicial Independence 6.833 34 1 2009
Judicial Independence 7.033 29 1 2010
Judicial Independence 7.500 24 3 2011
Judicial Independence 7.000 37 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
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 47 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
Political Stability 6.520 19 2 2007
Political Stability 6.500 20 2 2008
Political Stability 6.680 21 2 2009
Political Stability 6.117 42 3 2010
Political Stability 6.300 31 2 2011
Political Stability 6.400 33 2 2012
Political Stability 6.200 39 2 2013
Political Stability 6.300 31 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
Control of Corruption 4.200 34 4 2007
Control of Corruption 4.200 35 4 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 36 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
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Costa Rica - Physical Property Rights

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 70 10 2011
Overall 5.000 68 9 2012
Overall 5.100 69 9 2013
Overall 5.300 48 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
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 5 2010
Perception of IP Protection 5.100 65 4 2011
Perception of IP Protection 5.000 65 5 2012
Perception of IP Protection 5.200 62 4 2013
Perception of IP Protection 5.500 39 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
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 83 18 2011
Patent Protection 5.800 82 18 2012
Patent Protection 5.800 82 17 2013
Patent Protection 6.200 65 13 2014
Patent Protection 6.183 72 13 2015
Patent Protection 6.183 72 14 2016
Patent Protection 6.183 72 14 2017
Patent Protection 8.833 13 2 2018
Patent Protection 8.833 18 1 2019
Copyright Piracy 2.614 19 3 2007
Copyright Piracy 2.600 20 4 2008
Copyright Piracy 3.950 46 3 2009
Copyright Piracy 4.000 53 4 2010
Copyright Piracy 4.100 49 3 2011
Copyright Piracy 4.200 49 4 2012
Copyright Piracy 4.200 50 4 2013
Copyright Piracy 4.200 42 4 2014
Copyright Piracy 4.100 51 4 2015
Copyright Piracy 4.100 51 4 2016
Copyright Piracy 4.100 54 5 2017
Copyright Piracy 4.100 54 5 2018
Copyright Piracy 4.200 55 5 2019
Statistic Score Global Region Year