Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Global Rank
45/129
Regional Rank
3/21
Score
6.091
Costa Rica’s IPRI score decreased by -0.313 to 6.091 placing it 3rd in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 45th 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 0.065 to 6.126 with scores of 5.841 in Judicial Independence, 6.088 in Rule of Law, 6.127 in Political Stability, and 6.444 in Control of Corruption.
Costa Rica’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.055 to 6.803 with scores of 6.611 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.634 in Registering Property, and 4.328 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Costa Rica’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.056 to 5.291 with scores of 6.008 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.486 in Patent Protection, 4.2 in Copyright Protection, and 5.469 in Trademark Protection.
Costa Rica is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- 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 |
| 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 |
| Legal and Political | 6.061 | 42 | 3 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 6.126 | 40 | 3 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Physical | 6.803 | 52 | 4 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.858 | 51 | 2 | 2021 |
| 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 | 4 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Overall | 6.061 | 42 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.126 | 40 | 3 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.841 | 43 | 3 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.841 | 43 | 3 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Rule of Law | 5.957 | 43 | 3 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 6.088 | 43 | 3 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Political Stability | 6.340 | 39 | 3 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 6.128 | 42 | 2 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.200 | 34 | 3 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.200 | 35 | 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 | 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.104 | 40 | 3 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.445 | 33 | 3 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Costa Rica - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.508 | 35 | 4 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.500 | 37 | 5 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.901 | 53 | 4 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.099 | 52 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 62 | 5 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 67 | 8 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.200 | 62 | 6 | 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 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.083 | 40 | 5 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.100 | 42 | 6 | 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 |
| Registering Property | 7.184 | 18 | 1 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 7.200 | 20 | 1 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 8.368 | 33 | 4 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 8.529 | 39 | 3 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 8.600 | 49 | 4 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 8.900 | 39 | 3 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 8.900 | 37 | 3 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 8.800 | 31 | 3 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 9.370 | 45 | 3 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 9.367 | 45 | 3 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 9.341 | 35 | 3 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 9.625 | 27 | 2 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 9.625 | 28 | 2 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 9.634 | 30 | 2 | 2020 |
| Registering Property | 9.634 | 30 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.256 | 48 | 8 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.300 | 49 | 8 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.333 | 71 | 10 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.800 | 71 | 8 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.400 | 85 | 13 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.000 | 110 | 18 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.300 | 98 | 18 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.400 | 75 | 16 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.024 | 100 | 17 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.024 | 103 | 18 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.846 | 93 | 17 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.164 | 85 | 16 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.164 | 85 | 16 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.165 | 85 | 16 | 2020 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.328 | 93 | 15 | 2021 |
| 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 | 70 | 10 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 68 | 9 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.100 | 69 | 9 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.300 | 48 | 4 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.008 | 47 | 3 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.008 | 47 | 3 | 2021 |
| 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 | 1 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 18 | 1 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 17 | 1 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 5.486 | 62 | 13 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.614 | 19 | 3 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.600 | 20 | 4 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.950 | 46 | 3 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.000 | 53 | 4 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.100 | 49 | 3 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.200 | 49 | 3 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.200 | 50 | 4 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.200 | 42 | 4 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.100 | 51 | 4 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.100 | 51 | 4 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |