Region
Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Global Rank
37/125
Regional Rank
5/25
Score
5.975
Cyprus’s IPRI score increased by 0.137 to 5.975 placing it 5th in the Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia region and 37th in the world. Cyprus is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Cyprus’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.509 to 6.419 with scores of 7.657 in Judicial Independence, 6.274 in Rule of Law, 5.957 in Political Stability, and 5.789 in Control of Corruption.
Cyprus’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.029 to 5.849 with scores of 6.618 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 6.188 in Registering Process, and 4.743 in Access to Financing.
Cyprus’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.128 to 5.656 with scores of 6.31 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.233 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 5.425 in Trademark Protection.
Cyprus is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- EU
Cyprus - IPRI Overall Score
Cyprus - 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
Cyprus - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.295 | 35 | 4 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.559 | 31 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.900 | 25 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 25 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 31 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.400 | 30 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.048 | 35 | 3 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.121 | 36 | 3 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.447 | 57 | 8 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.237 | 41 | 5 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.407 | 37 | 4 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.355 | 41 | 5 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.345 | 36 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.838 | 40 | 6 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.975 | 37 | 5 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 6.592 | 29 | 2 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 6.877 | 25 | 1 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 7.000 | 27 | 2 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 7.000 | 27 | 2 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 6.700 | 32 | 2 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 6.825 | 26 | 1 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 6.570 | 29 | 2 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 6.709 | 28 | 2 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 6.568 | 30 | 2 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 6.388 | 35 | 3 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 6.559 | 30 | 3 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 6.306 | 35 | 3 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 6.240 | 37 | 5 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 5.911 | 43 | 6 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 6.419 | 34 | 4 | 2023 |
| Physical | 6.417 | 43 | 5 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.767 | 41 | 4 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.500 | 17 | 1 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.200 | 21 | 1 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 29 | 1 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.167 | 22 | 2 | 2014 |
| Physical | 5.853 | 54 | 9 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.914 | 56 | 10 | 2016 |
| Physical | 4.017 | 121 | 21 | 2017 |
| Physical | 6.218 | 71 | 13 | 2018 |
| Physical | 6.436 | 69 | 12 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.471 | 68 | 13 | 2020 |
| Physical | 7.010 | 43 | 4 | 2021 |
| Physical | 5.820 | 40 | 6 | 2022 |
| Physical | 5.849 | 36 | 4 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 5.876 | 37 | 4 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 6.033 | 34 | 5 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 6.300 | 35 | 5 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 6.200 | 35 | 4 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 6.100 | 35 | 4 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 5.833 | 39 | 6 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 5.721 | 42 | 7 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 5.740 | 44 | 7 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 5.756 | 49 | 8 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 6.106 | 42 | 5 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 6.226 | 43 | 6 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 6.287 | 37 | 5 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 5.784 | 42 | 9 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 5.784 | 42 | 9 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 5.656 | 43 | 10 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Cyprus - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.592 | 29 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.877 | 25 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 27 | 2 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 27 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 32 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.825 | 26 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.570 | 29 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.709 | 28 | 2 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.568 | 30 | 2 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.388 | 35 | 3 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.559 | 30 | 3 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.306 | 35 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.240 | 37 | 5 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.911 | 43 | 6 | 2022 |
| Overall | 6.419 | 34 | 4 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.000 | 29 | 2 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.333 | 22 | 1 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.800 | 21 | 1 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.600 | 25 | 2 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.800 | 38 | 2 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.400 | 34 | 1 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.774 | 41 | 2 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.214 | 39 | 2 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.101 | 39 | 2 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.091 | 38 | 2 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.378 | 38 | 2 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.995 | 38 | 3 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.995 | 38 | 3 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.995 | 38 | 3 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.657 | 20 | 3 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 6.920 | 26 | 2 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 7.059 | 26 | 2 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 7.300 | 24 | 1 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 7.400 | 24 | 1 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 7.100 | 26 | 2 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 7.100 | 24 | 1 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 6.997 | 29 | 3 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 7.118 | 29 | 3 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 7.023 | 29 | 3 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 6.455 | 37 | 6 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 6.769 | 34 | 6 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 6.507 | 36 | 6 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 6.520 | 36 | 6 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 6.162 | 42 | 7 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 6.274 | 37 | 6 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 5.980 | 39 | 10 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 6.038 | 43 | 10 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 5.700 | 51 | 14 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 5.800 | 47 | 12 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.100 | 42 | 9 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.300 | 30 | 5 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 6.037 | 38 | 10 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 6.373 | 34 | 8 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 6.187 | 40 | 9 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 6.362 | 35 | 8 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 6.521 | 33 | 8 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 6.444 | 37 | 9 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 6.235 | 38 | 11 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 5.731 | 45 | 12 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 5.957 | 42 | 11 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.469 | 33 | 3 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.079 | 27 | 1 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.000 | 28 | 2 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.100 | 25 | 1 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.900 | 29 | 1 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.500 | 24 | 1 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.471 | 26 | 1 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.133 | 27 | 2 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.961 | 27 | 2 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.644 | 31 | 2 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.565 | 31 | 3 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.280 | 35 | 5 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.210 | 38 | 5 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.756 | 45 | 9 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.789 | 41 | 7 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Cyprus - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.417 | 43 | 5 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.767 | 41 | 4 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 17 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 21 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 29 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.167 | 22 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.853 | 54 | 9 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.914 | 56 | 10 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.017 | 121 | 21 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.218 | 71 | 13 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.436 | 69 | 12 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.471 | 68 | 13 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.010 | 43 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.820 | 40 | 6 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.849 | 36 | 4 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.333 | 34 | 2 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.833 | 26 | 2 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.800 | 23 | 1 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.700 | 24 | 1 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.500 | 29 | 1 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.800 | 36 | 1 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.548 | 50 | 5 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.776 | 47 | 3 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.444 | 65 | 10 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.868 | 52 | 5 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.521 | 40 | 2 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.618 | 40 | 3 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.618 | 40 | 3 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.618 | 40 | 3 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.618 | 37 | 2 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2009 | |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2010 | |
| Registering Process | 9.100 | 23 | 7 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.400 | 70 | 17 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 53 | 16 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.500 | 46 | 7 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.708 | 22 | 7 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.661 | 23 | 8 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2017 | |
| Registering Process | 9.661 | 26 | 8 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.661 | 27 | 8 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.670 | 28 | 8 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.670 | 28 | 8 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 6.100 | 28 | 5 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 6.188 | 25 | 4 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 5.500 | 31 | 3 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 5.700 | 22 | 3 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 5.500 | 18 | 1 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 5.500 | 17 | 1 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 4.900 | 34 | 1 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 3.900 | 53 | 7 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 2.305 | 94 | 19 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 2.305 | 96 | 19 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 2.590 | 122 | 25 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 3.125 | 112 | 24 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 3.125 | 111 | 24 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 3.125 | 111 | 24 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 4.743 | 75 | 15 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 4.743 | 75 | 15 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.743 | 71 | 14 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Cyprus - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.876 | 37 | 4 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.033 | 34 | 5 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 35 | 5 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.200 | 35 | 4 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 35 | 4 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.833 | 39 | 6 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.721 | 42 | 7 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.740 | 44 | 7 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.756 | 49 | 8 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.106 | 42 | 5 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.226 | 43 | 6 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.287 | 37 | 5 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.784 | 42 | 9 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.784 | 42 | 9 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.656 | 43 | 10 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.667 | 35 | 3 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.150 | 33 | 2 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.700 | 29 | 1 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.300 | 34 | 2 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.000 | 40 | 3 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.300 | 31 | 1 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.583 | 37 | 2 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.640 | 42 | 4 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.487 | 56 | 6 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.868 | 45 | 6 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.129 | 40 | 6 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.310 | 36 | 4 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.310 | 36 | 4 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.310 | 36 | 4 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.310 | 34 | 3 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 6.960 | 53 | 11 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 6.950 | 57 | 12 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 51 | 11 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 51 | 11 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 50 | 11 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 6.300 | 63 | 11 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 6.280 | 66 | 11 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 6.280 | 67 | 11 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 6.280 | 67 | 11 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 6.950 | 55 | 11 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 6.950 | 56 | 11 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 6.950 | 56 | 11 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 5.800 | 50 | 10 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 5.800 | 50 | 10 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 5.233 | 67 | 14 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.000 | 31 | 4 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.000 | 38 | 6 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.200 | 35 | 6 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.200 | 33 | 5 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.200 | 33 | 5 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.200 | 30 | 4 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.300 | 33 | 5 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.300 | 33 | 5 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.500 | 34 | 6 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.500 | 34 | 6 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 35 | 6 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 35 | 6 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 35 | 6 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 35 | 6 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
| 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 | 5.425 | 65 | 22 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.425 | 65 | 22 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.425 | 65 | 22 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |