2025
| International Property Rights Index

Dominican Republic

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank

73/126

Regional Rank

8/21

Score

4.612

Dominican Republic’s IPRI score decreased by -0.094 to 4.612 placing it 8th in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 73rd in the world. Dominican Republic 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.

 

Dominican Republic’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.031 to 4.546 with scores of 3.664 in Judicial Independence, 4.743 in Rule of Law, 5.676 in Political Stability, and 4.101 in Control of Corruption.

 

Dominican Republic’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.242 to 4.321 with scores of 6.667 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 3.297 in Registering Property, and 3 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

Dominican Republic’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.012 to 4.969 with scores of 5.458 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.35 in Patent Protection, 3.91 in Copyright Protection, and 5.158 in Trademark Protection.

 

Dominican Republic is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • PARLACEN

Dominican Republic - IPRI Overall Score

Dominican Republic - 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

Dominican Republic - IPRI Overall Score

Dominican Republic - Legal and Political Environment

Dominican Republic - Physical Property Rights

Dominican Republic - Intellectual Property Rights