Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Global Rank
87/129
Regional Rank
10/21
Score
4.388
Dominican Republic’s IPRI score decreased by -0.619 to 4.388 placing it 10st in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 87th 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 increased by 0.133 to 4.02 with scores of 2.481 in Judicial Independence, 4.472 in Rule of Law, 5.49 in Political Stability, and 3.638 in Control of Corruption.
Dominican Republic’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.991 to 4.513 with scores of 5.461 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 2.962 in Registering Process, and 5.117 in Access to Financing.
Dominican Republic’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 4.629 with scores of 5.458 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.351 in Patent Protection, 2.5 in Copyright Protection, and 5.206 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
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.956 | 49 | 9 | 2007 |
| Overall | 4.000 | 49 | 9 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.472 | 75 | 11 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.373 | 82 | 12 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.600 | 90 | 14 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.500 | 92 | 16 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.600 | 92 | 17 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.900 | 65 | 12 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.363 | 88 | 14 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.547 | 94 | 15 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.823 | 83 | 14 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.837 | 87 | 13 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.894 | 87 | 13 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.031 | 84 | 12 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.007 | 83 | 10 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.388 | 87 | 10 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 4.089 | 42 | 5 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 4.100 | 43 | 4 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 4.156 | 71 | 9 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 4.036 | 80 | 9 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 4.200 | 85 | 9 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 3.900 | 94 | 12 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 4.000 | 88 | 13 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 4.250 | 62 | 7 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 3.773 | 84 | 9 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 3.920 | 88 | 9 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 3.877 | 91 | 9 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 3.980 | 89 | 11 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 3.931 | 92 | 11 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 3.927 | 91 | 10 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 3.887 | 90 | 11 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 4.020 | 86 | 9 | 2022 |
| Physical | 3.952 | 58 | 15 | 2007 |
| Physical | 4.000 | 57 | 15 | 2008 |
| Physical | 5.171 | 76 | 12 | 2009 |
| Physical | 5.155 | 87 | 14 | 2010 |
| Physical | 5.700 | 82 | 9 | 2011 |
| Physical | 5.600 | 93 | 14 | 2012 |
| Physical | 5.700 | 86 | 12 | 2013 |
| Physical | 5.567 | 73 | 13 | 2014 |
| Physical | 5.341 | 81 | 12 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.506 | 80 | 12 | 2016 |
| Physical | 6.230 | 64 | 10 | 2017 |
| Physical | 6.106 | 77 | 11 | 2018 |
| Physical | 6.241 | 77 | 11 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.457 | 69 | 8 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.504 | 65 | 7 | 2021 |
| Physical | 4.513 | 85 | 9 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 3.826 | 50 | 11 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 3.800 | 51 | 11 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 4.091 | 79 | 13 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 3.928 | 86 | 14 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 4.000 | 96 | 16 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 3.900 | 99 | 17 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 4.000 | 101 | 18 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 5.000 | 61 | 9 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 3.974 | 93 | 15 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 4.216 | 94 | 16 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 4.362 | 96 | 16 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 4.426 | 93 | 14 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 4.510 | 92 | 14 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 4.708 | 81 | 13 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 4.629 | 77 | 11 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 4.629 | 77 | 11 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Dominican Republic - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.089 | 42 | 5 | 2007 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 43 | 4 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.156 | 71 | 9 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.036 | 80 | 9 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.200 | 85 | 9 | 2011 |
| Overall | 3.900 | 94 | 12 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.000 | 88 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.250 | 62 | 7 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.773 | 84 | 9 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.920 | 88 | 9 | 2016 |
| Overall | 3.877 | 91 | 9 | 2017 |
| Overall | 3.980 | 89 | 11 | 2018 |
| Overall | 3.931 | 92 | 11 | 2019 |
| Overall | 3.927 | 91 | 10 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.887 | 90 | 11 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.020 | 86 | 9 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.167 | 43 | 6 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.200 | 43 | 6 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.833 | 76 | 9 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.383 | 93 | 12 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.400 | 87 | 10 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.800 | 103 | 13 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.700 | 104 | 13 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.400 | 87 | 17 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.477 | 103 | 14 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.652 | 110 | 14 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.498 | 116 | 15 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.225 | 118 | 16 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.323 | 114 | 15 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.481 | 111 | 14 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.481 | 111 | 14 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.481 | 111 | 14 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 3.900 | 77 | 8 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 3.799 | 89 | 9 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 3.600 | 97 | 12 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 3.400 | 101 | 12 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 3.500 | 98 | 13 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 3.600 | 70 | 11 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 3.935 | 84 | 9 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 4.235 | 84 | 9 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 4.087 | 89 | 9 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 4.423 | 77 | 8 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 4.164 | 91 | 10 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 4.208 | 85 | 9 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 4.305 | 81 | 8 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 4.472 | 75 | 8 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 5.100 | 36 | 4 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 5.100 | 38 | 4 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 5.240 | 58 | 6 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 5.198 | 59 | 5 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 5.200 | 61 | 6 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 5.100 | 60 | 5 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 5.200 | 61 | 6 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 5.500 | 42 | 4 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 5.373 | 49 | 4 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 5.375 | 52 | 5 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 5.461 | 52 | 6 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 5.826 | 46 | 5 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 5.715 | 55 | 8 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 5.519 | 61 | 7 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 5.290 | 59 | 7 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 5.490 | 50 | 6 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.000 | 49 | 10 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.000 | 49 | 10 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.649 | 84 | 14 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.764 | 91 | 14 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.600 | 96 | 14 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.300 | 103 | 18 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.400 | 107 | 19 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.300 | 77 | 17 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.307 | 102 | 16 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.419 | 102 | 16 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.461 | 106 | 17 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.446 | 101 | 17 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.523 | 102 | 16 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.501 | 102 | 15 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.474 | 101 | 14 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.638 | 97 | 13 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Dominican Republic - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.952 | 58 | 15 | 2007 |
| Overall | 4.000 | 57 | 15 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.171 | 76 | 12 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.155 | 87 | 14 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 82 | 9 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 93 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 86 | 12 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.567 | 73 | 13 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.341 | 81 | 12 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.506 | 80 | 12 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.230 | 64 | 10 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.106 | 77 | 11 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.241 | 77 | 11 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.457 | 69 | 8 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.504 | 65 | 7 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.513 | 85 | 9 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.274 | 48 | 10 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.300 | 48 | 9 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.333 | 70 | 11 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.117 | 83 | 13 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.700 | 80 | 9 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.500 | 82 | 11 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.600 | 81 | 9 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.500 | 62 | 9 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.710 | 82 | 11 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.017 | 79 | 10 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.038 | 84 | 11 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.820 | 89 | 10 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.224 | 76 | 7 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.461 | 70 | 6 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.461 | 70 | 6 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.461 | 70 | 6 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 3.683 | 56 | 17 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 3.700 | 57 | 17 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 7.512 | 67 | 14 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 7.699 | 80 | 15 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 7.800 | 87 | 14 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 7.900 | 93 | 14 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 7.900 | 86 | 13 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 7.800 | 74 | 14 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 8.333 | 94 | 12 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 8.519 | 87 | 12 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 8.457 | 73 | 13 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 8.524 | 89 | 13 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 8.524 | 94 | 13 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 8.934 | 80 | 11 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 8.934 | 80 | 11 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 2.962 | 102 | 17 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 2.899 | 54 | 11 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 2.900 | 59 | 11 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 2.667 | 86 | 13 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 2.650 | 93 | 14 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 3.600 | 76 | 9 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.400 | 92 | 15 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 3.600 | 83 | 17 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 4.300 | 41 | 8 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 2.980 | 68 | 11 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 2.980 | 69 | 12 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 5.195 | 58 | 9 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.975 | 57 | 8 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.975 | 57 | 8 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.975 | 57 | 8 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 5.117 | 52 | 5 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 5.117 | 52 | 5 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Dominican Republic - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.826 | 50 | 11 | 2007 |
| Overall | 3.800 | 51 | 11 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.091 | 79 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.928 | 86 | 14 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.000 | 96 | 16 | 2011 |
| Overall | 3.900 | 99 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.000 | 101 | 18 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 61 | 9 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.974 | 93 | 15 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.216 | 94 | 16 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.362 | 96 | 16 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.426 | 93 | 14 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.510 | 92 | 14 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.708 | 81 | 13 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.629 | 77 | 11 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.629 | 77 | 11 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.946 | 45 | 9 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.900 | 46 | 9 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.833 | 66 | 8 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.050 | 67 | 7 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.000 | 93 | 12 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.600 | 108 | 16 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.900 | 106 | 14 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.200 | 72 | 13 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.654 | 83 | 12 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.383 | 80 | 11 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.918 | 72 | 10 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.713 | 77 | 10 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.865 | 76 | 11 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.458 | 60 | 6 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.458 | 60 | 6 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.458 | 60 | 6 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 6.427 | 40 | 7 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 6.400 | 43 | 8 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 5.640 | 80 | 20 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 5.633 | 85 | 20 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 5.600 | 84 | 20 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 5.600 | 84 | 20 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 5.600 | 84 | 19 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 5.800 | 75 | 16 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 5.767 | 81 | 17 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 5.767 | 82 | 18 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 5.767 | 82 | 18 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 6.166 | 73 | 15 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 6.166 | 76 | 17 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 6.167 | 73 | 16 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 5.351 | 66 | 14 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 5.351 | 66 | 14 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.106 | 34 | 9 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.100 | 34 | 9 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.800 | 63 | 8 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.050 | 27 | 1 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.300 | 77 | 12 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.400 | 78 | 12 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.400 | 76 | 12 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2014 | |
| Copyright Protection | 2.500 | 76 | 11 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.500 | 77 | 12 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.400 | 82 | 12 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.400 | 80 | 12 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.500 | 83 | 11 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.500 | 83 | 11 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.500 | 82 | 11 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.500 | 83 | 11 | 2022 |
| 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 | 5.206 | 75 | 11 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.206 | 75 | 11 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |