Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Global Rank
99/129
Regional Rank
16/21
Score
4.656
El Salvador’s IPRI score decreased by -0.072 to 4.656 placing it 16th in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 99th in the world. El Salvador is classified by the IMF as part of the Latin America and the Caribbean group and by the World Bank as Lower middle income country.
El Salvador’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.092 to 3.98 with scores of 3.536 in Judicial Independence, 3.475 in Rule of Law, 5.012 in Political Stability, and 3.894 in Control of Corruption.
El Salvador’s Physical Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at5.938 with scores of 4.386 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.996 in Registering Property, and 4.431 in Ease of Access to Loans.
El Salvador’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.309 to 4.049 with scores of 3.556 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.284 in Patent Protection, 2 in Copyright Protection, and 4.357 in Trademark Protection.
El Salvador is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- PARLACEN
- MCCA
El Salvador - IPRI Overall Score
El Salvador - 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
El Salvador - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.943 | 34 | 3 | 2007 |
| Overall | 4.900 | 37 | 3 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.824 | 62 | 7 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.751 | 69 | 9 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.900 | 79 | 10 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.900 | 79 | 11 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.800 | 83 | 12 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.900 | 64 | 11 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.812 | 70 | 8 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.785 | 78 | 11 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.945 | 74 | 12 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.774 | 89 | 14 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.707 | 99 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.728 | 100 | 16 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.656 | 99 | 16 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 3.435 | 47 | 8 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 3.400 | 48 | 8 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 4.214 | 68 | 6 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 4.268 | 76 | 8 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 4.400 | 81 | 8 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 4.300 | 76 | 7 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 4.300 | 77 | 7 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 4.250 | 63 | 8 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 4.306 | 68 | 7 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 4.229 | 79 | 8 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 4.179 | 81 | 8 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 4.085 | 87 | 10 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 3.967 | 91 | 10 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 3.888 | 92 | 11 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 3.980 | 85 | 9 | 2021 |
| Physical | 5.597 | 30 | 3 | 2007 |
| Physical | 5.600 | 33 | 3 | 2008 |
| Physical | 6.028 | 50 | 3 | 2009 |
| Physical | 5.973 | 57 | 4 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.000 | 69 | 6 | 2011 |
| Physical | 6.000 | 68 | 7 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.000 | 69 | 9 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.000 | 57 | 8 | 2014 |
| Physical | 5.549 | 74 | 9 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.613 | 77 | 11 | 2016 |
| Physical | 6.207 | 66 | 12 | 2017 |
| Physical | 5.860 | 88 | 15 | 2018 |
| Physical | 5.825 | 96 | 15 | 2019 |
| Physical | 5.938 | 92 | 14 | 2020 |
| Physical | 5.938 | 94 | 15 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 5.798 | 27 | 1 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 5.800 | 28 | 1 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 4.231 | 74 | 11 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 4.011 | 81 | 13 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 4.400 | 84 | 14 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 4.300 | 88 | 14 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 4.200 | 92 | 15 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 4.333 | 75 | 13 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 4.582 | 70 | 10 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 4.514 | 81 | 13 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 4.448 | 90 | 15 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 4.377 | 96 | 16 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 4.327 | 100 | 16 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 4.358 | 99 | 16 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 4.049 | 107 | 17 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
El Salvador - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.435 | 47 | 8 | 2007 |
| Overall | 3.400 | 48 | 8 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.214 | 68 | 6 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.268 | 76 | 8 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.400 | 81 | 8 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.300 | 76 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.300 | 77 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.250 | 63 | 8 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.306 | 68 | 7 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.229 | 79 | 8 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.179 | 81 | 8 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.085 | 87 | 10 | 2018 |
| Overall | 3.967 | 91 | 10 | 2019 |
| Overall | 3.888 | 92 | 11 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.980 | 85 | 9 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.067 | 53 | 8 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.100 | 53 | 8 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.500 | 78 | 11 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.583 | 88 | 11 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.300 | 89 | 11 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.100 | 93 | 11 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.800 | 102 | 12 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.400 | 66 | 8 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.356 | 63 | 6 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.030 | 82 | 6 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.738 | 90 | 8 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.724 | 90 | 8 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.626 | 89 | 8 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.537 | 86 | 7 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.537 | 86 | 7 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 3.640 | 89 | 12 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 3.743 | 93 | 11 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 3.400 | 103 | 13 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 3.300 | 106 | 14 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 3.500 | 100 | 13 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 3.500 | 74 | 13 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 3.649 | 94 | 13 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 3.965 | 91 | 11 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 3.816 | 96 | 12 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 3.585 | 101 | 16 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 3.288 | 113 | 16 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 3.350 | 114 | 15 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 3.475 | 110 | 15 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 4.720 | 41 | 7 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 4.700 | 42 | 7 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 5.040 | 62 | 8 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 5.189 | 60 | 6 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 5.100 | 63 | 7 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 5.100 | 59 | 6 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 5.200 | 59 | 7 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 5.400 | 43 | 5 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 4.913 | 62 | 8 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 4.701 | 75 | 12 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 5.032 | 65 | 10 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 5.165 | 64 | 10 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 4.969 | 73 | 12 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 4.848 | 80 | 13 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 5.012 | 67 | 10 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.200 | 32 | 4 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.200 | 34 | 4 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.675 | 54 | 4 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.556 | 67 | 7 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.700 | 64 | 6 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.600 | 64 | 5 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.500 | 66 | 6 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.200 | 54 | 9 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.304 | 68 | 5 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.221 | 72 | 7 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.131 | 80 | 8 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.867 | 87 | 11 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.987 | 82 | 9 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.818 | 93 | 12 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.895 | 89 | 11 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
El Salvador - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.597 | 30 | 3 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 33 | 3 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.028 | 50 | 3 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.973 | 57 | 4 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 69 | 6 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 68 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 69 | 9 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 57 | 8 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.549 | 74 | 9 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.613 | 77 | 11 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.207 | 66 | 12 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.860 | 88 | 15 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.825 | 96 | 15 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.938 | 92 | 14 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.938 | 94 | 15 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.784 | 44 | 8 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.800 | 45 | 8 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.667 | 65 | 9 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.350 | 76 | 10 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.800 | 75 | 8 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.400 | 84 | 12 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.400 | 89 | 12 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.100 | 71 | 13 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.337 | 90 | 13 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.533 | 101 | 15 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.682 | 100 | 14 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.165 | 109 | 16 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.074 | 117 | 18 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.386 | 108 | 16 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.386 | 108 | 16 | 2021 |
| Registering Property | 6.743 | 28 | 6 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 6.700 | 30 | 7 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 8.418 | 31 | 2 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 8.552 | 38 | 2 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 8.700 | 43 | 3 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 8.700 | 48 | 4 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 8.700 | 49 | 4 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 8.700 | 36 | 4 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 8.986 | 67 | 8 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 8.982 | 71 | 9 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 8.940 | 57 | 9 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 8.985 | 73 | 9 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 8.972 | 75 | 9 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 8.996 | 76 | 10 | 2020 |
| Registering Property | 8.996 | 76 | 10 | 2021 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.263 | 35 | 3 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.300 | 36 | 3 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.000 | 56 | 3 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.017 | 64 | 6 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.400 | 86 | 15 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.900 | 68 | 11 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.900 | 69 | 11 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.900 | 56 | 12 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.324 | 49 | 6 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.324 | 50 | 7 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.000 | 65 | 11 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.430 | 74 | 14 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.430 | 74 | 14 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.431 | 74 | 14 | 2020 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.431 | 85 | 13 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
El Salvador - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.798 | 27 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 28 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.231 | 74 | 11 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.011 | 81 | 13 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.400 | 84 | 14 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.300 | 88 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.200 | 92 | 15 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.333 | 75 | 13 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.582 | 70 | 10 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.514 | 81 | 13 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.448 | 90 | 15 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.377 | 96 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.327 | 100 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.358 | 99 | 16 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.049 | 107 | 17 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.263 | 41 | 7 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.300 | 43 | 7 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.833 | 68 | 9 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.067 | 95 | 12 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.100 | 87 | 11 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.800 | 101 | 12 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.500 | 117 | 17 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.100 | 80 | 15 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.231 | 69 | 6 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.024 | 90 | 13 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.929 | 105 | 17 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.717 | 112 | 18 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.466 | 120 | 18 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.556 | 116 | 18 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.556 | 116 | 18 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 7.333 | 24 | 1 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 7.300 | 25 | 1 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 6.960 | 55 | 9 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 6.967 | 56 | 9 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 53 | 9 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 53 | 9 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 55 | 9 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 7.500 | 42 | 3 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 7.517 | 40 | 2 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 7.517 | 42 | 2 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 7.517 | 40 | 2 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 7.516 | 45 | 7 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 7.516 | 46 | 8 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 7.517 | 48 | 8 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.284 | 34 | 4 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 77 | 15 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 78 | 13 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 86 | 15 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 88 | 15 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 86 | 16 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 66 | 15 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 84 | 14 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 86 | 15 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 90 | 15 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 87 | 14 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 90 | 15 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 88 | 15 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 89 | 15 | 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 | 4.357 | 100 | 18 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |