Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
23/129
Regional Rank
14/19
Score
6.977
France’s IPRI score decreased by -0.601 to 6.977 placing it 14th in the Western Europe region and 23rd in the world. France is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
France’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.078 to 6.937 with scores of 6.473 in Judicial Independence, 7.824 in Rule of Law, 5.850 in Political Stability, and 7.602 in Control of Corruption.
France’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.105 to 7.045 with scores of 7.032 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.626 in Registering Property, and 5.478 in Ease of Access to Loans.
France’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.621 to 6.950 with scores of 7.757 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.109 in Patent Protection, 6.800 in Copyright Protection, and 7.133 in Trademark Protection.
France is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- EU
France - IPRI Overall Score
France - 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
France - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.674 | 18 | 12 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 19 | 12 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.210 | 20 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.183 | 21 | 14 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 20 | 13 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 19 | 12 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 20 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 20 | 13 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.209 | 22 | 13 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.258 | 22 | 13 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.336 | 23 | 14 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.184 | 23 | 14 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.384 | 21 | 14 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.212 | 23 | 14 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.977 | 23 | 14 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 7.342 | 14 | 9 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 7.300 | 15 | 9 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 7.090 | 23 | 16 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 7.232 | 23 | 15 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 7.200 | 23 | 15 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 7.300 | 22 | 14 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 7.300 | 22 | 14 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 7.100 | 23 | 15 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 6.966 | 26 | 14 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 7.015 | 26 | 14 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 7.038 | 24 | 14 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 6.957 | 25 | 15 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 7.073 | 23 | 14 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 6.910 | 24 | 14 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 6.937 | 24 | 14 | 2021 |
| Physical | 4.458 | 51 | 16 | 2007 |
| Physical | 4.500 | 51 | 16 | 2008 |
| Physical | 6.404 | 44 | 15 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.456 | 45 | 16 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.700 | 40 | 16 | 2011 |
| Physical | 6.900 | 31 | 12 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.700 | 42 | 14 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.867 | 31 | 15 | 2014 |
| Physical | 6.858 | 25 | 10 | 2015 |
| Physical | 6.863 | 26 | 11 | 2016 |
| Physical | 6.879 | 42 | 15 | 2017 |
| Physical | 6.771 | 50 | 16 | 2018 |
| Physical | 7.150 | 35 | 14 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.930 | 46 | 15 | 2020 |
| Physical | 7.045 | 41 | 16 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 8.221 | 7 | 6 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 8.200 | 6 | 5 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 8.136 | 10 | 7 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.861 | 18 | 12 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 18 | 11 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 17 | 11 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 19 | 12 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 7.800 | 19 | 13 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 7.802 | 19 | 13 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 7.897 | 19 | 13 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.092 | 17 | 13 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 7.824 | 19 | 13 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 7.929 | 18 | 12 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 7.797 | 19 | 13 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 6.950 | 20 | 13 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
France - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.342 | 14 | 9 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 15 | 9 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.090 | 23 | 16 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.232 | 23 | 15 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 23 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 22 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 22 | 14 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 23 | 15 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.966 | 26 | 14 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.015 | 26 | 14 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.038 | 24 | 14 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.957 | 25 | 15 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.073 | 23 | 14 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.910 | 24 | 14 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.937 | 24 | 14 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.766 | 24 | 13 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.800 | 24 | 13 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.167 | 26 | 16 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.100 | 27 | 15 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.800 | 37 | 15 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.000 | 36 | 15 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.000 | 37 | 15 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.200 | 27 | 14 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.614 | 32 | 14 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.866 | 29 | 14 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.117 | 28 | 14 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.129 | 28 | 14 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.087 | 27 | 14 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.473 | 35 | 14 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.473 | 35 | 14 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 7.640 | 22 | 15 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 7.797 | 20 | 14 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 7.900 | 20 | 14 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 8.100 | 19 | 13 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 8.000 | 19 | 13 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 7.900 | 19 | 13 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 7.797 | 21 | 14 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 7.933 | 21 | 14 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 7.813 | 21 | 14 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 7.813 | 19 | 13 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 7.876 | 19 | 12 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 7.880 | 20 | 13 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 7.824 | 19 | 12 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 5.660 | 29 | 15 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 5.700 | 30 | 15 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 6.020 | 38 | 16 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 6.165 | 37 | 15 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.100 | 42 | 15 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.400 | 32 | 15 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.200 | 36 | 15 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.100 | 34 | 15 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 5.847 | 43 | 17 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 5.712 | 44 | 17 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 5.662 | 47 | 18 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 5.156 | 66 | 18 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 5.809 | 52 | 18 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 5.655 | 55 | 17 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 5.850 | 46 | 18 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.600 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.600 | 2 | 1 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.535 | 21 | 14 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.865 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.800 | 20 | 14 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.800 | 22 | 14 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.000 | 20 | 12 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.800 | 21 | 13 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.606 | 22 | 14 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.548 | 23 | 14 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.560 | 22 | 14 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.732 | 20 | 14 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.519 | 22 | 14 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.634 | 22 | 14 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.602 | 21 | 14 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
France - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.458 | 51 | 16 | 2007 |
| Overall | 4.500 | 51 | 16 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.404 | 44 | 15 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.456 | 45 | 16 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 40 | 16 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.900 | 31 | 12 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 42 | 14 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.867 | 31 | 15 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.858 | 25 | 10 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.863 | 26 | 11 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.879 | 42 | 15 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.771 | 50 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.150 | 35 | 14 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.930 | 46 | 15 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.045 | 41 | 16 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.474 | 15 | 11 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 16 | 11 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 16 | 11 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.450 | 18 | 12 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.300 | 15 | 10 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 12 | 9 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.200 | 18 | 11 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.100 | 17 | 11 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.571 | 20 | 12 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.592 | 21 | 12 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.416 | 27 | 14 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.290 | 29 | 14 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.724 | 21 | 13 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.032 | 33 | 14 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.032 | 33 | 14 | 2021 |
| Registering Property | 0.276 | 68 | 16 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 0.300 | 70 | 16 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 6.046 | 96 | 17 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 6.451 | 107 | 18 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 7.100 | 109 | 18 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 7.700 | 102 | 17 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 7.700 | 100 | 17 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 7.700 | 77 | 17 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 8.369 | 92 | 18 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 8.363 | 94 | 18 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 7.794 | 93 | 19 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 7.889 | 110 | 19 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 8.592 | 90 | 16 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 8.626 | 93 | 16 | 2020 |
| Registering Property | 8.626 | 93 | 16 | 2021 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.624 | 31 | 14 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.600 | 33 | 14 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.667 | 44 | 16 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.467 | 49 | 17 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.800 | 36 | 10 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.500 | 43 | 11 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.200 | 59 | 13 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.600 | 34 | 8 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.632 | 17 | 6 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.632 | 17 | 6 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.426 | 51 | 12 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.133 | 51 | 14 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.133 | 51 | 14 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.133 | 51 | 14 | 2020 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.478 | 37 | 13 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
France - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.221 | 7 | 6 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 6 | 5 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.136 | 10 | 7 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.861 | 18 | 12 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 18 | 11 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 17 | 11 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 19 | 12 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 19 | 13 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.802 | 19 | 13 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.897 | 19 | 13 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.092 | 17 | 13 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.824 | 19 | 13 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.929 | 18 | 12 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.797 | 19 | 13 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.950 | 20 | 13 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.169 | 10 | 8 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.200 | 9 | 8 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.167 | 9 | 8 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.350 | 7 | 6 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.400 | 6 | 5 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.300 | 8 | 6 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.000 | 10 | 6 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.100 | 10 | 6 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.674 | 12 | 6 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.958 | 14 | 7 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.344 | 10 | 8 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.038 | 15 | 10 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.155 | 10 | 7 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.757 | 14 | 8 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.757 | 14 | 8 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 8.095 | 16 | 12 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.100 | 20 | 12 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.340 | 7 | 5 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 6 | 3 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 9 | 3 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 6 | 3 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 10 | 3 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 9 | 3 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 11 | 3 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 5 | 3 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 9 | 3 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 18 | 9 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 14 | 9 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 20 | 9 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.109 | 42 | 17 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 6.900 | 15 | 11 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.900 | 28 | 15 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.000 | 28 | 14 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.100 | 24 | 13 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.300 | 24 | 13 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.300 | 22 | 13 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.400 | 22 | 13 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.400 | 22 | 13 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.600 | 22 | 13 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.600 | 23 | 13 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.800 | 24 | 13 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.800 | 23 | 13 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.800 | 20 | 13 | 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 | 7.133 | 7 | 4 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |