Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
17/129
Regional Rank
10/19
GERMANY
Region: Western Europe
Global Rank: 17 of 129
Region Rank: 10 of 19
Germany’s IPRI score decreased by -0.059 to 7.850 placing it 10th in the Western Europe region and 17th in the world. Germany is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as a High income country.
Germany’s Legal and Political Subindex score decreased by -0.115 to 7.661 with scores of 7.270 in Judicial Independence, 8.216 in Rule of Law, 8.682 in Control of Corruption, and 6.477 in Political Stability.
Germany’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.011 to 7.596 with scores of 7.564 in Perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.300 in Registering Property, and 6.923 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Germany’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex score decreased by -0.050 to 8.292 with scores of 7.545 in Perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 9.33 in Patent Protection, and 8 in Copyright Protection.
Germany is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- EU
Germany - IPRI Overall Score
Germany - 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 Piracy
Germany - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.085 | 7 | 6 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 3 | 3 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 6 | 5 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.029 | 12 | 9 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 13 | 9 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 14 | 8 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 15 | 10 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 12 | 8 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.607 | 14 | 9 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.722 | 16 | 9 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.959 | 16 | 10 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.909 | 16 | 10 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.850 | 17 | 10 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 7.975 | 8 | 6 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 8.000 | 8 | 6 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 8.277 | 13 | 10 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 8.344 | 14 | 10 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 8.100 | 14 | 10 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 8.100 | 12 | 8 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 8.000 | 15 | 10 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 8.125 | 14 | 9 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 7.945 | 15 | 10 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 8.050 | 16 | 10 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 7.838 | 18 | 12 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 7.777 | 18 | 12 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 7.661 | 18 | 12 | 2019 |
| Physical | 7.520 | 13 | 9 | 2007 |
| Physical | 7.500 | 13 | 9 | 2008 |
| Physical | 7.884 | 12 | 9 | 2009 |
| Physical | 7.508 | 21 | 12 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.100 | 26 | 10 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 28 | 10 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.100 | 25 | 11 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.100 | 24 | 13 | 2014 |
| Physical | 6.781 | 29 | 12 | 2015 |
| Physical | 6.887 | 25 | 10 | 2016 |
| Physical | 7.664 | 23 | 11 | 2017 |
| Physical | 7.607 | 24 | 11 | 2018 |
| Physical | 7.596 | 24 | 11 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 8.760 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 8.800 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 8.739 | 1 | 1 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 8.233 | 9 | 6 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 10 | 7 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 9 | 7 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 12 | 7 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 8.133 | 14 | 10 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 8.094 | 9 | 6 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 8.230 | 10 | 8 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.376 | 10 | 8 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 8.343 | 10 | 7 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 8.292 | 10 | 7 | 2019 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Germany - Legal and Political Environmental
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.975 | 8 | 6 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 8 | 6 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.277 | 13 | 10 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.344 | 14 | 10 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 14 | 10 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 12 | 8 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 15 | 10 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.125 | 14 | 9 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.945 | 15 | 10 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.050 | 16 | 10 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.838 | 18 | 12 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.777 | 18 | 12 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.661 | 18 | 12 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.183 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.200 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.167 | 1 | 1 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.233 | 4 | 3 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.100 | 3 | 2 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 7 | 6 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 9 | 5 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.600 | 12 | 9 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.140 | 15 | 9 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.966 | 17 | 11 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.626 | 24 | 12 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.527 | 24 | 13 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.270 | 25 | 13 | 2019 |
| Rule Of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule Of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule Of Law | 8.560 | 13 | 9 | 2009 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.443 | 15 | 11 | 2010 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.300 | 15 | 12 | 2011 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.300 | 16 | 12 | 2012 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.200 | 17 | 12 | 2013 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.300 | 15 | 11 | 2014 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.231 | 16 | 12 | 2015 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.704 | 15 | 10 | 2016 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.565 | 16 | 11 | 2017 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.213 | 16 | 10 | 2018 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.216 | 16 | 10 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 6.340 | 21 | 10 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 6.300 | 23 | 10 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 16 | 10 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 7.155 | 14 | 10 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.700 | 26 | 12 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.600 | 27 | 12 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.700 | 30 | 13 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.500 | 25 | 13 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 6.854 | 22 | 11 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 6.870 | 23 | 12 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 6.523 | 31 | 13 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 6.713 | 29 | 13 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 6.477 | 34 | 13 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.200 | 14 | 9 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.200 | 14 | 9 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.481 | 15 | 11 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.546 | 15 | 10 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.400 | 16 | 10 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.400 | 14 | 9 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.400 | 14 | 9 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.600 | 13 | 9 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.556 | 12 | 9 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.659 | 11 | 8 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.638 | 14 | 10 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.653 | 13 | 10 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.682 | 12 | 9 | 2019 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Germany - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.520 | 13 | 9 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 13 | 9 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.884 | 12 | 9 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.508 | 21 | 12 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 26 | 10 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 28 | 10 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 25 | 11 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 24 | 13 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.781 | 29 | 12 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.887 | 25 | 10 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.664 | 23 | 11 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.607 | 24 | 11 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.596 | 24 | 11 | 2019 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 9.608 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 9.600 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 9.500 | 1 | 1 | 2009 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 9.183 | 6 | 4 | 2010 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.700 | 8 | 6 | 2011 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.200 | 17 | 12 | 2012 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.300 | 16 | 9 | 2013 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.300 | 13 | 9 | 2014 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 7.732 | 18 | 11 | 2015 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.020 | 17 | 10 | 2016 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.021 | 17 | 11 | 2017 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 7.598 | 23 | 13 | 2018 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 7.564 | 23 | 14 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 7.167 | 19 | 9 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 7.200 | 18 | 9 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 8.484 | 26 | 10 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 8.591 | 35 | 10 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 8.600 | 50 | 12 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 8.600 | 60 | 13 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 8.600 | 58 | 13 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 8.500 | 44 | 14 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 8.698 | 80 | 17 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 8.725 | 82 | 17 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 8.223 | 82 | 17 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 8.300 | 97 | 17 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 8.300 | 106 | 18 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.784 | 19 | 10 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.800 | 19 | 10 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.667 | 23 | 10 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.750 | 45 | 15 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.000 | 65 | 13 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.200 | 55 | 13 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.500 | 44 | 10 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.600 | 33 | 8 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.914 | 33 | 8 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.914 | 34 | 8 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.748 | 15 | 6 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.923 | 9 | 2 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.923 | 9 | 2 | 2019 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Germany - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.760 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.800 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.739 | 1 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.233 | 9 | 6 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 10 | 7 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 9 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 12 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.133 | 14 | 10 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.094 | 9 | 6 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.230 | 10 | 8 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.376 | 10 | 8 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.343 | 10 | 7 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.292 | 10 | 7 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 9.314 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 9.300 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 9.167 | 1 | 1 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.400 | 6 | 5 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.200 | 8 | 6 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.900 | 14 | 11 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.000 | 12 | 6 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.900 | 14 | 7 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.348 | 20 | 11 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.757 | 20 | 12 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.994 | 19 | 12 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.898 | 20 | 12 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.545 | 21 | 12 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 9.048 | 4 | 2 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 9.000 | 5 | 2 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.000 | 14 | 10 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.000 | 15 | 10 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.000 | 15 | 10 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.000 | 14 | 10 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.000 | 16 | 11 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 8 | 1 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 6 | 1 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 6 | 1 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 7 | 1 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 6 | 2 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 4 | 2 | 2019 |
| Copyright Piracy | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Piracy | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Piracy | 8.500 | 5 | 1 | 2009 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.300 | 12 | 8 | 2010 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.200 | 16 | 9 | 2011 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.300 | 13 | 8 | 2012 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.400 | 14 | 8 | 2013 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.400 | 13 | 8 | 2014 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.600 | 12 | 5 | 2015 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.600 | 13 | 5 | 2016 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.800 | 9 | 4 | 2017 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.800 | 9 | 4 | 2018 |
| Copyright Piracy | 8.000 | 9 | 4 | 2019 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |