Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
15/129
Regional Rank
9/19
Score
7.469
Germany’s IPRI score decreased by 0.032 to 7.469 placing it 9st in the Western Europe region and 15th in the world. Germany is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as Lower middle income country.
Germany’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.023 to 7.496 with scores of 6.688 in Judicial Independence, 8.116 in Rule of Law, 6.464 in Political Stability, and 8.717 in Control of Corruption.
Germany’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.119 to 7.545 with scores of 7.185 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.694 in Registering Process, and 6.755 in Access to Financing.
Germany’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 7.367 with scores of 7.094 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.32 in Patent Protection, 8 in Copyright Protection, and 7.053 in Trademark 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 Protection
- 15. Trademark Protection
Germany - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.085 | 7 | 6 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 3 | 6 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 6 | 5 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.029 | 12 | 9 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 13 | 9 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 14 | 9 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 15 | 10 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 12 | 10 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.741 | 16 | 9 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.437 | 17 | 10 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.469 | 15 | 9 | 2022 |
| 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 | 11 | 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 |
| Legal and Political | 7.599 | 17 | 11 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 7.519 | 16 | 11 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 7.496 | 17 | 11 | 2022 |
| 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 | 11 | 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 |
| Physical | 7.483 | 28 | 11 | 2020 |
| Physical | 7.426 | 28 | 11 | 2021 |
| Physical | 7.545 | 11 | 7 | 2022 |
| 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 | 9 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 9 | 7 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 12 | 9 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 8.133 | 14 | 10 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 8.094 | 9 | 6 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 8.230 | 10 | 9 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.376 | 10 | 8 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 8.343 | 10 | 7 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 8.292 | 10 | 7 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 8.142 | 13 | 9 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 7.367 | 9 | 5 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 7.367 | 9 | 5 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Germany - Legal and Political Environment
| 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 | 11 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.599 | 17 | 11 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.519 | 16 | 11 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.496 | 17 | 11 | 2022 |
| 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 | 4 | 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.688 | 31 | 13 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.688 | 31 | 13 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.688 | 31 | 13 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Rule of Law | 8.261 | 16 | 11 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 8.238 | 14 | 10 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 8.116 | 15 | 10 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Political Stability | 6.556 | 33 | 13 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 6.361 | 33 | 13 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 6.464 | 29 | 13 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.893 | 10 | 8 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.791 | 10 | 8 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.717 | 10 | 8 | 2022 |
| 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 | 11 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.483 | 28 | 11 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.426 | 28 | 11 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.545 | 11 | 7 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.608 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.600 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.500 | 1 | 1 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.183 | 6 | 5 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.700 | 8 | 6 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.200 | 17 | 12 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.300 | 16 | 10 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.300 | 13 | 9 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.732 | 18 | 11 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.020 | 17 | 10 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.021 | 17 | 11 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.598 | 23 | 13 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.564 | 23 | 14 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.185 | 30 | 13 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.185 | 30 | 13 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.185 | 30 | 13 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 7.167 | 19 | 9 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 7.200 | 18 | 9 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.484 | 26 | 10 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.591 | 35 | 10 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 50 | 12 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 60 | 13 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 58 | 13 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.500 | 44 | 14 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 8.698 | 80 | 17 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 8.725 | 82 | 17 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 8.223 | 82 | 17 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 8.300 | 97 | 17 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 8.300 | 106 | 18 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 8.340 | 104 | 18 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 8.340 | 104 | 18 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 8.694 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 5.784 | 19 | 10 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 5.800 | 19 | 10 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 5.667 | 23 | 11 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 4.750 | 45 | 15 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 4.000 | 65 | 13 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 4.200 | 55 | 13 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 4.500 | 44 | 11 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 4.600 | 33 | 9 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 3.914 | 33 | 8 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 3.914 | 34 | 8 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 6.748 | 15 | 6 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 6.923 | 9 | 2 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 6.923 | 9 | 2 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 6.923 | 9 | 2 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 6.755 | 7 | 2 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 6.755 | 7 | 2 | 2022 |
| 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 | 9 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 9 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 12 | 9 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.133 | 14 | 10 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.094 | 9 | 6 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.230 | 10 | 9 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.376 | 10 | 8 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.343 | 10 | 7 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.292 | 10 | 7 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.142 | 13 | 9 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.367 | 9 | 5 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.367 | 9 | 5 | 2022 |
| 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 | 7 | 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.094 | 29 | 14 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.094 | 29 | 14 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.094 | 29 | 14 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 9.048 | 4 | 3 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 9.000 | 5 | 3 | 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 | 6 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 6 | 6 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 6 | 6 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 7 | 6 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 6 | 3 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 4 | 3 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 4 | 3 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 7.320 | 7 | 3 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 7.320 | 7 | 3 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 8.500 | 5 | 3 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 12 | 9 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.200 | 16 | 9 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 13 | 9 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.400 | 14 | 9 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.400 | 13 | 9 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 12 | 9 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 13 | 9 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 9 | 4 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 9 | 4 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 9 | 5 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 9 | 5 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 8 | 5 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 9 | 5 | 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 | 7.053 | 9 | 6 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 7.053 | 9 | 6 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |