Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Global Rank
95/129
Regional Rank
14/21
Score
4.712
Guatemala’s IPRI score decreased by -0.25 to 4.712 placing it 14th in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 95th in the world. Guatemala 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.
Guatemala’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.102 to 3.443 with scores of 3.45 in Judicial Independence, 2.90 in Rule of Law, 4.22 in Political Stability, and 3.20 in Control of Corruption.
Guatemala’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by 0.28 to 6.565 with scores of 5.31 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.20 in Registering Property, and 5.19 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Guatemala’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by 0.3774 to 4.13 with scores of 4.47 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection,5.712 in Patent Protection, 2.2 in Copyright Protection and data wasn't available to measure Trademark Protection.
Guatemala is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- PARLACEN
- MCCA
Guatemala - IPRI Overall Score
Guatemala - 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
Guatemala - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.304 | 59 | 13 | 2007 |
| Overall | 3.300 | 62 | 14 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.321 | 80 | 14 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.309 | 86 | 15 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.500 | 94 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.600 | 89 | 13 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.700 | 89 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.800 | 66 | 13 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.464 | 85 | 12 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.627 | 86 | 14 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.077 | 71 | 11 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.008 | 81 | 12 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.013 | 85 | 12 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.966 | 89 | 14 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.712 | 95 | 14 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 2.380 | 58 | 13 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 2.400 | 59 | 13 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 3.386 | 92 | 14 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 3.494 | 99 | 15 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 3.500 | 100 | 16 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 3.500 | 100 | 16 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 3.600 | 102 | 17 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 3.525 | 79 | 16 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 3.389 | 101 | 16 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 3.412 | 105 | 15 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 3.591 | 103 | 14 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 3.738 | 98 | 13 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 3.687 | 101 | 13 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 3.545 | 107 | 16 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 3.443 | 108 | 16 | 2021 |
| Physical | 5.221 | 39 | 6 | 2007 |
| Physical | 5.200 | 40 | 6 | 2008 |
| Physical | 5.645 | 59 | 7 | 2009 |
| Physical | 5.734 | 70 | 9 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.100 | 59 | 4 | 2011 |
| Physical | 6.200 | 60 | 4 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.300 | 58 | 4 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.300 | 50 | 6 | 2014 |
| Physical | 5.791 | 58 | 5 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.994 | 51 | 4 | 2016 |
| Physical | 6.960 | 39 | 3 | 2017 |
| Physical | 6.731 | 51 | 3 | 2018 |
| Physical | 6.770 | 53 | 4 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.845 | 50 | 3 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.565 | 62 | 4 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 2.312 | 67 | 17 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 2.300 | 68 | 17 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 3.933 | 83 | 15 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 3.700 | 93 | 15 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 4.000 | 94 | 15 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 4.000 | 96 | 16 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 99 | 17 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 3.967 | 83 | 17 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 4.213 | 84 | 13 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 4.474 | 83 | 15 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 4.679 | 81 | 13 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 4.554 | 85 | 13 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 4.581 | 87 | 13 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 4.507 | 93 | 14 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 4.129 | 102 | 16 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Guatemala - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2.380 | 58 | 13 | 2007 |
| Overall | 2.400 | 59 | 13 | 2008 |
| Overall | 3.386 | 92 | 14 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.494 | 99 | 15 | 2010 |
| Overall | 3.500 | 100 | 16 | 2011 |
| Overall | 3.500 | 100 | 16 | 2012 |
| Overall | 3.600 | 102 | 17 | 2013 |
| Overall | 3.525 | 79 | 16 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.389 | 101 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.412 | 105 | 15 | 2016 |
| Overall | 3.591 | 103 | 14 | 2017 |
| Overall | 3.738 | 98 | 13 | 2018 |
| Overall | 3.687 | 101 | 13 | 2019 |
| Overall | 3.545 | 107 | 16 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.443 | 108 | 16 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.799 | 48 | 7 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.800 | 50 | 7 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.833 | 75 | 9 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.783 | 81 | 9 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.900 | 101 | 12 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.800 | 104 | 12 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.100 | 91 | 11 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.300 | 70 | 10 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.324 | 90 | 10 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.303 | 95 | 10 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.892 | 89 | 7 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.251 | 81 | 7 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.975 | 83 | 7 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.454 | 91 | 8 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.454 | 91 | 8 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 2.780 | 107 | 19 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 2.795 | 112 | 17 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 2.800 | 114 | 17 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 2.900 | 114 | 17 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 2.900 | 116 | 18 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 2.800 | 88 | 16 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 2.777 | 115 | 17 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 3.028 | 117 | 17 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 3.026 | 118 | 17 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 2.919 | 117 | 18 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 2.880 | 120 | 18 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 2.898 | 121 | 19 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 2.895 | 119 | 18 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 3.220 | 55 | 14 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 3.200 | 57 | 14 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 3.480 | 87 | 15 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 3.833 | 89 | 13 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 3.500 | 95 | 15 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 3.400 | 94 | 16 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 3.500 | 97 | 18 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 3.700 | 70 | 14 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 3.610 | 90 | 15 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 3.716 | 95 | 17 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 3.868 | 94 | 17 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 4.264 | 89 | 16 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 4.372 | 91 | 17 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 4.472 | 91 | 15 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 4.218 | 94 | 14 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.500 | 58 | 15 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.500 | 59 | 15 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.452 | 95 | 16 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.562 | 98 | 15 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.800 | 90 | 13 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.900 | 86 | 14 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.000 | 84 | 14 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.800 | 68 | 12 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.846 | 86 | 13 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.601 | 93 | 13 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.578 | 99 | 15 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.518 | 96 | 14 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.521 | 103 | 17 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.354 | 106 | 16 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.203 | 112 | 18 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Guatemala - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.221 | 39 | 6 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.200 | 40 | 6 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.645 | 59 | 7 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.734 | 70 | 9 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 59 | 4 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.200 | 60 | 4 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 58 | 4 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 50 | 6 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.791 | 58 | 5 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.994 | 51 | 4 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.960 | 39 | 3 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.731 | 51 | 3 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.770 | 53 | 4 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.845 | 50 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.565 | 62 | 4 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.299 | 46 | 9 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.300 | 47 | 9 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.167 | 76 | 13 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.250 | 81 | 11 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.200 | 89 | 14 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.100 | 94 | 14 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.300 | 91 | 13 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.500 | 61 | 8 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.743 | 80 | 10 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.356 | 64 | 6 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.543 | 60 | 6 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.984 | 85 | 8 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.101 | 82 | 10 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.305 | 76 | 8 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.305 | 76 | 8 | 2021 |
| Registering Property | 6.937 | 24 | 3 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 6.900 | 24 | 3 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 8.434 | 29 | 1 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 8.568 | 37 | 1 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 9.000 | 31 | 2 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 9.100 | 24 | 2 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 9.100 | 29 | 2 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 9.000 | 22 | 2 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 9.196 | 58 | 6 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 9.193 | 59 | 7 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 9.160 | 48 | 7 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 9.182 | 62 | 6 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 9.182 | 61 | 6 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 9.201 | 61 | 6 | 2020 |
| Registering Property | 9.201 | 61 | 6 | 2021 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.429 | 43 | 6 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.400 | 46 | 6 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.333 | 72 | 9 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.383 | 77 | 10 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.100 | 61 | 5 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.400 | 48 | 7 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.400 | 52 | 8 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.400 | 37 | 7 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.434 | 45 | 5 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.434 | 46 | 6 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.179 | 22 | 3 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.029 | 28 | 3 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.029 | 28 | 3 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.029 | 28 | 3 | 2020 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.187 | 47 | 3 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Guatemala - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2.312 | 67 | 17 | 2007 |
| Overall | 2.300 | 68 | 17 | 2008 |
| Overall | 3.933 | 83 | 15 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.700 | 93 | 15 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.000 | 94 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.000 | 96 | 16 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 99 | 17 | 2013 |
| Overall | 3.967 | 83 | 17 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.213 | 84 | 13 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.474 | 83 | 15 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.679 | 81 | 13 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.554 | 85 | 13 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.581 | 87 | 13 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.507 | 93 | 14 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.129 | 102 | 16 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.799 | 48 | 10 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.800 | 49 | 10 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.500 | 77 | 12 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 2.900 | 100 | 13 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.700 | 104 | 14 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.600 | 110 | 15 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.800 | 109 | 15 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.100 | 74 | 14 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.440 | 90 | 15 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.223 | 85 | 12 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.837 | 76 | 11 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.712 | 78 | 11 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.695 | 82 | 12 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.470 | 95 | 13 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.470 | 95 | 13 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 3.119 | 68 | 18 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 3.100 | 69 | 18 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 6.300 | 67 | 14 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 6.300 | 69 | 15 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 6.300 | 68 | 15 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 6.300 | 68 | 15 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 6.300 | 65 | 14 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 7.100 | 47 | 6 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 7.100 | 50 | 6 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 7.100 | 52 | 7 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 7.100 | 52 | 7 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 6.850 | 57 | 12 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 6.850 | 58 | 13 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 6.850 | 57 | 13 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 5.718 | 55 | 9 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 0.018 | 43 | 13 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 0.000 | 45 | 14 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 75 | 13 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 82 | 14 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 84 | 14 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 87 | 14 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 84 | 14 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 62 | 13 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 81 | 12 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 83 | 13 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 84 | 13 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 85 | 13 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.200 | 85 | 13 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.200 | 85 | 13 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.200 | 85 | 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 | No Data | No Data | 2021 | |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |