Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Global Rank
103/129
Regional Rank
16/21
Score
4.023
Guatemala’s IPRI score decreased by -0.689 to 4.023 placing it 16st in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 103th 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 Low income country.
Guatemala’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.07 to 3.373 with scores of 3.454 in Judicial Independence, 2.894 in Rule of Law, 4.337 in Political Stability, and 2.808 in Control of Corruption.
Guatemala’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.997 to 4.568 with scores of 5.305 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 3.21 in Registering Process, and 5.187 in Access to Financing.
Guatemala’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 4.129 with scores of 4.47 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.718 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 | 13 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.321 | 80 | 14 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.309 | 86 | 15 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.500 | 94 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.600 | 89 | 14 | 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 |
| Overall | 4.023 | 103 | 16 | 2022 |
| 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 | 15 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 3.500 | 100 | 16 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 3.600 | 102 | 16 | 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 |
| Legal and Political | 3.373 | 110 | 17 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Physical | 4.568 | 82 | 8 | 2022 |
| 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 | 16 | 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 |
| Intellectual | 4.129 | 102 | 16 | 2022 |
| 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 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 3.500 | 100 | 16 | 2012 |
| Overall | 3.600 | 102 | 16 | 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 |
| Overall | 3.373 | 110 | 17 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.799 | 48 | 7 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.800 | 50 | 7 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.833 | 75 | 8 | 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 | 11 | 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.454 | 91 | 8 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Rule of Law | 2.894 | 120 | 18 | 2022 |
| 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 | 14 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 3.400 | 94 | 16 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 3.500 | 97 | 17 | 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 |
| Political Stability | 4.337 | 83 | 14 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.500 | 58 | 14 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.500 | 59 | 14 | 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.808 | 118 | 18 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Overall | 4.568 | 82 | 8 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.299 | 46 | 9 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.300 | 47 | 10 | 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 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.305 | 76 | 8 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 6.937 | 24 | 3 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 6.900 | 24 | 3 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.434 | 29 | 1 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.568 | 37 | 1 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 31 | 2 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 9.100 | 24 | 2 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 9.100 | 29 | 2 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 22 | 2 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.196 | 58 | 6 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.193 | 59 | 7 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.160 | 48 | 7 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.182 | 62 | 6 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.182 | 61 | 6 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.201 | 61 | 6 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.201 | 61 | 6 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 3.210 | 98 | 16 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 3.429 | 43 | 6 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 3.400 | 46 | 6 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 3.333 | 72 | 9 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 3.383 | 77 | 10 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 4.100 | 61 | 4 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 48 | 6 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 52 | 6 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 37 | 7 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 3.434 | 45 | 5 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 3.434 | 46 | 6 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 6.179 | 22 | 3 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 6.029 | 28 | 3 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 6.029 | 28 | 3 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 6.029 | 28 | 3 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 5.187 | 47 | 3 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 5.187 | 47 | 3 | 2022 |
| 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 | 16 | 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 |
| Overall | 4.129 | 102 | 16 | 2022 |
| 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 | 11 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 2.900 | 100 | 13 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.700 | 104 | 13 | 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.470 | 95 | 13 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Patent Protection | 5.718 | 55 | 9 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 0.018 | 43 | 13 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 0.000 | 45 | 12 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 75 | 12 | 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 | 13 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 62 | 12 | 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 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.200 | 85 | 13 | 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 | No Data | No Data | 2021 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2022 | |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |