2019
| International Property Rights Index

Guatemala

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank

85/129

Regional Rank

12/21

GUATEMALA

Region: Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank: 85 of 129

Region Rank: 12 of 21

 

Guatemala’s IPRI score increased by 0.005 to 5.013 placing it 12th in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 85th 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 a Lower middle income country.

Guatemala’s Legal and Political Subindex score decreased by -0.051 to 3.687 with scores of 3.975 in Judicial Independence, 2.880 in Rule of Law, 3.521 in Control of Corruption, and 4.372 in Political Stability.

Guatemala’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.038 to 6.770 with scores of 5.101 in Perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.182 in Registering Property, and 6.029 in Ease of Access to Loans.

Guatemala’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex score increased by 0.027 to 4.581 with scores of 4.695 in Perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.85 in Patent Protection, and 2.2 in Copyright Protection.

Guatemala is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • Central American Parliament
  • Central American Common Market

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 Piracy

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 13 2012
Overall 4.700 89 14 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
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
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 6 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
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 17 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
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Guatemala - Legal and Political Environmental

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
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 13 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
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 18 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
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 15 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
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
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Guatemala - Physical Property Rights

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 17 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
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 17 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
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 5 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
Copyright Piracy 0.018 43 13 2007
Copyright Piracy 0.000 45 14 2008
Copyright Piracy 2.000 75 12 2009
Copyright Piracy 1.900 82 15 2010
Copyright Piracy 2.000 84 15 2011
Copyright Piracy 2.000 87 15 2012
Copyright Piracy 2.100 84 14 2013
Copyright Piracy 2.100 62 13 2014
Copyright Piracy 2.100 81 13 2015
Copyright Piracy 2.100 83 14 2016
Copyright Piracy 2.100 84 14 2017
Copyright Piracy 2.100 85 13 2018
Copyright Piracy 2.200 85 13 2019
Statistic Score Global Region Year