2020
| International Property Rights Index

Hong Kong (Sar Of China)

Region

Asia and Oceania

Global Rank

15/129

Regional Rank

5/19

Score

7.941

HONG KONG (SAR of China)

Region:  Asia and Oceania

Global Rank: 15 of 129

Regional Rank: 5 of 19

 

Hong Kong’s IPRI score increased by 0.038 to 7.941 placing it 5th in the Asia and Oceania region and 15th in the world. Hong Kong is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.

 

Hong Kong’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.006 to 8.051 with scores of 8.41 in Judicial Independence, 8.543 in Rule of Law, 6.9 in Political Stability, and 8.353 in Control of Corruption.

 

Hong Kong’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.043 to 8.209 with scores of 8.712 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.119 in Registering Property, and 6.796 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

Hong Kong’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.076 to 7.562 with scores of 8.451 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 8.033 in Patent Protection, and 6.2 in Copyright Protection.

 

Hong Kong (Sar Of China) - IPRI Overall Score

Hong Kong (Sar Of China) - 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

Hong Kong (Sar Of China) - IPRI Overall Score

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 7.292 16 4 2007
Overall 7.300 17 5 2008
Overall 7.258 19 5 2009
Overall 7.539 19 5 2010
Overall 7.800 14 4 2011
Overall 7.600 15 5 2012
Overall 7.700 16 5 2013
Overall 7.800 16 4 2014
Overall 7.602 16 5 2015
Overall 7.782 13 5 2016
Overall 7.786 19 5 2017
Overall 7.849 17 5 2018
Overall 7.902 16 5 2019
Overall 7.941 15 5 2020
Legal and Political 7.949 9 3 2007
Legal and Political 7.900 10 3 2008
Legal and Political 7.793 17 4 2009
Legal and Political 8.103 16 4 2010
Legal and Political 8.100 15 4 2011
Legal and Political 8.100 14 4 2012
Legal and Political 8.100 14 4 2013
Legal and Political 8.150 13 4 2014
Legal and Political 7.997 14 4 2015
Legal and Political 8.276 11 3 2016
Legal and Political 8.234 12 4 2017
Legal and Political 7.983 14 4 2018
Legal and Political 8.057 13 4 2019
Legal and Political 8.051 13 4 2020
Physical 7.197 15 4 2007
Physical 7.200 15 4 2008
Physical 7.791 14 4 2009
Physical 7.802 11 4 2010
Physical 7.900 7 2 2011
Physical 7.800 9 3 2012
Physical 7.900 8 3 2013
Physical 8.000 7 2 2014
Physical 7.703 7 3 2015
Physical 7.864 5 2 2016
Physical 7.851 18 6 2017
Physical 8.174 13 5 2018
Physical 8.165 12 6 2019
Physical 8.209 11 6 2020
Intellectual 6.729 20 5 2007
Intellectual 6.700 21 6 2008
Intellectual 6.190 32 7 2009
Intellectual 6.711 27 6 2010
Intellectual 7.500 20 5 2011
Intellectual 7.000 23 7 2012
Intellectual 7.100 22 6 2013
Intellectual 6.800 26 6 2014
Intellectual 7.106 21 5 2015
Intellectual 7.205 22 5 2016
Intellectual 7.272 23 5 2017
Intellectual 7.391 22 5 2018
Intellectual 7.485 21 5 2019
Intellectual 7.562 21 5 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Hong Kong (Sar Of China) - Legal and Political Environmental

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 7.949 9 3 2007
Overall 7.900 10 3 2008
Overall 7.793 17 4 2009
Overall 8.103 16 4 2010
Overall 8.100 15 4 2011
Overall 8.100 14 4 2012
Overall 8.100 14 4 2013
Overall 8.150 13 4 2014
Overall 7.997 14 4 2015
Overall 8.276 11 3 2016
Overall 8.234 12 4 2017
Overall 7.983 14 4 2018
Overall 8.057 13 4 2019
Overall 8.051 13 4 2020
Judicial Independence 8.167 12 3 2007
Judicial Independence 8.200 13 3 2008
Judicial Independence 8.167 16 3 2009
Judicial Independence 8.367 13 3 2010
Judicial Independence 8.800 15 3 2011
Judicial Independence 8.700 13 3 2012
Judicial Independence 8.600 14 3 2013
Judicial Independence 9.000 4 2 2014
Judicial Independence 8.874 5 2 2015
Judicial Independence 8.859 4 2 2016
Judicial Independence 8.859 8 2 2017
Judicial Independence 8.520 13 3 2018
Judicial Independence 8.590 8 3 2019
Judicial Independence 8.410 8 3 2020
Rule Of Law No Data No Data 2007
Rule Of Law No Data No Data 2008
Rule Of Law 7.800 20 4 2009
Rule Of Law 8.114 19 4 2010
Rule Of Law 8.000 18 4 2011
Rule Of Law 8.100 18 4 2012
Rule Of Law 8.100 18 4 2013
Rule Of Law 8.100 18 4 2014
Rule Of Law 8.087 17 4 2015
Rule Of Law 8.708 14 4 2016
Rule Of Law 8.664 12 3 2017
Rule Of Law 8.390 13 4 2018
Rule Of Law 8.435 12 3 2019
Rule Of Law 8.543 11 3 2020
Political Stability 7.380 5 2 2007
Political Stability 7.400 6 1 2008
Political Stability 7.100 12 3 2009
Political Stability 7.182 13 4 2010
Political Stability 6.900 16 5 2011
Political Stability 6.800 20 4 2012
Political Stability 6.900 25 5 2013
Political Stability 7.000 18 4 2014
Political Stability 6.767 26 5 2015
Political Stability 7.254 10 3 2016
Political Stability 7.064 13 4 2017
Political Stability 6.867 25 7 2018
Political Stability 6.972 26 7 2019
Political Stability 6.900 25 7 2020
Control of Corruption 8.300 13 4 2007
Control of Corruption 8.300 13 4 2008
Control of Corruption 8.107 17 4 2009
Control of Corruption 8.751 13 4 2010
Control of Corruption 8.700 13 4 2011
Control of Corruption 8.900 12 4 2012
Control of Corruption 8.700 13 4 2013
Control of Corruption 8.400 14 4 2014
Control of Corruption 8.263 16 5 2015
Control of Corruption 8.285 16 5 2016
Control of Corruption 8.348 15 4 2017
Control of Corruption 8.154 17 4 2018
Control of Corruption 8.229 15 4 2019
Control of Corruption 8.353 15 4 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Hong Kong (Sar Of China) - Physical Property Rights

Hong Kong (Sar Of China) - Intellectual Property Rights

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 6.729 20 5 2007
Overall 6.700 21 6 2008
Overall 6.190 32 7 2009
Overall 6.711 27 6 2010
Overall 7.500 20 5 2011
Overall 7.000 23 7 2012
Overall 7.100 22 6 2013
Overall 6.800 26 6 2014
Overall 7.106 21 5 2015
Overall 7.205 22 5 2016
Overall 7.272 23 5 2017
Overall 7.391 22 5 2018
Overall 7.485 21 5 2019
Overall 7.562 21 5 2020
Perception of IP Protection 7.488 17 4 2007
Perception of IP Protection 7.500 19 5 2008
Perception of IP Protection 7.500 20 5 2009
Perception of IP Protection 7.317 20 5 2010
Perception of IP Protection 7.600 18 4 2011
Perception of IP Protection 7.900 13 3 2012
Perception of IP Protection 8.000 11 3 2013
Perception of IP Protection 8.200 9 3 2014
Perception of IP Protection 8.001 9 4 2015
Perception of IP Protection 8.298 9 4 2016
Perception of IP Protection 8.298 13 3 2017
Perception of IP Protection 8.239 9 3 2018
Perception of IP Protection 8.224 9 3 2019
Perception of IP Protection 8.451 5 2 2020
Patent Protection 6.095 46 6 2007
Patent Protection 6.100 47 7 2008
Patent Protection 7.620 40 8 2009
Patent Protection 7.617 40 8 2010
Patent Protection 7.600 40 8 2011
Patent Protection 7.600 40 8 2012
Patent Protection 7.600 39 7 2013
Patent Protection 7.600 37 5 2014
Patent Protection 7.617 39 7 2015
Patent Protection 7.617 39 7 2016
Patent Protection 7.617 39 7 2017
Patent Protection 8.033 31 5 2018
Patent Protection 8.033 30 5 2019
Patent Protection 8.033 30 5 2020
Copyright Piracy 5.572 9 4 2007
Copyright Piracy 5.600 9 5 2008
Copyright Piracy 3.450 48 8 2009
Copyright Piracy 5.200 37 7 2010
Copyright Piracy 7.200 14 5 2011
Copyright Piracy 5.500 31 7 2012
Copyright Piracy 5.700 29 7 2013
Copyright Piracy 5.700 27 6 2014
Copyright Piracy 5.700 29 7 2015
Copyright Piracy 5.700 29 7 2016
Copyright Piracy 5.900 29 7 2017
Copyright Piracy 5.900 29 7 2018
Copyright Piracy 6.200 28 7 2019
Copyright Piracy 6.200 28 7 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year