2020
| International Property Rights Index

Ireland

Region

Western Europe

Global Rank

20/129

Regional Rank

13/19

Score

7.529

IRELAND

Region:  Western Europe

Global Rank: 20 of 129

Regional Rank: 13 of 19

 

Ireland’s IPRI score decreased by -0.083 to 7.529 placing it 13th in the Western Europe region and 20th in the world. Ireland is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.

 

Ireland’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.119 to 7.775 with scores of 7.746 in Judicial Independence, 7.928 in Rule of Law, 7.329 in Political Stability, and 8.095 in Control of Corruption.

 

Ireland’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.058 to 6.982 with scores of 7.891 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.994 in Registering Property, and 4.062 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

Ireland’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.074 to 7.831 with scores of 7.727 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 8.667 in Patent Protection, and 7.1 in Copyright Protection.

 

Ireland is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • OECD
  • EU

Ireland - IPRI Overall Score

Ireland - 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

Ireland - IPRI Overall Score

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 7.415 13 10 2007
Overall 7.400 14 10 2008
Overall 7.962 13 10 2009
Overall 7.975 14 10 2010
Overall 7.600 17 11 2011
Overall 7.600 16 10 2012
Overall 7.500 19 12 2013
Overall 7.500 19 12 2014
Overall 7.431 19 11 2015
Overall 7.579 18 11 2016
Overall 7.872 17 11 2017
Overall 7.659 19 12 2018
Overall 7.612 19 12 2019
Overall 7.529 20 13 2020
Legal and Political 7.031 15 10 2007
Legal and Political 7.000 16 10 2008
Legal and Political 8.139 15 11 2009
Legal and Political 8.257 15 11 2010
Legal and Political 8.200 13 9 2011
Legal and Political 8.200 11 7 2012
Legal and Political 8.100 13 9 2013
Legal and Political 8.275 12 8 2014
Legal and Political 8.016 13 9 2015
Legal and Political 8.185 13 8 2016
Legal and Political 8.192 13 8 2017
Legal and Political 8.019 13 9 2018
Legal and Political 7.893 16 10 2019
Legal and Political 7.775 16 10 2020
Physical 7.617 12 8 2007
Physical 7.600 12 8 2008
Physical 7.934 11 8 2009
Physical 7.784 15 10 2010
Physical 6.700 42 15 2011
Physical 6.600 45 15 2012
Physical 6.500 47 16 2013
Physical 7.200 21 12 2014
Physical 6.377 40 15 2015
Physical 6.485 37 14 2016
Physical 7.246 34 14 2017
Physical 7.108 34 14 2018
Physical 7.039 41 15 2019
Physical 6.982 45 14 2020
Intellectual 7.595 15 12 2007
Intellectual 7.600 16 11 2008
Intellectual 7.813 17 12 2009
Intellectual 7.883 15 11 2010
Intellectual 7.900 16 11 2011
Intellectual 8.000 13 10 2012
Intellectual 7.900 17 11 2013
Intellectual 7.967 17 12 2014
Intellectual 7.899 17 12 2015
Intellectual 8.067 16 12 2016
Intellectual 8.179 16 12 2017
Intellectual 7.851 18 12 2018
Intellectual 7.904 19 13 2019
Intellectual 7.831 18 12 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Ireland - Legal and Political Environmental

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 7.031 15 10 2007
Overall 7.000 16 10 2008
Overall 8.139 15 11 2009
Overall 8.257 15 11 2010
Overall 8.200 13 9 2011
Overall 8.200 11 7 2012
Overall 8.100 13 9 2013
Overall 8.275 12 8 2014
Overall 8.016 13 9 2015
Overall 8.185 13 8 2016
Overall 8.192 13 8 2017
Overall 8.019 13 9 2018
Overall 7.893 16 10 2019
Overall 7.775 16 10 2020
Judicial Independence 8.571 11 8 2007
Judicial Independence 8.600 11 8 2008
Judicial Independence 8.333 13 11 2009
Judicial Independence 8.717 10 7 2010
Judicial Independence 8.900 10 8 2011
Judicial Independence 9.000 9 7 2012
Judicial Independence 9.000 4 4 2013
Judicial Independence 9.100 3 2 2014
Judicial Independence 8.791 6 4 2015
Judicial Independence 8.764 8 6 2016
Judicial Independence 8.985 6 5 2017
Judicial Independence 8.809 7 6 2018
Judicial Independence 8.334 12 7 2019
Judicial Independence 7.746 13 9 2020
Rule Of Law No Data No Data 2007
Rule Of Law No Data No Data 2008
Rule Of Law 8.540 14 10 2009
Rule Of Law 8.483 13 10 2010
Rule Of Law 8.400 14 10 2011
Rule Of Law 8.500 13 10 2012
Rule Of Law 8.500 10 9 2013
Rule Of Law 8.500 12 9 2014
Rule Of Law 8.442 13 9 2015
Rule Of Law 8.602 16 11 2016
Rule Of Law 8.575 15 10 2017
Rule Of Law 8.073 17 11 2018
Rule Of Law 7.855 20 13 2019
Rule Of Law 7.928 18 12 2020
Political Stability 7.160 7 5 2007
Political Stability 7.200 7 5 2008
Political Stability 7.300 11 9 2009
Political Stability 7.317 11 8 2010
Political Stability 7.000 14 10 2011
Political Stability 7.000 15 10 2012
Political Stability 7.000 20 10 2013
Political Stability 6.900 20 10 2014
Political Stability 6.756 27 13 2015
Political Stability 7.133 14 9 2016
Political Stability 6.936 22 10 2017
Political Stability 6.937 22 10 2018
Political Stability 7.286 16 9 2019
Political Stability 7.329 13 7 2020
Control of Corruption 7.400 17 11 2007
Control of Corruption 7.400 17 11 2008
Control of Corruption 8.383 16 12 2009
Control of Corruption 8.510 17 12 2010
Control of Corruption 8.400 15 11 2011
Control of Corruption 8.300 15 11 2012
Control of Corruption 8.000 18 13 2013
Control of Corruption 7.900 19 12 2014
Control of Corruption 8.076 18 12 2015
Control of Corruption 8.239 17 11 2016
Control of Corruption 8.271 16 11 2017
Control of Corruption 8.255 15 11 2018
Control of Corruption 8.097 16 11 2019
Control of Corruption 8.095 17 12 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Ireland - Physical Property Rights

Ireland - Intellectual Property Rights

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 7.595 15 12 2007
Overall 7.600 16 11 2008
Overall 7.813 17 12 2009
Overall 7.883 15 11 2010
Overall 7.900 16 11 2011
Overall 8.000 13 10 2012
Overall 7.900 17 11 2013
Overall 7.967 17 12 2014
Overall 7.899 17 12 2015
Overall 8.067 16 12 2016
Overall 8.179 16 12 2017
Overall 7.851 18 12 2018
Overall 7.904 19 13 2019
Overall 7.831 18 12 2020
Perception of IP Protection 7.190 19 12 2007
Perception of IP Protection 7.200 20 12 2008
Perception of IP Protection 7.500 19 14 2009
Perception of IP Protection 7.717 16 12 2010
Perception of IP Protection 8.000 13 10 2011
Perception of IP Protection 8.200 10 8 2012
Perception of IP Protection 7.900 13 10 2013
Perception of IP Protection 7.800 16 11 2014
Perception of IP Protection 7.664 13 7 2015
Perception of IP Protection 8.169 10 6 2016
Perception of IP Protection 8.403 9 7 2017
Perception of IP Protection 8.086 12 8 2018
Perception of IP Protection 7.948 15 9 2019
Perception of IP Protection 7.727 15 9 2020
Patent Protection 8.000 21 13 2007
Patent Protection 8.000 21 13 2008
Patent Protection 9.340 6 3 2009
Patent Protection 9.333 8 2 2010
Patent Protection 9.300 5 2 2011
Patent Protection 9.300 5 2 2012
Patent Protection 9.300 4 2 2013
Patent Protection 9.300 5 8 2014
Patent Protection 9.333 7 8 2015
Patent Protection 9.333 7 8 2016
Patent Protection 9.333 6 8 2017
Patent Protection 8.666 23 11 2018
Patent Protection 8.666 23 11 2019
Patent Protection 8.667 23 11 2020
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2007
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2008
Copyright Piracy 6.600 18 13 2009
Copyright Piracy 6.600 20 13 2010
Copyright Piracy 6.500 22 12 2011
Copyright Piracy 6.500 20 12 2012
Copyright Piracy 6.600 20 12 2013
Copyright Piracy 6.600 19 12 2014
Copyright Piracy 6.700 19 12 2015
Copyright Piracy 6.700 19 12 2016
Copyright Piracy 6.800 19 12 2017
Copyright Piracy 6.800 19 12 2018
Copyright Piracy 7.100 19 12 2019
Copyright Piracy 7.100 19 12 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year