Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
17/125
Regional Rank
11/19
Score
7.418
Ireland’s IPRI score increased by 0.216 to 7.418 placing it 11th in the Western Europe region and 17th 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 increased by 0.343 to 8.076 with scores of 9.173 in Judicial Independence, 8.061 in Rule of Law, 6.77 in Political Stability, and 8.298 in Control of Corruption.
Ireland’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.068 to 6.796 with scores of 7.891 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.707 in Registering Process, and 4.791 in Access to Financing.
Ireland’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.236 to 7.382 with scores of 7.727 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.783 in Patent Protection, 8.043 in Copyright Protection, and 5.975 in Trademark 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 Protection
- 15. Trademark Protection
Ireland - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.415 | 13 | 10 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 15 | 10 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.962 | 13 | 10 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.975 | 14 | 10 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.600 | 16 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.337 | 20 | 13 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.202 | 19 | 12 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.418 | 17 | 11 | 2023 |
| 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 | 14 | 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 |
| Legal and Political | 7.638 | 15 | 10 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 7.732 | 15 | 10 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 8.076 | 13 | 10 | 2023 |
| Physical | 7.617 | 12 | 8 | 2007 |
| Physical | 7.600 | 12 | 8 | 2008 |
| Physical | 7.934 | 11 | 8 | 2009 |
| Physical | 7.784 | 14 | 10 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.700 | 42 | 16 | 2011 |
| Physical | 6.600 | 43 | 15 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.500 | 47 | 16 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.200 | 20 | 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 |
| Physical | 7.225 | 32 | 13 | 2021 |
| Physical | 6.729 | 27 | 13 | 2022 |
| Physical | 6.796 | 25 | 13 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 7.595 | 15 | 12 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 7.600 | 15 | 11 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 7.813 | 17 | 12 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.883 | 15 | 10 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 18 | 12 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 13 | 10 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 17 | 12 | 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 |
| Intellectual | 7.146 | 18 | 12 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 7.146 | 18 | 12 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 7.382 | 10 | 7 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Ireland - Legal and Political Environment
| 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 | 14 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.638 | 15 | 10 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.732 | 15 | 10 | 2022 |
| Overall | 8.076 | 13 | 10 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.571 | 11 | 8 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.600 | 10 | 6 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.333 | 13 | 10 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.717 | 10 | 7 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 11 | 7 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 9 | 7 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 5 | 3 | 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.746 | 13 | 9 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.746 | 13 | 9 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.173 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 12 | 9 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 11 | 8 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 11 | 8 | 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 |
| Rule of Law | 7.788 | 20 | 13 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 7.998 | 17 | 11 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 8.061 | 16 | 11 | 2023 |
| 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 | 18 | 10 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 19 | 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 |
| Political Stability | 7.102 | 18 | 10 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 7.052 | 14 | 7 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 6.770 | 23 | 12 | 2023 |
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.300 | 16 | 11 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.000 | 19 | 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.916 | 20 | 13 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.134 | 17 | 11 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.298 | 14 | 11 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Ireland - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.617 | 12 | 8 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.600 | 12 | 8 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.934 | 11 | 8 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.784 | 14 | 10 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 42 | 16 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 43 | 15 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 47 | 16 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 20 | 12 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.377 | 40 | 15 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.485 | 37 | 14 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.246 | 34 | 14 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.108 | 34 | 14 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.039 | 41 | 15 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.982 | 45 | 14 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.225 | 32 | 13 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.729 | 27 | 13 | 2022 |
| Overall | 6.796 | 25 | 13 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.000 | 8 | 8 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.000 | 9 | 7 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.833 | 11 | 8 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.950 | 10 | 8 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.400 | 13 | 9 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.600 | 9 | 6 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.300 | 16 | 10 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.200 | 16 | 10 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.125 | 12 | 6 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.453 | 9 | 5 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.650 | 8 | 6 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.293 | 12 | 7 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.087 | 14 | 8 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.891 | 14 | 9 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.891 | 14 | 9 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.891 | 14 | 9 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.891 | 13 | 9 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 6.900 | 25 | 10 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 6.900 | 24 | 10 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.303 | 37 | 11 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.437 | 45 | 11 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 50 | 12 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 57 | 13 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 57 | 13 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 41 | 12 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 8.970 | 70 | 16 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 8.966 | 74 | 16 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 8.923 | 59 | 16 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 8.969 | 74 | 15 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 8.969 | 76 | 15 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 8.994 | 77 | 15 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 8.994 | 77 | 15 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 7.503 | 15 | 9 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 7.707 | 13 | 8 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 6.952 | 8 | 7 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 7.000 | 8 | 7 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 6.667 | 11 | 8 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 5.967 | 19 | 9 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 3.000 | 104 | 19 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 2.700 | 117 | 19 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 2.600 | 120 | 18 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 2.800 | 85 | 16 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 2.035 | 99 | 16 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 2.035 | 102 | 16 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 4.167 | 85 | 17 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.062 | 92 | 17 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.062 | 92 | 17 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.062 | 92 | 17 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 4.791 | 71 | 16 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 4.791 | 71 | 16 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.791 | 67 | 16 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Ireland - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.595 | 15 | 12 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.600 | 15 | 11 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.813 | 17 | 12 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.883 | 15 | 10 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 18 | 12 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 13 | 10 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 17 | 12 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.146 | 18 | 12 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.146 | 18 | 12 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.382 | 10 | 7 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.190 | 19 | 12 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.200 | 20 | 12 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.500 | 20 | 14 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.717 | 16 | 12 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.000 | 14 | 10 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.200 | 9 | 7 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.900 | 13 | 9 | 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.727 | 15 | 9 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.727 | 15 | 9 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.727 | 14 | 9 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 8.000 | 20 | 13 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.000 | 21 | 13 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.340 | 10 | 6 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 7 | 4 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 7 | 4 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 7 | 4 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 7 | 4 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 8 | 5 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 8 | 5 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 8 | 5 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 8 | 5 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.666 | 21 | 10 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.666 | 21 | 10 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 21 | 10 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 7.784 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 7.784 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 7.783 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 6.600 | 18 | 13 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.600 | 20 | 13 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.500 | 21 | 12 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.500 | 19 | 12 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.600 | 20 | 12 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.600 | 19 | 12 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.700 | 19 | 12 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.700 | 19 | 12 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.800 | 19 | 12 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.800 | 19 | 12 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.100 | 19 | 12 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.100 | 19 | 12 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.100 | 19 | 12 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.100 | 19 | 12 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.043 | 11 | 6 | 2023 |
| 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 | 5.975 | 48 | 15 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.975 | 48 | 15 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.975 | 48 | 15 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |