Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
19/129
Regional Rank
12/19
Score
7.202
Ireland’s IPRI score decreased by -0.135 to 7.202 placing it 13st in the Western Europe region and 19th 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 0.094 to 7.732 with scores of 7.746 in Judicial Independence, 7.998 in Rule of Law, 7.052 in Political Stability, and 8.134 in Control of Corruption.
Ireland’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.496 to 6.729 with scores of 7.891 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.503 in Registering Process, and 4.791 in Access to Financing.
Ireland’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 7.146 with scores of 7.727 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.784 in Patent Protection, 7.1 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 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.337 | 20 | 13 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.202 | 19 | 12 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Legal and Political | 7.638 | 15 | 10 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 7.732 | 15 | 10 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Physical | 7.225 | 32 | 13 | 2021 |
| Physical | 6.729 | 27 | 13 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Intellectual | 7.146 | 18 | 12 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 7.146 | 18 | 12 | 2022 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.638 | 15 | 10 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.732 | 15 | 10 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.746 | 13 | 9 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.746 | 13 | 9 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Rule of Law | 7.788 | 20 | 13 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 7.998 | 17 | 11 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Political Stability | 7.102 | 18 | 10 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 7.052 | 14 | 7 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.916 | 20 | 13 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.134 | 17 | 11 | 2022 |
| 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 | 15 | 10 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 42 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 45 | 15 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 47 | 16 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 21 | 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 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.000 | 8 | 8 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.000 | 9 | 8 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.833 | 11 | 9 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.950 | 11 | 8 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.400 | 12 | 9 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.600 | 7 | 6 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.300 | 15 | 9 | 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 |
| Registering Process | 6.900 | 25 | 10 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 6.900 | 26 | 10 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.303 | 37 | 11 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.437 | 45 | 11 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 44 | 11 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 58 | 12 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 55 | 12 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 38 | 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 |
| 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 | 84 | 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 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
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 |
| Overall | 7.146 | 18 | 12 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.146 | 18 | 12 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.727 | 15 | 9 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.727 | 15 | 9 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Patent Protection | 7.784 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 7.784 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| 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 | 22 | 12 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.500 | 20 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |