Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
20/129
Regional Rank
13/19
Score
7.337
Ireland’s IPRI score decreased by -0.194 to 6.926 placing it 13rd 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 increased by 0.041 to 6.292 with scores of 7.683 in Judicial Independence, 7.095 in Rule of Law, 3.776 in Political Stability, and 6.611 in Control of Corruption.
Ireland’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.042 to 7.501 with scores of 7.405 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.809 in Registering Property, and 6.162 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Ireland’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.579 to 7.027 with scores of 7.602 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.632 in Patent Protection, 7.3 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Intellectual | 7.595 | 15 | 12 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 7.600 | 16 | 11 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 7.813 | 17 | 12 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.883 | 15 | 10 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 16 | 12 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 13 | 9 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 17 | 13 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.571 | 11 | 8 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.600 | 11 | 7 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.333 | 13 | 10 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.717 | 10 | 7 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 10 | 7 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 9 | 6 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 4 | 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 |
| 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 | 9 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 13 | 9 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 10 | 8 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 12 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 10 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.300 | 15 | 10 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 8 | 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 | 5 | 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 |
| Registering Property | 6.900 | 25 | 10 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 6.900 | 26 | 10 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 8.303 | 37 | 11 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 8.437 | 45 | 11 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 8.600 | 44 | 11 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 8.600 | 58 | 13 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 8.600 | 55 | 13 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 8.600 | 38 | 13 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 8.970 | 70 | 16 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 8.966 | 74 | 16 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 8.923 | 59 | 16 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 8.969 | 74 | 15 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 8.969 | 76 | 15 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 8.994 | 77 | 15 | 2020 |
| Registering Property | 8.994 | 77 | 15 | 2021 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.952 | 8 | 7 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 7.000 | 8 | 7 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.667 | 11 | 8 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.967 | 19 | 9 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.000 | 104 | 19 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.700 | 117 | 19 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.600 | 120 | 18 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.800 | 84 | 16 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.035 | 99 | 16 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.035 | 102 | 16 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.167 | 85 | 17 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.062 | 92 | 17 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.062 | 92 | 17 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.062 | 92 | 17 | 2020 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.791 | 71 | 16 | 2021 |
| 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 | 10 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 16 | 12 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 13 | 9 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 17 | 13 | 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 |
| 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 | 7 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.900 | 13 | 9 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.800 | 16 | 10 | 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 |
| Patent Protection | 8.000 | 21 | 13 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.000 | 21 | 13 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.340 | 6 | 9 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 8 | 7 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 5 | 7 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 5 | 7 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 4 | 7 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 5 | 7 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 7 | 7 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 7 | 7 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 6 | 7 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |