Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
44/129
Regional Rank
18/19
Score
6.099
Italy’s IPRI score decreased by -0.053 to 6.009 placing it 18th in the Western Europe region and 44th in the world. Italy is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Italy’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.047 to 5.553 with scores of 5.039 in Judicial Independence, 5.560 in Rule of Law, 6.133 in Political Stability, and 5.480 in Control of Corruption.
Italy’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.155 to 6.310 with scores of 5.632 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.491 in Registering Property, and 3.807 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Italy’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.361 to 6.433 with scores of 6.017 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.671 in Patent Protection, 5.700 in Copyright Protection, and 7.344 in Trademark Protection.
Italy is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- EU
Italy - IPRI Overall Score
Italy - 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
Italy - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.674 | 27 | 15 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 28 | 15 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.072 | 37 | 18 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.017 | 43 | 18 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 48 | 18 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 43 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 45 | 18 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 41 | 18 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.589 | 50 | 18 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.656 | 50 | 18 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.979 | 49 | 18 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.993 | 50 | 18 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.126 | 46 | 18 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.152 | 47 | 18 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.099 | 44 | 18 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 4.909 | 30 | 16 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 4.900 | 32 | 16 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 5.556 | 48 | 19 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 5.321 | 54 | 19 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 5.500 | 53 | 18 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 5.600 | 51 | 18 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 5.600 | 50 | 18 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 5.475 | 40 | 18 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 5.223 | 49 | 18 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 5.181 | 54 | 18 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 5.231 | 54 | 18 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 5.395 | 49 | 18 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 5.473 | 47 | 18 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 5.506 | 47 | 18 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 5.553 | 46 | 18 | 2021 |
| Physical | 5.483 | 36 | 15 | 2007 |
| Physical | 5.500 | 38 | 15 | 2008 |
| Physical | 5.891 | 54 | 18 | 2009 |
| Physical | 5.652 | 74 | 19 | 2010 |
| Physical | 5.700 | 81 | 19 | 2011 |
| Physical | 6.100 | 65 | 18 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.100 | 65 | 18 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.400 | 46 | 18 | 2014 |
| Physical | 5.171 | 88 | 18 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.195 | 92 | 18 | 2016 |
| Physical | 5.913 | 73 | 18 | 2017 |
| Physical | 5.953 | 83 | 18 | 2018 |
| Physical | 6.136 | 83 | 18 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.155 | 82 | 18 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.310 | 74 | 18 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 6.631 | 21 | 13 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 6.600 | 24 | 13 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 6.769 | 26 | 17 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.078 | 22 | 15 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 6.900 | 27 | 16 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 6.600 | 29 | 15 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 6.600 | 29 | 16 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 6.567 | 31 | 18 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 6.372 | 32 | 16 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 6.592 | 31 | 16 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 6.793 | 30 | 16 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 6.630 | 31 | 17 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 6.768 | 27 | 15 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 6.794 | 30 | 16 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 6.433 | 27 | 16 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Italy - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.909 | 30 | 16 | 2007 |
| Overall | 4.900 | 32 | 16 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.556 | 48 | 19 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.321 | 54 | 19 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.500 | 53 | 18 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 51 | 18 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 50 | 18 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.475 | 40 | 18 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.223 | 49 | 18 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.181 | 54 | 18 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.231 | 54 | 18 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.395 | 49 | 18 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.473 | 47 | 18 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.506 | 47 | 18 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.553 | 46 | 18 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.306 | 41 | 16 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.300 | 42 | 16 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.667 | 57 | 19 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.333 | 71 | 19 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.000 | 73 | 19 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.700 | 54 | 16 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.400 | 64 | 18 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.300 | 50 | 18 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.232 | 67 | 18 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.272 | 73 | 18 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.716 | 68 | 19 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.016 | 60 | 18 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.012 | 57 | 18 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.039 | 55 | 17 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.039 | 55 | 17 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 5.860 | 47 | 19 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 5.869 | 51 | 19 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 5.800 | 50 | 19 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 5.800 | 49 | 19 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 5.800 | 49 | 19 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 5.700 | 41 | 19 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 5.714 | 49 | 19 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 5.674 | 49 | 19 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 5.504 | 51 | 18 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 5.530 | 53 | 18 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 5.649 | 51 | 18 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 5.494 | 51 | 18 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 5.560 | 51 | 18 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 5.420 | 31 | 16 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 5.400 | 32 | 16 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 5.880 | 43 | 18 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 5.825 | 46 | 17 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.100 | 39 | 16 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.000 | 42 | 16 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.200 | 37 | 16 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.000 | 35 | 16 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 6.020 | 39 | 15 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 5.996 | 40 | 15 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 5.799 | 45 | 16 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 5.943 | 45 | 17 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 5.856 | 51 | 17 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 6.022 | 46 | 15 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 6.133 | 41 | 16 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.000 | 25 | 14 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.000 | 26 | 14 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.819 | 36 | 18 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.257 | 51 | 18 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.100 | 54 | 19 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.900 | 57 | 18 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.000 | 56 | 18 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.900 | 43 | 18 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.925 | 54 | 18 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.780 | 56 | 18 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.906 | 56 | 18 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.092 | 53 | 18 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.377 | 49 | 18 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.471 | 49 | 18 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.480 | 48 | 17 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Italy - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.483 | 36 | 15 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.500 | 38 | 15 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.891 | 54 | 18 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.652 | 74 | 19 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 81 | 19 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 65 | 18 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 65 | 18 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.400 | 46 | 18 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.171 | 88 | 18 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.195 | 92 | 18 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.913 | 73 | 18 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.953 | 83 | 18 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.136 | 83 | 18 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.155 | 82 | 18 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.310 | 74 | 18 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.793 | 32 | 16 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.800 | 33 | 16 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.667 | 49 | 19 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.333 | 54 | 19 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.100 | 63 | 19 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.100 | 64 | 19 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.100 | 64 | 18 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.100 | 48 | 18 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.017 | 67 | 18 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.090 | 75 | 18 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.992 | 87 | 19 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.041 | 81 | 18 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.590 | 66 | 18 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.632 | 63 | 18 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.632 | 63 | 18 | 2021 |
| Registering Property | 6.282 | 34 | 12 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 6.300 | 35 | 12 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 7.841 | 54 | 14 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 8.055 | 64 | 14 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 8.000 | 80 | 14 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 9.000 | 33 | 10 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 9.300 | 18 | 8 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 9.100 | 19 | 9 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 9.479 | 35 | 9 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 9.477 | 37 | 9 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 9.456 | 27 | 9 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 9.479 | 37 | 9 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 9.479 | 37 | 9 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 9.491 | 37 | 9 | 2020 |
| Registering Property | 9.491 | 37 | 9 | 2021 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.374 | 45 | 16 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.400 | 45 | 16 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.167 | 73 | 19 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.567 | 96 | 19 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.100 | 100 | 18 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.200 | 101 | 18 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.800 | 112 | 17 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.300 | 94 | 18 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 1.018 | 119 | 19 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 1.018 | 122 | 19 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.292 | 107 | 18 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.340 | 110 | 18 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.340 | 109 | 18 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.341 | 109 | 18 | 2020 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.807 | 110 | 18 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Italy - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.631 | 21 | 13 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 24 | 13 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.769 | 26 | 17 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.078 | 22 | 15 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.900 | 27 | 16 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 29 | 15 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 29 | 16 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.567 | 31 | 18 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.372 | 32 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.592 | 31 | 16 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.793 | 30 | 16 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.630 | 31 | 17 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.768 | 27 | 15 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.794 | 30 | 16 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.433 | 27 | 16 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.278 | 31 | 16 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.300 | 32 | 16 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.500 | 39 | 18 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.550 | 39 | 17 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.200 | 58 | 19 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.300 | 55 | 19 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.300 | 56 | 18 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.300 | 47 | 19 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.482 | 62 | 18 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.141 | 55 | 17 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.546 | 50 | 18 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.724 | 48 | 18 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.937 | 45 | 17 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.017 | 46 | 18 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.017 | 46 | 18 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 9.048 | 3 | 2 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 9.000 | 4 | 2 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.340 | 5 | 7 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 2 | 5 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 5 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 5 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 5 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 11 | 5 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 5 | 5 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 9 | 5 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 3 | 5 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.666 | 22 | 10 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.666 | 22 | 10 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 22 | 10 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.671 | 20 | 9 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.200 | 7 | 3 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.200 | 8 | 3 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.467 | 27 | 16 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.350 | 24 | 14 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.300 | 24 | 13 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.100 | 35 | 18 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.200 | 34 | 18 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.200 | 30 | 18 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.300 | 34 | 17 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.300 | 35 | 17 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.500 | 35 | 17 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.500 | 34 | 17 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 34 | 17 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 34 | 17 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 33 | 17 | 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 | 7.344 | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |