Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
46/129
Regional Rank
18/19
ITALY
Region: Western Europe
Global Rank: 46 of 129
Region Rank: 18 of 19
Italy’s IPRI score increased by 0.132 to 6.126 placing it 18th in the Western Europe region and 46th in the world. Italy is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as a High income country.
Italy’s Legal and Political Subindex score increased by 0.078 to 5.473 with scores of 5.012 in Judicial Independence, 5.649 in Rule of Law, 5.377 in Control of Corruption, and 5.856 in Political Stability.
Italy’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.182 to 6.136 with scores of 5.590 in Perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.479 in Registering Property, and 3.340 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Italy’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex score increased by 0.137 to 6.768 with scores of 5.937 in Perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 8.67 in Patent Protection, and 5.7 in Copyright 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 Piracy
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 15 | 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 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Italy - Legal and Political Environmental
| 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.306 | 41 | 16 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.300 | 42 | 16 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.667 | 57 | 18 | 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 | 17 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 6.793 | 32 | 16 | 2007 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 6.800 | 33 | 16 | 2008 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 6.667 | 49 | 19 | 2009 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 6.333 | 54 | 19 | 2010 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 6.100 | 63 | 19 | 2011 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 6.100 | 64 | 19 | 2012 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 6.100 | 64 | 18 | 2013 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 6.100 | 48 | 18 | 2014 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 5.017 | 67 | 18 | 2015 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 5.090 | 75 | 18 | 2016 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 4.992 | 87 | 19 | 2017 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 5.041 | 81 | 18 | 2018 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 5.590 | 66 | 18 | 2019 |
| 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 | 11 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 9.300 | 18 | 8 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 9.100 | 19 | 10 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 15 | 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 |
| 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 | 17 | 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 | 18 | 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 |
| Patent Protection | 9.048 | 3 | 3 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 9.000 | 4 | 3 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.340 | 5 | 4 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 2 | 2 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 2 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 2 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 2 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 11 | 6 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 5 | 6 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 9 | 6 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 3 | 6 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.666 | 22 | 11 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.666 | 22 | 11 | 2019 |
| Copyright Piracy | 6.200 | 7 | 3 | 2007 |
| Copyright Piracy | 6.200 | 8 | 3 | 2008 |
| Copyright Piracy | 5.467 | 27 | 16 | 2009 |
| Copyright Piracy | 6.350 | 24 | 14 | 2010 |
| Copyright Piracy | 6.300 | 24 | 13 | 2011 |
| Copyright Piracy | 5.100 | 35 | 18 | 2012 |
| Copyright Piracy | 5.200 | 34 | 18 | 2013 |
| Copyright Piracy | 5.200 | 30 | 18 | 2014 |
| Copyright Piracy | 5.300 | 34 | 17 | 2015 |
| Copyright Piracy | 5.300 | 35 | 17 | 2016 |
| Copyright Piracy | 5.500 | 35 | 17 | 2017 |
| Copyright Piracy | 5.500 | 34 | 17 | 2018 |
| Copyright Piracy | 5.700 | 34 | 16 | 2019 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |