Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
46/129
Regional Rank
18/19
Score
5.658
Italy’s IPRI score decreased by -0.441 to 5.658 placing it 18st 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 Upper middle income country.
Italy’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.101 to 5.654 with scores of 5.039 in Judicial Independence, 5.482 in Rule of Law, 6.017 in Political Stability, and 6.078 in Control of Corruption.
Italy’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.421 to 4.889 with scores of 5.632 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 5.227 in Registering Process, and 3.807 in Access to Financing.
Italy’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 6.433 with scores of 6.017 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.671 in Patent Protection, 5.7 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 |
| Overall | 5.658 | 46 | 18 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Legal and Political | 5.654 | 45 | 18 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Physical | 4.889 | 67 | 18 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 6.631 | 21 | 13 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 6.600 | 24 | 14 | 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 |
| Intellectual | 6.433 | 27 | 16 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Overall | 5.654 | 45 | 18 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.039 | 55 | 17 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Rule of Law | 5.482 | 53 | 19 | 2022 |
| 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 | 15 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.000 | 42 | 16 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.200 | 37 | 15 | 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 |
| Political Stability | 6.017 | 41 | 16 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.078 | 42 | 17 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Overall | 4.889 | 67 | 18 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.632 | 63 | 18 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 6.282 | 34 | 12 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 6.300 | 35 | 12 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 7.841 | 54 | 14 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.055 | 64 | 14 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.000 | 80 | 15 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 33 | 11 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 9.300 | 18 | 8 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 9.100 | 19 | 10 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.479 | 35 | 8 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.477 | 37 | 8 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.456 | 27 | 8 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.479 | 37 | 8 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.479 | 37 | 8 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.491 | 37 | 8 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.491 | 37 | 8 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 5.227 | 37 | 14 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 3.374 | 45 | 16 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 3.400 | 45 | 16 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 3.167 | 73 | 19 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 2.567 | 96 | 19 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 3.100 | 100 | 18 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.200 | 101 | 18 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 2.800 | 112 | 17 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 2.300 | 94 | 18 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 1.018 | 119 | 19 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 1.018 | 122 | 19 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 3.292 | 107 | 18 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 3.340 | 110 | 18 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 3.340 | 109 | 18 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 3.341 | 109 | 18 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 3.807 | 110 | 18 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 3.807 | 110 | 18 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Italy - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.631 | 21 | 13 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 24 | 14 | 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 |
| Overall | 6.433 | 27 | 16 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.017 | 46 | 18 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 9.048 | 3 | 2 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 9.000 | 4 | 2 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.340 | 5 | 6 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 2 | 1 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 1 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 11 | 1 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 5 | 1 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 9 | 1 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 3 | 1 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.666 | 22 | 12 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.666 | 22 | 12 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 22 | 12 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.671 | 20 | 9 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.671 | 20 | 9 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 33 | 17 | 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 | 7.344 | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 7.344 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |