Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
47/129
Regional Rank
18/19
Score
6.152
ITALY
Region: Western Europe
Global Rank: 47 of 129
Regional Rank: 18 of 19
Italy’s IPRI score increased by 0.026 to 6.152 placing it 18th in the Western Europe region and 47th 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 0.032 to 5.506 with scores of 5.039 in Judicial Independence, 5.494 in Rule of Law, 6.022 in Political Stability, and 5.471 in Control of Corruption.
Italy’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.018 to 6.155 with scores of 5.632 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.491 in Registering Property, and 3.341 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Italy’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.026 to 6.794 with scores of 6.017 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 8.667 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 |
| Overall | 6.152 | 47 | 18 | 2020 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Overall | 5.506 | 47 | 18 | 2020 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 5.632 | 63 | 18 | 2020 |
| 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 | 15 | 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 | 8 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 9.477 | 37 | 8 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 9.456 | 27 | 8 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 9.479 | 37 | 8 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 9.479 | 37 | 8 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 9.491 | 37 | 8 | 2020 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 17 | 2019 |
| Copyright Piracy | 5.700 | 34 | 17 | 2020 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |