Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
9/129
Regional Rank
3/19
Score
7.677
Japan’s IPRI score decreased by -0.216 to 7.677 placing it 3st in the Asia and Oceania region and 9th in the world. Japan is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as Upper middle income country.
Japan’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.01 to 7.966 with scores of 8.647 in Judicial Independence, 8.05 in Rule of Law, 7.175 in Political Stability, and 7.992 in Control of Corruption.
Japan’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.637 to 7.606 with scores of 8.688 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.648 in Registering Process, and 6.483 in Access to Financing.
Japan’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 7.46 with scores of 8.295 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.977 in Patent Protection, 8.4 in Copyright Protection, and 6.168 in Trademark Protection.
Japan is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- TPP-11
Japan - IPRI Overall Score
Japan - 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
Japan - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.500 | 13 | 4 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.619 | 17 | 4 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.608 | 18 | 4 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.600 | 16 | 5 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 13 | 4 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 14 | 4 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 11 | 5 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.977 | 8 | 3 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.098 | 8 | 3 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.327 | 8 | 3 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.231 | 11 | 4 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.323 | 6 | 4 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.362 | 5 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.893 | 12 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.677 | 9 | 3 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 7.300 | 14 | 5 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 7.404 | 20 | 5 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 7.365 | 21 | 5 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 7.600 | 19 | 5 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 7.700 | 17 | 5 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 7.700 | 17 | 5 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 7.425 | 19 | 5 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 7.919 | 16 | 5 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 8.086 | 15 | 5 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 7.936 | 16 | 5 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 7.836 | 16 | 5 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 8.031 | 14 | 5 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 7.987 | 14 | 5 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 7.976 | 13 | 4 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 7.966 | 11 | 3 | 2022 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 18 | 5 | 2008 |
| Physical | 7.217 | 23 | 7 | 2009 |
| Physical | 7.131 | 29 | 7 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 28 | 6 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.100 | 24 | 7 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.200 | 22 | 7 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.200 | 20 | 5 | 2014 |
| Physical | 7.450 | 13 | 5 | 2015 |
| Physical | 7.581 | 11 | 5 | 2016 |
| Physical | 8.458 | 6 | 3 | 2017 |
| Physical | 8.340 | 7 | 3 | 2018 |
| Physical | 8.317 | 6 | 3 | 2019 |
| Physical | 8.424 | 3 | 3 | 2020 |
| Physical | 8.243 | 6 | 3 | 2021 |
| Physical | 7.606 | 10 | 4 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 8.200 | 8 | 2 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 8.236 | 7 | 1 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 8.328 | 4 | 1 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 8.200 | 8 | 2 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 8.300 | 5 | 1 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 8.300 | 4 | 1 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 8.467 | 6 | 2 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 8.563 | 1 | 1 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 8.627 | 2 | 1 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.586 | 3 | 1 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 8.517 | 6 | 2 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 8.620 | 5 | 2 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 8.676 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 7.460 | 6 | 2 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 7.460 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Japan - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.300 | 14 | 5 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.404 | 20 | 5 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.365 | 21 | 5 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.600 | 19 | 5 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 17 | 5 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 17 | 5 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.425 | 19 | 5 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.919 | 16 | 5 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.086 | 15 | 5 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.936 | 16 | 5 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.836 | 16 | 5 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.031 | 14 | 5 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.987 | 14 | 5 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.976 | 13 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.966 | 11 | 3 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.600 | 19 | 5 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.500 | 20 | 5 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.300 | 23 | 5 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.100 | 19 | 4 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.300 | 17 | 4 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.300 | 17 | 4 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.500 | 13 | 3 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.604 | 8 | 3 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.644 | 12 | 3 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.469 | 15 | 4 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.386 | 15 | 4 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.473 | 10 | 4 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.647 | 5 | 2 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.647 | 5 | 2 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.647 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 7.780 | 21 | 5 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 7.793 | 21 | 5 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 7.600 | 22 | 5 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 7.600 | 23 | 5 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 7.500 | 23 | 5 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 7.600 | 23 | 5 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 7.819 | 19 | 5 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 8.197 | 19 | 5 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 8.023 | 19 | 5 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 7.755 | 21 | 5 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 8.132 | 18 | 5 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 8.068 | 17 | 5 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 8.076 | 17 | 5 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 8.050 | 16 | 5 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 10 | 4 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 7.040 | 14 | 4 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 6.874 | 24 | 6 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 18 | 4 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.700 | 23 | 5 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 21 | 6 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 21 | 5 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 6.963 | 18 | 4 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 7.041 | 18 | 5 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 7.034 | 15 | 5 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 7.182 | 14 | 4 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 7.474 | 9 | 4 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 7.382 | 10 | 4 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 7.231 | 13 | 5 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 7.175 | 11 | 4 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.300 | 18 | 5 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.298 | 22 | 5 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.493 | 22 | 5 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.700 | 21 | 5 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.100 | 18 | 5 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.000 | 19 | 5 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.200 | 16 | 5 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.292 | 15 | 4 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.461 | 14 | 4 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.217 | 17 | 5 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.022 | 19 | 5 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.044 | 18 | 5 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.850 | 20 | 5 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.951 | 19 | 5 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.992 | 19 | 5 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Japan - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.000 | 18 | 5 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.217 | 23 | 7 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.131 | 29 | 7 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 28 | 6 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 24 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 22 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 20 | 5 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.450 | 13 | 5 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.581 | 11 | 5 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.458 | 6 | 3 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.340 | 7 | 3 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.317 | 6 | 3 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.424 | 3 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.243 | 6 | 3 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.606 | 10 | 4 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.700 | 15 | 3 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.667 | 15 | 4 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.767 | 15 | 4 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.000 | 19 | 6 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.100 | 19 | 5 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.300 | 17 | 6 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.300 | 14 | 5 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.240 | 11 | 4 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.634 | 7 | 3 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.619 | 11 | 3 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.449 | 10 | 4 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.379 | 9 | 3 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.688 | 5 | 3 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.688 | 5 | 3 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.688 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 7.400 | 17 | 6 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.484 | 27 | 8 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.644 | 31 | 8 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.700 | 39 | 8 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.800 | 41 | 8 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.800 | 42 | 9 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.700 | 35 | 8 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.548 | 27 | 8 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.546 | 29 | 8 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.527 | 21 | 8 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.547 | 31 | 8 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.547 | 33 | 10 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.558 | 32 | 10 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.558 | 33 | 10 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 7.648 | 14 | 5 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.900 | 27 | 8 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 4.500 | 48 | 13 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 3.983 | 65 | 14 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 46 | 13 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 50 | 13 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 50 | 14 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 4.800 | 27 | 10 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 4.562 | 19 | 6 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 4.562 | 19 | 6 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 7.227 | 6 | 4 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 7.025 | 7 | 4 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 7.025 | 7 | 4 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 7.026 | 7 | 4 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 6.483 | 13 | 6 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 6.483 | 13 | 6 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Japan - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.200 | 8 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.236 | 7 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.328 | 4 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 8 | 2 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 5 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 4 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.467 | 6 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.563 | 1 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.627 | 2 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.586 | 3 | 1 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.517 | 6 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.620 | 5 | 2 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.676 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.460 | 6 | 2 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.460 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.100 | 11 | 3 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.667 | 16 | 4 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.750 | 14 | 4 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.500 | 20 | 5 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.500 | 21 | 5 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.700 | 17 | 4 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.200 | 8 | 4 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.255 | 7 | 3 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.447 | 6 | 3 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.226 | 14 | 4 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.017 | 18 | 5 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.129 | 11 | 4 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.295 | 8 | 3 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.295 | 8 | 3 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.295 | 8 | 3 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 9.700 | 2 | 1 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.340 | 12 | 1 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 9 | 1 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 6 | 1 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 4 | 1 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 6 | 1 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 4 | 1 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 9 | 1 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 10 | 1 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 5 | 1 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 4 | 2 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 5 | 2 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 6 | 2 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.977 | 15 | 4 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.977 | 15 | 4 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.200 | 4 | 2 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 8 | 3 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 3 | 1 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 3 | 1 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 3 | 1 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 4 | 2 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 3 | 1 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.100 | 2 | 1 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.100 | 2 | 1 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.200 | 2 | 2 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.200 | 2 | 2 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 3 | 2 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 2 | 2 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 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 | 6.168 | 38 | 4 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.168 | 38 | 4 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |