Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
12/125
Regional Rank
4/19
Score
7.588
Japan’s IPRI score increased by 0.005 to 7.588 placing it 4th in the Asia and Oceania region and 12nd in the world. Japan is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Japan’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.001 to 7.759 with scores of 7.691 in Judicial Independence, 8.116 in Rule of Law, 7.148 in Political Stability, and 8.08 in Control of Corruption.
Japan’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.013 to 7.673 with scores of 6.693 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.847 in Registering Property, and 6.483 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Japan’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 7.331 with scores of 8.295 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.667 in Patent Protection, 8.195 in Copyright Protection, and 6.168 in Trademark Protection.
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 | 17 | 5 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 13 | 4 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 16 | 5 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 15 | 4 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.977 | 8 | 3 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.098 | 7 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.583 | 13 | 4 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.588 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Legal and Political | 7.300 | 15 | 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 |
| Legal and Political | 7.758 | 16 | 4 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 7.759 | 15 | 4 | 2024 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 17 | 5 | 2008 |
| Physical | 7.217 | 23 | 7 | 2009 |
| Physical | 7.131 | 29 | 7 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 30 | 6 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.100 | 24 | 7 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.200 | 23 | 7 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.200 | 21 | 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 |
| Physical | 7.660 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Physical | 7.673 | 7 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 | 4 | 1 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 8.300 | 2 | 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 |
| Intellectual | 7.331 | 12 | 3 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 7.331 | 12 | 3 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Japan - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.300 | 15 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.758 | 16 | 4 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.759 | 15 | 4 | 2024 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.600 | 18 | 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 | 18 | 4 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.300 | 16 | 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.636 | 21 | 3 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.691 | 18 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Rule of Law | 8.159 | 15 | 4 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 8.116 | 13 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 | 17 | 5 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.700 | 22 | 5 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 22 | 6 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 20 | 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 |
| Political Stability | 7.106 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 7.148 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.300 | 19 | 5 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.298 | 22 | 5 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.493 | 22 | 5 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.700 | 22 | 5 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.100 | 17 | 5 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.000 | 20 | 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.131 | 17 | 4 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.080 | 17 | 4 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Japan - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.000 | 17 | 5 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.217 | 23 | 7 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.131 | 29 | 7 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 30 | 6 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 24 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 23 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 21 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.660 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.673 | 7 | 2 | 2024 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.700 | 13 | 4 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.667 | 14 | 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 | 4 | 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 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.688 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.688 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 | 40 | 8 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.800 | 40 | 8 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.800 | 41 | 9 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.700 | 34 | 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 | 33 | 10 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.558 | 32 | 10 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 7.648 | 14 | 5 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 7.810 | 12 | 4 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 7.847 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Access to Financing | 4.900 | 27 | 8 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 4.500 | 47 | 13 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 3.983 | 65 | 14 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 46 | 13 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 49 | 13 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 53 | 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 |
| Access to Financing | 6.483 | 12 | 5 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 6.483 | 12 | 5 | 2024 |
| 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 | 4 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 2 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.331 | 12 | 3 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.331 | 12 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 | 19 | 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.295 | 7 | 2 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.295 | 7 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 | 9 | 1 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 9 | 1 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 9 | 1 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.300 | 10 | 1 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 10 | 1 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 10 | 1 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 10 | 1 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 5 | 2 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 6 | 2 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 9.333 | 6 | 2 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.977 | 15 | 4 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.977 | 15 | 4 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 6.667 | 18 | 3 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 6.667 | 18 | 3 | 2024 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.200 | 4 | 2 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 8 | 3 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 2 | 1 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.200 | 2 | 1 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 2 | 1 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.195 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.195 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.168 | 38 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.168 | 38 | 4 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |