Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
4/126
Regional Rank
2/19
Score
7.909
Japan’s IPRI score increased by 0.322 to 7.909 placing it 2nd in the Asia and Oceania region and 4th 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 decreased by -0.101 to 7.658 with scores of 7.73 in Judicial Independence, 8.071 in Rule of Law, 7.038 in Political Stability, and 7.791 in Control of Corruption.
Japan’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 1.247 to 8.92 with scores of 10 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.759 in Registering Property, and 9 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Japan’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.182 to 7.149 with scores of 8.295 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.667 in Patent Protection, 8.195 in Copyright Protection, and 5.437 in Trademark Protection.
Japan is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- CPTPP
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 |
| Overall | 7.909 | 4 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Legal and Political | 7.658 | 16 | 4 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Physical | 8.920 | 3 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Intellectual | 7.149 | 13 | 3 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Overall | 7.658 | 16 | 4 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.730 | 18 | 3 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Rule of Law | 8.071 | 14 | 3 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Political Stability | 7.038 | 12 | 4 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.791 | 17 | 4 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Overall | 8.920 | 3 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 10.000 | 35 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Registering Process | 7.759 | 12 | 4 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Access to Financing | 9.000 | 2 | 1 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Overall | 7.149 | 13 | 3 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.295 | 7 | 2 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Patent Protection | 6.667 | 20 | 3 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.195 | 10 | 4 | 2025 |
| 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 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.437 | 61 | 8 | 2025 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |