2022
| International Property Rights Index

Kenya

Region

Africa

Global Rank

86/129

Regional Rank

9/30

Score

4.407

Kenya’s IPRI score decreased by -0.577 to 4.407 placing it 9st in the Africa region and 86th in the world. Kenya is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as Lower middle income country.

 

Kenya’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.065 to 3.768 with scores of 4.673 in Judicial Independence, 3.885 in Rule of Law, 3.226 in Political Stability, and 3.289 in Control of Corruption.

 

Kenya’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.665 to 4.679 with scores of 5.608 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 3.558 in Registering Process, and 4.871 in Access to Financing.

 

Kenya’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 4.774 with scores of 5.213 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.783 in Patent Protection, 2.6 in Copyright Protection, and 5.499 in Trademark Protection.

 

Kenya is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • IGAD

Kenya - IPRI Overall Score

Kenya - 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

Kenya - IPRI Overall Score

Kenya - Legal and Political Environment

Kenya - Physical Property Rights

Kenya - Intellectual Property Rights