Macedonia

North Macedonia’s IPRI score decreased by -0.473 to 4.31 placing it 21st in the Central Eastern Europe and Central Asia region and 90th in the world. North Macedonia is classified by the IMF as part of the Emerging and Developing Europe group and by the World Bank as Low income country.

North Macedonia’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.131 to 4.169 with scores of 2.295 in Judicial Independence, 4.871 in Rule of Law, 5.356 in Political Stability, and 4.155 in Control of Corruption.

North Macedonia’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.551 to 4.188 with scores of 4.308 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.36 in Registering Process, and 3.897 in Access to Financing.

North Macedonia’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 4.572 with scores of 3.765 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, data wasn't available to measure Patent Protection, 3.7 in Copyright Protection, and 6.25 in Trademark Protection.