2022
| International Property Rights Index

Malawi

Region

Africa

Global Rank

88/129

Regional Rank

10/30

Score

4.335

Malawi’s IPRI score decreased by -0.377 to 4.335 placing it 10st in the Africa region and 88th in the world. Malawi is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as Upper middle income country.

 

Malawi’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.215 to 4.425 with scores of 4.316 in Judicial Independence, 4.466 in Rule of Law, 4.708 in Political Stability, and 4.21 in Control of Corruption.

 

Malawi’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.344 to 4.258 with scores of 5.385 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.463 in Registering Process, and 2.924 in Access to Financing.

 

Malawi’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 4.323 with scores of 4.162 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 4.083 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 4.725 in Trademark Protection.

 

Malawi is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • SADC

Malawi - IPRI Overall Score

Malawi - 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

Malawi - IPRI Overall Score

Malawi - Legal and Political Environment

Malawi - Physical Property Rights

Malawi - Intellectual Property Rights