Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
34/125
Regional Rank
17/19
Score
6.065
Malta’s IPRI score decreased by -0.024 to 6.065 placing it 17th in the Western Europe region and 34th in the world. Malta is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Malta’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.091 to 6.569 with scores of 7.398 in Judicial Independence, 6.574 in Rule of Law, 6.827 in Political Stability, and 5.477 in Control of Corruption.
Malta’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.016 to 5.676 with scores of 2.074 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 5.22 in Registering Property, and 4.984 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Malta’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 5.948 with scores of 6.218 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.35 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 5.276 in Trademark Protection.
Malta is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- ARAB M UNION
Malta - IPRI Overall Score
Malta - 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
Malta - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.583 | 28 | 17 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.634 | 30 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 27 | 16 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 23 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 25 | 15 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 22 | 15 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.720 | 25 | 15 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.727 | 27 | 15 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.881 | 29 | 15 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.734 | 30 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.755 | 30 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.635 | 33 | 16 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.292 | 39 | 17 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.778 | 42 | 17 | 2022 |
| Overall | 6.089 | 33 | 17 | 2023 |
| Overall | 6.065 | 34 | 17 | 2024 |
| Legal and Political | 7.546 | 18 | 13 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 7.499 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 7.300 | 22 | 14 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 7.400 | 21 | 13 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 7.200 | 23 | 15 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 7.150 | 22 | 14 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 6.913 | 27 | 15 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 6.940 | 27 | 15 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 6.844 | 27 | 15 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 6.635 | 29 | 16 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 6.727 | 27 | 16 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 6.505 | 31 | 16 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 6.163 | 39 | 16 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 6.131 | 37 | 16 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 6.660 | 30 | 16 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 6.569 | 30 | 16 | 2024 |
| Physical | 6.250 | 45 | 16 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.408 | 46 | 17 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.800 | 36 | 12 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.300 | 20 | 8 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.300 | 20 | 8 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.233 | 19 | 11 | 2014 |
| Physical | 6.966 | 21 | 7 | 2015 |
| Physical | 6.903 | 24 | 9 | 2016 |
| Physical | 7.328 | 33 | 13 | 2017 |
| Physical | 7.313 | 31 | 13 | 2018 |
| Physical | 7.307 | 30 | 13 | 2019 |
| Physical | 7.279 | 33 | 13 | 2020 |
| Physical | 7.076 | 40 | 15 | 2021 |
| Physical | 5.567 | 49 | 16 | 2022 |
| Physical | 5.660 | 43 | 16 | 2023 |
| Physical | 5.676 | 41 | 16 | 2024 |
| Intellectual | 5.953 | 36 | 19 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 5.994 | 35 | 18 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 6.400 | 34 | 18 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 6.400 | 32 | 17 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 6.500 | 33 | 17 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 6.700 | 28 | 16 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 6.280 | 34 | 17 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 6.339 | 35 | 18 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 6.470 | 35 | 18 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 6.253 | 39 | 18 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 6.232 | 41 | 18 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 6.123 | 43 | 18 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 5.636 | 45 | 18 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 5.636 | 45 | 18 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 5.948 | 35 | 18 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 5.948 | 35 | 18 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Malta - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.546 | 18 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.499 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 22 | 14 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 21 | 13 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 23 | 15 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.150 | 22 | 14 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.913 | 27 | 15 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.940 | 27 | 15 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.844 | 27 | 15 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.635 | 29 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.727 | 27 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.505 | 31 | 16 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.163 | 39 | 16 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.131 | 37 | 16 | 2022 |
| Overall | 6.660 | 30 | 16 | 2023 |
| Overall | 6.569 | 30 | 16 | 2024 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.167 | 28 | 16 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.200 | 26 | 14 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.200 | 31 | 14 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.300 | 31 | 14 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.200 | 32 | 14 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.800 | 31 | 15 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.015 | 37 | 15 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.389 | 36 | 15 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.080 | 41 | 16 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.640 | 48 | 16 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.404 | 54 | 16 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.944 | 59 | 18 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.944 | 59 | 18 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.944 | 59 | 18 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.277 | 24 | 14 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.398 | 22 | 13 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law | 8.100 | 18 | 13 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 8.179 | 18 | 13 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 8.000 | 19 | 13 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 8.000 | 20 | 14 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 7.700 | 22 | 15 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 7.700 | 22 | 15 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 7.644 | 23 | 15 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 7.413 | 24 | 15 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 7.307 | 26 | 15 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 7.150 | 29 | 16 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 7.287 | 24 | 15 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 7.108 | 28 | 16 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 6.904 | 33 | 17 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 6.833 | 36 | 16 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 6.729 | 33 | 17 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 6.574 | 33 | 17 | 2024 |
| Political Stability | 7.620 | 5 | 5 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 7.593 | 6 | 5 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 7.100 | 12 | 9 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 7.300 | 6 | 5 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 7.000 | 19 | 11 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 7.100 | 14 | 9 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 7.013 | 17 | 9 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 7.230 | 11 | 7 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 7.156 | 10 | 6 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 7.313 | 11 | 5 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 7.738 | 5 | 3 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 7.808 | 6 | 4 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 7.324 | 9 | 6 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 7.005 | 15 | 8 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 6.998 | 13 | 7 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 6.827 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.298 | 23 | 15 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.023 | 29 | 17 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.800 | 32 | 17 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.800 | 31 | 17 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.800 | 32 | 17 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.900 | 27 | 16 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.981 | 28 | 15 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.727 | 29 | 16 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.833 | 29 | 16 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.435 | 34 | 16 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.479 | 33 | 16 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.160 | 38 | 17 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.479 | 49 | 18 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.742 | 46 | 18 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.635 | 42 | 18 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.477 | 44 | 18 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Malta - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.250 | 45 | 16 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.408 | 46 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 36 | 12 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 20 | 8 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 20 | 8 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.233 | 19 | 11 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.966 | 21 | 7 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.903 | 24 | 9 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.328 | 33 | 13 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.313 | 31 | 13 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.307 | 30 | 13 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.279 | 33 | 13 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.076 | 40 | 15 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.567 | 49 | 16 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.660 | 43 | 16 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.676 | 41 | 16 | 2024 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.167 | 40 | 17 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.633 | 28 | 14 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.600 | 32 | 15 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.500 | 29 | 14 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.900 | 22 | 13 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.900 | 19 | 12 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.738 | 34 | 15 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.551 | 36 | 15 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.695 | 36 | 15 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.878 | 32 | 15 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.861 | 33 | 15 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.825 | 35 | 15 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.825 | 35 | 15 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.825 | 35 | 15 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.825 | 32 | 15 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.825 | 32 | 15 | 2024 |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2009 | |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2010 | |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2011 | |
| Registering Process | 8.500 | 67 | 14 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.500 | 66 | 14 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.400 | 53 | 15 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.470 | 37 | 10 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.468 | 39 | 10 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.446 | 30 | 10 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.470 | 40 | 10 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.470 | 40 | 10 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.420 | 48 | 10 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.420 | 49 | 10 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 4.892 | 42 | 15 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 5.171 | 34 | 15 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 5.220 | 36 | 15 | 2024 |
| Access to Financing | 5.333 | 34 | 14 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 5.183 | 35 | 12 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 5.900 | 12 | 5 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 5.800 | 12 | 5 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 5.500 | 18 | 5 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 5.600 | 11 | 5 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 4.689 | 16 | 5 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 4.689 | 16 | 5 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 5.845 | 31 | 9 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 5.591 | 38 | 11 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 5.591 | 38 | 11 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 5.591 | 38 | 11 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 4.984 | 59 | 15 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 4.984 | 59 | 15 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.984 | 55 | 15 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 4.984 | 55 | 15 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Malta - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.953 | 36 | 19 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.994 | 35 | 18 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.400 | 34 | 18 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.400 | 32 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 33 | 17 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 28 | 16 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.280 | 34 | 17 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.339 | 35 | 18 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.470 | 35 | 18 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.253 | 39 | 18 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.232 | 41 | 18 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.123 | 43 | 18 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.636 | 45 | 18 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.636 | 45 | 18 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.948 | 35 | 18 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.948 | 35 | 18 | 2024 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.500 | 39 | 18 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.517 | 40 | 18 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.600 | 32 | 15 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.600 | 32 | 15 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.700 | 33 | 15 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.000 | 24 | 14 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.873 | 35 | 16 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.051 | 33 | 16 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.445 | 33 | 15 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.710 | 30 | 15 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.547 | 34 | 16 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.218 | 40 | 17 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.218 | 40 | 17 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.218 | 40 | 17 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.218 | 38 | 17 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.218 | 38 | 17 | 2024 |
| Patent Protection | 6.960 | 56 | 19 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 6.967 | 56 | 19 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 55 | 18 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 55 | 18 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 54 | 18 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 7.400 | 44 | 19 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 7.367 | 46 | 19 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 7.367 | 47 | 19 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 7.367 | 47 | 19 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 66 | 19 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 66 | 19 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 66 | 19 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 5.350 | 67 | 19 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 5.350 | 67 | 19 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 6.350 | 31 | 16 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 6.350 | 31 | 16 | 2024 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.400 | 28 | 17 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.500 | 34 | 17 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.500 | 33 | 17 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 29 | 15 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 30 | 15 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 28 | 15 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 30 | 15 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 30 | 15 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 32 | 15 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 32 | 15 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 34 | 17 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 34 | 17 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 34 | 17 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 34 | 17 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2024 | |
| 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 | 5.276 | 71 | 17 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.276 | 71 | 17 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.276 | 71 | 17 | 2023 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.276 | 71 | 17 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |