Region
Africa
Global Rank
42/129
Regional Rank
1/30
Score
6.214
Mauritius’s IPRI score decreased by 0.004 to 5.265 placing it 1st in the Africa region and 42nd in the world. Mauritius is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as Upper middle income country.
Mauritius’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.101 to 3.564 with scores of 3.317 in Judicial Independence, 3.683 in Rule of Law, 3.897 in Political Stability, and 3.357 in Control of Corruption.
Mauritius’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.019 to 6.172 with scores of 5.19 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.731 in Registering Property, and 4.537 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Mauritius’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.131 to 6.078 with scores of 5.241 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.975 in Patent Protection, 5.1 in Copyright Protection, and data wasn't available to measure Trademark Protection.
Mauritius is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- SADC
Mauritius - IPRI Overall Score
Mauritius - 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
Mauritius - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.467 | 30 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.500 | 31 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.717 | 45 | 3 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.939 | 46 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 37 | 3 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.200 | 41 | 3 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 39 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 33 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.126 | 34 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.144 | 34 | 3 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.315 | 38 | 3 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.249 | 40 | 3 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.297 | 40 | 1 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.359 | 40 | 1 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.214 | 42 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 5.704 | 26 | 2 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 5.700 | 27 | 2 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 6.252 | 35 | 2 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 6.552 | 32 | 2 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 6.600 | 35 | 2 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 6.500 | 32 | 2 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 6.700 | 33 | 2 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 6.650 | 28 | 2 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 6.511 | 31 | 2 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 6.473 | 32 | 2 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 6.535 | 32 | 2 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 6.520 | 33 | 1 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 6.443 | 33 | 1 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 6.516 | 30 | 1 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 6.474 | 31 | 1 | 2021 |
| Physical | 4.613 | 47 | 2 | 2007 |
| Physical | 4.600 | 48 | 2 | 2008 |
| Physical | 6.030 | 49 | 4 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.403 | 47 | 3 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.200 | 21 | 1 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.100 | 25 | 1 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.100 | 27 | 2 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.133 | 23 | 1 | 2014 |
| Physical | 6.856 | 26 | 2 | 2015 |
| Physical | 6.848 | 28 | 2 | 2016 |
| Physical | 7.228 | 35 | 3 | 2017 |
| Physical | 7.086 | 35 | 2 | 2018 |
| Physical | 7.221 | 33 | 1 | 2019 |
| Physical | 7.328 | 31 | 1 | 2020 |
| Physical | 7.216 | 33 | 1 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 6.083 | 25 | 2 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 6.100 | 26 | 2 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 4.869 | 58 | 4 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 4.861 | 59 | 3 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 5.000 | 68 | 8 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 5.000 | 66 | 7 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 5.000 | 72 | 12 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 5.000 | 60 | 8 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 5.010 | 62 | 4 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 5.112 | 63 | 4 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 5.184 | 67 | 6 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 5.142 | 67 | 5 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 5.228 | 72 | 7 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 5.235 | 70 | 6 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 4.951 | 66 | 3 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Mauritius - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.704 | 26 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 27 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.252 | 35 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.552 | 32 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 35 | 2 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 32 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 33 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.650 | 28 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.511 | 31 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.473 | 32 | 2 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.535 | 32 | 2 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.520 | 33 | 1 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.443 | 33 | 1 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.516 | 30 | 1 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.474 | 31 | 1 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.111 | 28 | 2 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.100 | 29 | 2 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.167 | 40 | 3 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.700 | 36 | 4 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.900 | 36 | 3 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.900 | 38 | 4 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.200 | 33 | 4 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.100 | 28 | 3 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.763 | 30 | 2 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.688 | 32 | 3 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.650 | 32 | 3 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.584 | 33 | 2 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.769 | 31 | 1 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.922 | 27 | 1 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.922 | 27 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 6.580 | 31 | 1 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 6.770 | 29 | 1 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 6.900 | 33 | 1 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 6.700 | 33 | 1 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 6.700 | 33 | 1 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 6.900 | 29 | 1 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 6.803 | 34 | 1 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 6.834 | 34 | 1 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 6.708 | 35 | 1 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 6.604 | 36 | 1 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 6.360 | 37 | 1 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 6.559 | 35 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 6.527 | 35 | 1 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 6.800 | 13 | 1 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 6.800 | 15 | 1 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 6.520 | 29 | 2 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 6.675 | 27 | 2 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.200 | 35 | 2 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.100 | 39 | 2 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.800 | 28 | 2 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 19 | 2 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 6.872 | 21 | 2 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 6.475 | 31 | 2 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 6.979 | 20 | 2 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 7.256 | 12 | 2 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 7.243 | 18 | 2 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 7.043 | 22 | 2 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 6.815 | 23 | 2 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.200 | 33 | 2 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.200 | 33 | 2 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.740 | 38 | 2 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.064 | 37 | 2 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.500 | 35 | 2 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.300 | 37 | 2 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.200 | 37 | 2 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.700 | 33 | 2 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.605 | 43 | 3 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.896 | 42 | 3 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.802 | 43 | 3 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.637 | 45 | 3 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.401 | 48 | 3 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.539 | 47 | 3 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.634 | 45 | 3 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Mauritius - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.613 | 47 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 4.600 | 48 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.030 | 49 | 4 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.403 | 47 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 21 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 25 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 27 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.133 | 23 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.856 | 26 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.848 | 28 | 2 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.228 | 35 | 3 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.086 | 35 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.221 | 33 | 1 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.328 | 31 | 1 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.216 | 33 | 1 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.628 | 24 | 2 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.600 | 25 | 2 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.667 | 25 | 2 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.200 | 21 | 2 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.600 | 31 | 2 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.500 | 30 | 2 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.400 | 35 | 3 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.300 | 29 | 2 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.847 | 32 | 3 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.824 | 32 | 3 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.595 | 38 | 4 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.483 | 37 | 3 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.887 | 32 | 1 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.193 | 29 | 1 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.193 | 29 | 1 | 2021 |
| Registering Property | 0.956 | 66 | 7 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 1.000 | 66 | 7 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 5.255 | 103 | 18 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 5.791 | 112 | 21 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 9.000 | 28 | 1 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 9.100 | 26 | 1 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 9.200 | 24 | 1 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 9.100 | 20 | 1 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 9.543 | 28 | 1 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 9.541 | 30 | 2 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 9.522 | 22 | 3 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 9.433 | 44 | 2 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 9.433 | 44 | 2 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 9.447 | 44 | 2 | 2020 |
| Registering Property | 9.447 | 44 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.256 | 24 | 1 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.300 | 23 | 1 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.167 | 36 | 1 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.217 | 34 | 2 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.900 | 32 | 3 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.600 | 40 | 4 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.800 | 38 | 6 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.000 | 24 | 2 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.178 | 30 | 1 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.178 | 30 | 1 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.566 | 43 | 2 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.342 | 43 | 1 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.342 | 43 | 1 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.343 | 43 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.009 | 56 | 2 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Mauritius - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.083 | 25 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 26 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.869 | 58 | 4 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.861 | 59 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 68 | 8 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 66 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 72 | 12 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 60 | 8 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.010 | 62 | 4 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.112 | 63 | 4 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.184 | 67 | 6 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.142 | 67 | 5 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.228 | 72 | 7 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.235 | 70 | 6 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.951 | 66 | 3 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.432 | 29 | 2 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.400 | 30 | 2 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.167 | 42 | 2 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.150 | 42 | 2 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.500 | 49 | 4 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.400 | 51 | 5 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.500 | 50 | 5 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.700 | 35 | 3 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.396 | 38 | 3 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.702 | 40 | 3 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.818 | 44 | 3 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.693 | 49 | 4 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.752 | 50 | 2 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.771 | 53 | 3 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.771 | 53 | 3 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.733 | 33 | 4 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 34 | 4 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 5.140 | 87 | 14 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 5.133 | 91 | 16 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 5.100 | 90 | 16 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 5.100 | 90 | 16 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 5.100 | 89 | 17 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 5.100 | 86 | 16 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 5.133 | 89 | 17 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 5.133 | 93 | 18 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 5.133 | 92 | 18 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 5.133 | 91 | 18 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 5.133 | 94 | 19 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 5.133 | 94 | 20 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 4.283 | 86 | 14 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 4.300 | 42 | 2 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.300 | 49 | 2 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.400 | 45 | 2 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.400 | 47 | 2 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.300 | 48 | 2 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.300 | 40 | 2 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.500 | 48 | 2 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.500 | 48 | 2 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.600 | 47 | 2 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.600 | 47 | 2 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.800 | 48 | 2 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.800 | 48 | 2 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.800 | 48 | 2 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| 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 | No Data | No Data | 2021 | |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |