Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
95/125
Regional Rank
16/19
Score
4.148
Nepal’s IPRI score decreased by -0.037 to 4.148 placing it 16th in the Asia and Oceania region and 95th in the world. Nepal is classified by the IMF as part of the Emerging and Developing Asia group and by the World Bank as Low income country.
Nepal’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.054 to 4.191 with scores of 4.229 in Judicial Independence, 4.103 in Rule of Law, 4.496 in Political Stability, and 3.935 in Control of Corruption.
Nepal’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.058 to 4.798 with scores of 8.478 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.467 in Registering Property, and 4.847 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Nepal’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 3.454 with scores of 4.038 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 3 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 3.325 in Trademark Protection.
Nepal is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- EU
Nepal - IPRI Overall Score
Nepal - 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
Nepal - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.949 | 93 | 17 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.034 | 96 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.400 | 101 | 17 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.400 | 101 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.500 | 99 | 16 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.500 | 80 | 14 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.169 | 97 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.461 | 96 | 16 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.941 | 76 | 15 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.946 | 83 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.842 | 90 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.909 | 91 | 16 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.724 | 93 | 17 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.240 | 93 | 17 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.185 | 97 | 16 | 2023 |
| Overall | 4.148 | 95 | 16 | 2024 |
| Legal and Political | 3.147 | 97 | 16 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 3.115 | 105 | 17 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 3.200 | 112 | 18 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 3.200 | 113 | 18 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 3.300 | 112 | 17 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 3.300 | 85 | 15 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 3.432 | 100 | 16 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 3.917 | 89 | 16 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 4.011 | 88 | 17 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 3.900 | 90 | 16 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 3.847 | 97 | 16 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 3.973 | 88 | 16 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 3.957 | 86 | 16 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 4.131 | 83 | 16 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 4.245 | 74 | 14 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 4.191 | 76 | 13 | 2024 |
| Physical | 5.425 | 71 | 17 | 2009 |
| Physical | 5.502 | 76 | 15 | 2010 |
| Physical | 5.800 | 76 | 17 | 2011 |
| Physical | 5.900 | 74 | 14 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.000 | 73 | 13 | 2013 |
| Physical | 5.900 | 61 | 12 | 2014 |
| Physical | 5.282 | 82 | 15 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.499 | 81 | 15 | 2016 |
| Physical | 6.654 | 50 | 12 | 2017 |
| Physical | 6.639 | 56 | 12 | 2018 |
| Physical | 6.562 | 58 | 13 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.549 | 61 | 13 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.576 | 61 | 13 | 2021 |
| Physical | 4.952 | 65 | 14 | 2022 |
| Physical | 4.856 | 68 | 14 | 2023 |
| Physical | 4.798 | 72 | 14 | 2024 |
| Intellectual | 3.273 | 97 | 17 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 3.485 | 96 | 14 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 92 | 15 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 93 | 14 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 4.200 | 93 | 13 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 4.050 | 82 | 13 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 3.792 | 100 | 16 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 3.965 | 102 | 16 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 4.158 | 104 | 17 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 4.299 | 99 | 17 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 4.118 | 102 | 17 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 4.204 | 102 | 17 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 3.638 | 120 | 18 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 3.638 | 120 | 18 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 3.454 | 120 | 18 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 3.454 | 121 | 18 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Nepal - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.147 | 97 | 16 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.115 | 105 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 3.200 | 112 | 18 | 2011 |
| Overall | 3.200 | 113 | 18 | 2012 |
| Overall | 3.300 | 112 | 17 | 2013 |
| Overall | 3.300 | 85 | 15 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.432 | 100 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.917 | 89 | 16 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.011 | 88 | 17 | 2017 |
| Overall | 3.900 | 90 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 3.847 | 97 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 3.973 | 88 | 16 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.957 | 86 | 16 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.131 | 83 | 16 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.245 | 74 | 14 | 2023 |
| Overall | 4.191 | 76 | 13 | 2024 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.500 | 62 | 12 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.717 | 83 | 17 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.600 | 84 | 18 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.500 | 83 | 18 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.700 | 80 | 17 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.700 | 60 | 15 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.879 | 79 | 17 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.515 | 70 | 15 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.218 | 53 | 11 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.020 | 59 | 13 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.031 | 81 | 16 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.875 | 79 | 17 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.875 | 79 | 17 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.875 | 79 | 17 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.365 | 56 | 11 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.229 | 60 | 11 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law | 3.720 | 85 | 15 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 3.474 | 101 | 18 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 3.100 | 109 | 18 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 3.000 | 112 | 19 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 3.000 | 115 | 19 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 3.400 | 76 | 14 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 3.488 | 99 | 16 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 3.647 | 100 | 16 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 3.597 | 103 | 18 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 3.322 | 110 | 19 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 3.648 | 104 | 18 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 4.044 | 94 | 17 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 3.929 | 95 | 17 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 4.018 | 92 | 16 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 4.067 | 87 | 15 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 4.103 | 84 | 15 | 2024 |
| Political Stability | 0.740 | 111 | 17 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 1.621 | 113 | 17 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 1.400 | 120 | 18 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 1.700 | 119 | 18 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 1.900 | 120 | 18 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 2.200 | 89 | 15 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 2.717 | 104 | 14 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 3.593 | 98 | 14 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 3.327 | 105 | 16 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 3.778 | 98 | 14 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 4.209 | 96 | 14 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 4.320 | 95 | 14 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 4.370 | 87 | 13 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 4.785 | 71 | 12 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 4.609 | 69 | 10 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 4.496 | 69 | 10 | 2024 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.629 | 86 | 13 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.647 | 96 | 15 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.500 | 101 | 17 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.600 | 95 | 15 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.500 | 101 | 16 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.300 | 79 | 15 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.645 | 92 | 16 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.912 | 82 | 15 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.903 | 86 | 17 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.480 | 99 | 17 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.501 | 104 | 17 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.653 | 98 | 17 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.652 | 97 | 17 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.844 | 93 | 17 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.939 | 85 | 16 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.935 | 85 | 15 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Nepal - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.425 | 71 | 17 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.502 | 76 | 15 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 76 | 17 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.900 | 74 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 73 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.900 | 61 | 12 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.282 | 82 | 15 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.499 | 81 | 15 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.654 | 50 | 12 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.639 | 56 | 12 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.562 | 58 | 13 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.549 | 61 | 13 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.576 | 61 | 13 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.952 | 65 | 14 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.856 | 68 | 14 | 2023 |
| Overall | 4.798 | 72 | 14 | 2024 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.000 | 81 | 15 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.333 | 100 | 17 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.400 | 110 | 19 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.600 | 107 | 19 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.000 | 101 | 17 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.900 | 77 | 14 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 3.896 | 104 | 16 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.548 | 100 | 16 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.124 | 79 | 14 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.357 | 68 | 14 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.126 | 81 | 15 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.079 | 89 | 16 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.079 | 89 | 16 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.079 | 89 | 16 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.079 | 85 | 15 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.079 | 85 | 15 | 2024 |
| Registering Process | 9.275 | 9 | 3 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 9.355 | 12 | 3 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 9.500 | 13 | 3 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 9.500 | 12 | 3 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 9.500 | 12 | 3 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 9.500 | 9 | 3 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.845 | 13 | 5 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.844 | 14 | 5 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.838 | 10 | 3 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.798 | 19 | 5 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.798 | 19 | 5 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.804 | 21 | 5 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.804 | 21 | 5 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 4.931 | 41 | 8 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 4.642 | 50 | 9 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 4.467 | 57 | 10 | 2024 |
| Access to Financing | 2.000 | 103 | 18 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 2.817 | 90 | 17 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 3.500 | 81 | 18 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.600 | 80 | 17 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 3.600 | 84 | 16 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 3.400 | 74 | 14 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 2.106 | 98 | 17 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 2.106 | 100 | 17 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 5.000 | 65 | 14 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.762 | 68 | 15 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.762 | 68 | 15 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.763 | 68 | 15 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 4.847 | 67 | 16 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 4.847 | 67 | 16 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.847 | 63 | 15 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 4.847 | 63 | 15 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Nepal - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.273 | 97 | 17 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.485 | 96 | 14 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 92 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 93 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.200 | 93 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.050 | 82 | 13 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.792 | 100 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.965 | 102 | 16 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.158 | 104 | 17 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.299 | 99 | 17 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.118 | 102 | 17 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.204 | 102 | 17 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.638 | 120 | 18 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.638 | 120 | 18 | 2022 |
| Overall | 3.454 | 120 | 18 | 2023 |
| Overall | 3.454 | 121 | 18 | 2024 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 2.167 | 102 | 17 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 2.600 | 106 | 18 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.700 | 107 | 19 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.800 | 103 | 17 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.000 | 103 | 17 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.100 | 76 | 13 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.214 | 98 | 16 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.561 | 103 | 17 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.945 | 103 | 17 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.228 | 94 | 17 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.866 | 113 | 19 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.038 | 104 | 18 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.038 | 104 | 18 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.038 | 104 | 18 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.038 | 100 | 17 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.038 | 100 | 17 | 2024 |
| Patent Protection | 4.380 | 90 | 17 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 95 | 17 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 4.400 | 95 | 17 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 4.400 | 95 | 17 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 4.400 | 94 | 17 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 4.400 | 92 | 15 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 97 | 17 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 100 | 17 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 100 | 17 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 99 | 17 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 103 | 17 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 101 | 17 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 3.550 | 104 | 17 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 3.550 | 104 | 17 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 3.000 | 123 | 18 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 3.000 | 123 | 18 | 2024 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2009 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2010 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2011 | |
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| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2019 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2020 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2021 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 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 | 3.325 | 123 | 16 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 3.325 | 123 | 16 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 3.325 | 122 | 16 | 2023 |
| Trademark Protection | 3.325 | 122 | 16 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |