2025
| International Property Rights Index

New Zealand

Region

Asia and Oceania

Global Rank

9/126

Regional Rank

3/19

Score

7.674

New Zealand’s IPRI score decreased by -0.046 to 7.674 placing it 3rd in the Asia and Oceania region and 9th in the world. New Zealand is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.

 

New Zealand’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.017 to 8.511 with scores of 8.649 in Judicial Independence, 8.411 in Rule of Law, 7.817 in Political Stability, and 9.168 in Control of Corruption.

 

New Zealand’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.048 to 7.62 with scores of 10 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.36 in Registering Property, and 4.5 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

New Zealand’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.077 to 6.889 with scores of 8.066 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.467 in Patent Protection, 7.18 in Copyright Protection, and 5.843 in Trademark Protection.

 

New Zealand is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • OECD
  • CPTPP

New Zealand - IPRI Overall Score

New Zealand - 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

New Zealand - IPRI Overall Score

New Zealand - Legal and Political Environment

New Zealand - Physical Property Rights

New Zealand - Intellectual Property Rights