Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
7/125
Regional Rank
2/19
Score
7.721
New Zealand’s IPRI score decreased by -0.072 to 7.721 placing it 2nd in the Asia and Oceania region and 7th 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 -0.136 to 8.528 with scores of 8.697 in Judicial Independence, 8.464 in Rule of Law, 7.625 in Political Stability, and 9.327 in Control of Corruption.
New Zealand’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.081 to 7.668 with scores of 4.32 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.393 in Registering Property, and 6.518 in Ease of Access to Loans.
New Zealand’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 6.966 with scores of 8.066 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.467 in Patent Protection, 7.18 in Copyright Protection, and 6.15 in Trademark Protection.
New Zealand is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- PARLACEN
- MCCA
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
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.110 | 5 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 6 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.350 | 4 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.287 | 7 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 5 | 2 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 6 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.400 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 2 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.207 | 3 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.266 | 2 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.633 | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.632 | 2 | 1 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.514 | 3 | 1 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.424 | 4 | 2 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.079 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.929 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.793 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.721 | 7 | 2 | 2024 |
| Legal and Political | 8.621 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 8.600 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 8.763 | 4 | 1 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 8.763 | 2 | 1 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 8.800 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 8.800 | 3 | 1 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 8.900 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 8.900 | 1 | 1 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 8.974 | 1 | 1 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 9.008 | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 9.031 | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 9.012 | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 8.891 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 8.819 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 8.785 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 8.756 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 8.664 | 4 | 1 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 8.528 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Physical | 8.033 | 6 | 1 | 2007 |
| Physical | 8.000 | 6 | 2 | 2008 |
| Physical | 8.346 | 6 | 1 | 2009 |
| Physical | 8.181 | 7 | 2 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.700 | 13 | 4 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.800 | 8 | 3 | 2012 |
| Physical | 8.200 | 3 | 2 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.833 | 11 | 3 | 2014 |
| Physical | 7.774 | 5 | 2 | 2015 |
| Physical | 7.851 | 6 | 3 | 2016 |
| Physical | 8.826 | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Physical | 8.874 | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Physical | 8.711 | 2 | 2 | 2019 |
| Physical | 8.598 | 2 | 2 | 2020 |
| Physical | 8.173 | 8 | 4 | 2021 |
| Physical | 7.754 | 6 | 3 | 2022 |
| Physical | 7.749 | 6 | 2 | 2023 |
| Physical | 7.668 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| Intellectual | 7.674 | 13 | 2 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 7.700 | 14 | 3 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 7.940 | 15 | 3 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.917 | 13 | 3 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 15 | 3 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 14 | 2 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 8.200 | 8 | 2 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 7.967 | 18 | 4 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 7.874 | 18 | 4 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 7.937 | 18 | 4 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.044 | 19 | 4 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 8.009 | 17 | 4 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 7.938 | 17 | 4 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 7.855 | 17 | 4 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 7.278 | 13 | 3 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 7.278 | 13 | 3 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 6.966 | 17 | 4 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 6.966 | 18 | 4 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
New Zealand - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.621 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.600 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.763 | 4 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.763 | 2 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.800 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.800 | 3 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.900 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.900 | 1 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.974 | 1 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 9.008 | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 9.031 | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Overall | 9.012 | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.891 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.819 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.785 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Overall | 8.756 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Overall | 8.664 | 4 | 1 | 2023 |
| Overall | 8.528 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.864 | 4 | 1 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 4 | 1 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.167 | 2 | 1 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.383 | 2 | 1 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.700 | 1 | 1 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.600 | 1 | 1 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.600 | 1 | 1 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.500 | 1 | 1 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.583 | 1 | 1 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.473 | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.466 | 2 | 1 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.514 | 2 | 1 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 3 | 1 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.916 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.916 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.916 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.704 | 10 | 2 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.697 | 10 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 8.820 | 5 | 1 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 8.704 | 8 | 1 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 8.800 | 3 | 1 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 8.700 | 5 | 1 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 8.800 | 4 | 1 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 8.800 | 4 | 1 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 8.720 | 5 | 1 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 9.034 | 4 | 1 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 9.042 | 5 | 1 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 8.854 | 5 | 1 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 8.845 | 5 | 1 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 8.753 | 5 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 8.769 | 6 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 8.767 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 8.637 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 8.464 | 7 | 2 | 2024 |
| Political Stability | 7.400 | 4 | 1 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 7.400 | 4 | 2 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 7.480 | 6 | 1 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 7.329 | 10 | 3 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 7.000 | 15 | 3 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 7.300 | 7 | 3 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 7.700 | 3 | 1 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 7.700 | 5 | 2 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 7.899 | 1 | 1 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 7.986 | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 8.034 | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 8.092 | 2 | 2 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 8.340 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 8.258 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 8.116 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 8.039 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 7.914 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 7.625 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.600 | 2 | 1 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.600 | 2 | 1 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.586 | 5 | 1 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.636 | 5 | 2 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.800 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.700 | 2 | 1 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.700 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.600 | 2 | 1 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.695 | 2 | 1 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.540 | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.583 | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.590 | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.482 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.349 | 3 | 2 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.340 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.301 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.403 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.327 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
New Zealand - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.033 | 6 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 6 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.346 | 6 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.181 | 7 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 13 | 4 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 8 | 3 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 3 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.833 | 11 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.774 | 5 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.851 | 6 | 3 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.826 | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.874 | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.711 | 2 | 2 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.598 | 2 | 2 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.173 | 8 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.754 | 6 | 3 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.749 | 6 | 2 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.668 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.659 | 14 | 4 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.700 | 14 | 5 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.667 | 15 | 5 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.633 | 16 | 5 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.200 | 16 | 4 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.300 | 16 | 4 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.700 | 7 | 3 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 9 | 3 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.262 | 10 | 3 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.494 | 8 | 4 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.585 | 12 | 4 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.844 | 5 | 2 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.356 | 10 | 4 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.093 | 12 | 5 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.093 | 12 | 5 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.093 | 12 | 5 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.093 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.093 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Registering Process | 9.245 | 3 | 2 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 9.200 | 3 | 2 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 9.538 | 3 | 2 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 9.592 | 3 | 2 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 9.800 | 4 | 2 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 9.800 | 5 | 2 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 9.800 | 4 | 2 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 9.800 | 3 | 2 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.986 | 3 | 1 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.986 | 3 | 1 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.986 | 2 | 1 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.986 | 3 | 1 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.986 | 2 | 1 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.909 | 7 | 1 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.909 | 7 | 1 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 8.653 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 8.636 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 8.393 | 5 | 2 | 2024 |
| Access to Financing | 6.196 | 15 | 5 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 6.200 | 14 | 5 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 6.833 | 8 | 1 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 6.317 | 12 | 4 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 5.100 | 28 | 7 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 5.400 | 19 | 5 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 6.000 | 11 | 5 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 6.100 | 5 | 4 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 5.073 | 11 | 4 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 5.073 | 11 | 4 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 7.906 | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 7.791 | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 7.791 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 7.792 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 6.518 | 11 | 5 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 6.518 | 11 | 5 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 6.518 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 6.518 | 10 | 4 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
New Zealand - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.674 | 13 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 14 | 3 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.940 | 15 | 3 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.917 | 13 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 15 | 3 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 14 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 8 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.967 | 18 | 4 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.874 | 18 | 4 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.937 | 18 | 4 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.044 | 19 | 4 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.009 | 17 | 4 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.938 | 17 | 4 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.855 | 17 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.278 | 13 | 3 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.278 | 13 | 3 | 2022 |
| Overall | 6.966 | 17 | 4 | 2023 |
| Overall | 6.966 | 18 | 4 | 2024 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.971 | 11 | 3 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.000 | 12 | 4 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.000 | 13 | 3 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.933 | 13 | 3 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.300 | 7 | 2 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.300 | 8 | 2 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.700 | 2 | 2 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.600 | 3 | 2 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.271 | 6 | 2 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.462 | 5 | 2 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.581 | 6 | 2 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.728 | 5 | 2 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.316 | 8 | 2 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.066 | 10 | 4 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.066 | 10 | 4 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.066 | 10 | 4 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.066 | 9 | 3 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.066 | 9 | 3 | 2024 |
| Patent Protection | 8.000 | 21 | 4 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.000 | 22 | 5 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 8.200 | 34 | 6 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 8.017 | 35 | 7 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 8.000 | 37 | 7 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 8.000 | 37 | 7 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 8.000 | 36 | 6 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 7.400 | 45 | 9 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 7.350 | 47 | 11 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 7.350 | 48 | 11 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 7.350 | 48 | 11 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 7.100 | 54 | 10 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 7.100 | 55 | 10 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 7.100 | 55 | 10 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.495 | 28 | 6 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.495 | 28 | 6 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 6.467 | 24 | 5 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 6.467 | 24 | 5 | 2024 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.052 | 4 | 2 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.100 | 5 | 3 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 7 | 2 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 4 | 2 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 4 | 3 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 4 | 2 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 5 | 3 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 4 | 2 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 4 | 2 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 4 | 2 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.200 | 3 | 2 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.200 | 3 | 2 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 3 | 2 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 3 | 2 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.400 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.180 | 13 | 5 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.180 | 13 | 5 | 2024 |
| 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 | 6.150 | 39 | 5 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.150 | 39 | 5 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.150 | 39 | 5 | 2023 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.150 | 39 | 5 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |