Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Global Rank
119/129
Regional Rank
18/21
Score
3.464
Nicaragua’s IPRI score decreased by -0.565 to 3.464 placing it 18st in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 119th in the world. Nicaragua is classified by the IMF as part of the Latin America and the Caribbean group and by the World Bank as Lower middle income country.
Nicaragua’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.071 to 2.51 with scores of 1.063 in Judicial Independence, 2.564 in Rule of Law, 3.91 in Political Stability, and 2.501 in Control of Corruption.
Nicaragua’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.765 to 3.696 with scores of 4.32 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 2.877 in Registering Process, and 3.889 in Access to Financing.
Nicaragua’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 4.186 with scores of 3.72 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.7 in Patent Protection, 1.9 in Copyright Protection, and 5.425 in Trademark Protection.
Nicaragua is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- PARLACEN
- MCCA
Nicaragua - IPRI Overall Score
Nicaragua - 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
Nicaragua - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2.690 | 66 | 17 | 2007 |
| Overall | 2.700 | 68 | 17 | 2008 |
| Overall | 3.629 | 100 | 17 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.645 | 111 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 109 | 17 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 113 | 18 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.400 | 103 | 18 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.600 | 75 | 14 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.053 | 101 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.981 | 112 | 19 | 2016 |
| Overall | 3.990 | 112 | 18 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.266 | 111 | 18 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.337 | 114 | 18 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.133 | 117 | 18 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.029 | 116 | 18 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.464 | 119 | 18 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 2.022 | 64 | 16 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 2.000 | 65 | 16 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 3.048 | 101 | 17 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 3.039 | 107 | 16 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 3.500 | 105 | 16 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 3.300 | 109 | 17 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 3.600 | 101 | 17 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 3.650 | 77 | 14 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 3.459 | 96 | 13 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 3.233 | 112 | 18 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 3.263 | 114 | 18 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 3.234 | 112 | 18 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 3.342 | 113 | 18 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 2.714 | 124 | 20 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 2.439 | 125 | 20 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 2.510 | 124 | 19 | 2022 |
| Physical | 2.947 | 68 | 18 | 2007 |
| Physical | 2.900 | 69 | 18 | 2008 |
| Physical | 4.192 | 108 | 20 | 2009 |
| Physical | 4.269 | 114 | 19 | 2010 |
| Physical | 4.900 | 115 | 18 | 2011 |
| Physical | 5.200 | 111 | 17 | 2012 |
| Physical | 5.500 | 101 | 18 | 2013 |
| Physical | 5.000 | 90 | 18 | 2014 |
| Physical | 4.882 | 100 | 17 | 2015 |
| Physical | 4.962 | 104 | 18 | 2016 |
| Physical | 4.957 | 101 | 19 | 2017 |
| Physical | 5.659 | 100 | 16 | 2018 |
| Physical | 5.734 | 102 | 16 | 2019 |
| Physical | 5.749 | 103 | 17 | 2020 |
| Physical | 5.461 | 106 | 17 | 2021 |
| Physical | 3.696 | 118 | 19 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 3.102 | 62 | 14 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 3.100 | 63 | 14 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 3.647 | 91 | 17 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 3.628 | 94 | 16 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 3.900 | 100 | 18 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 3.900 | 101 | 18 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 98 | 17 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 4.233 | 78 | 14 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 3.817 | 98 | 17 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 3.749 | 106 | 18 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 3.749 | 111 | 18 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 3.904 | 106 | 18 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 3.934 | 108 | 19 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 3.935 | 107 | 19 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 4.186 | 100 | 15 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 4.186 | 100 | 15 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Nicaragua - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2.022 | 64 | 16 | 2007 |
| Overall | 2.000 | 65 | 16 | 2008 |
| Overall | 3.048 | 101 | 17 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.039 | 107 | 16 | 2010 |
| Overall | 3.500 | 105 | 16 | 2011 |
| Overall | 3.300 | 109 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 3.600 | 101 | 17 | 2013 |
| Overall | 3.650 | 77 | 14 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.459 | 96 | 13 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.233 | 112 | 18 | 2016 |
| Overall | 3.263 | 114 | 18 | 2017 |
| Overall | 3.234 | 112 | 18 | 2018 |
| Overall | 3.342 | 113 | 18 | 2019 |
| Overall | 2.714 | 124 | 20 | 2020 |
| Overall | 2.439 | 125 | 20 | 2021 |
| Overall | 2.510 | 124 | 19 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 0.810 | 68 | 17 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 0.800 | 69 | 17 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.000 | 109 | 18 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.283 | 116 | 18 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.000 | 116 | 17 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.600 | 118 | 18 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.200 | 116 | 18 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.800 | 77 | 14 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.086 | 112 | 17 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.131 | 122 | 19 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.131 | 125 | 18 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 0.968 | 124 | 19 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.062 | 127 | 19 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.063 | 127 | 19 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.063 | 127 | 19 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.063 | 127 | 19 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 3.320 | 98 | 14 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 3.272 | 103 | 14 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 3.300 | 107 | 15 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 3.300 | 107 | 14 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 3.600 | 97 | 12 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 3.500 | 73 | 13 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 3.707 | 91 | 12 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 3.663 | 99 | 13 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 3.606 | 101 | 14 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 3.792 | 97 | 13 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 3.710 | 101 | 13 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 2.921 | 118 | 18 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 2.649 | 123 | 20 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 2.564 | 123 | 20 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 4.680 | 42 | 8 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 4.700 | 41 | 8 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 4.480 | 71 | 11 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 4.227 | 81 | 12 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 4.000 | 86 | 12 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 3.800 | 87 | 13 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 4.200 | 79 | 12 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 4.300 | 58 | 10 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 4.506 | 72 | 10 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 4.906 | 68 | 11 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 5.064 | 64 | 9 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 4.951 | 74 | 13 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 5.338 | 68 | 10 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 4.000 | 104 | 19 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 3.290 | 112 | 20 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 3.910 | 96 | 17 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.600 | 55 | 13 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.600 | 55 | 13 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.393 | 97 | 17 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.375 | 105 | 17 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.500 | 101 | 16 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.400 | 101 | 16 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.500 | 101 | 15 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.400 | 76 | 15 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.538 | 98 | 15 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.230 | 109 | 18 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.251 | 111 | 18 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.224 | 111 | 18 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.256 | 113 | 18 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.873 | 119 | 19 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.756 | 119 | 19 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.501 | 122 | 19 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Nicaragua - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2.947 | 68 | 18 | 2007 |
| Overall | 2.900 | 69 | 18 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.192 | 108 | 20 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.269 | 114 | 19 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.900 | 115 | 18 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.200 | 111 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.500 | 101 | 18 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 90 | 18 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.882 | 100 | 17 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.962 | 104 | 18 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.957 | 101 | 19 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.659 | 100 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.734 | 102 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.749 | 103 | 17 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.461 | 106 | 17 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.696 | 118 | 19 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.058 | 62 | 13 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.100 | 63 | 13 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.333 | 95 | 14 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.100 | 107 | 15 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.400 | 110 | 16 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.600 | 109 | 15 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.800 | 106 | 16 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.800 | 80 | 15 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 3.496 | 111 | 17 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 3.744 | 112 | 18 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 3.744 | 113 | 17 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.094 | 110 | 17 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.320 | 111 | 16 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.320 | 109 | 17 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.320 | 109 | 17 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.320 | 109 | 17 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 2.718 | 61 | 18 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 2.700 | 62 | 18 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 6.243 | 91 | 19 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 6.458 | 106 | 19 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 6.700 | 111 | 18 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 7.800 | 96 | 15 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 7.800 | 95 | 15 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 7.700 | 78 | 15 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 8.068 | 102 | 15 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 8.061 | 106 | 16 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 8.047 | 90 | 17 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 8.131 | 107 | 17 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 8.131 | 113 | 17 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 8.175 | 109 | 17 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 8.175 | 109 | 17 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 2.877 | 105 | 18 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 2.066 | 67 | 17 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 2.100 | 68 | 17 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 2.000 | 101 | 20 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 2.250 | 105 | 17 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 3.500 | 82 | 11 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.200 | 97 | 17 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 3.800 | 77 | 14 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 4.600 | 35 | 6 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 3.082 | 63 | 9 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 3.082 | 64 | 10 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 3.082 | 113 | 20 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.751 | 69 | 12 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.751 | 69 | 12 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.752 | 69 | 12 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 3.889 | 107 | 18 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 3.889 | 107 | 18 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Nicaragua - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.102 | 62 | 14 | 2007 |
| Overall | 3.100 | 63 | 14 | 2008 |
| Overall | 3.647 | 91 | 17 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.628 | 94 | 16 | 2010 |
| Overall | 3.900 | 100 | 18 | 2011 |
| Overall | 3.900 | 101 | 18 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 98 | 17 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.233 | 78 | 14 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.817 | 98 | 17 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.749 | 106 | 18 | 2016 |
| Overall | 3.749 | 111 | 18 | 2017 |
| Overall | 3.904 | 106 | 18 | 2018 |
| Overall | 3.934 | 108 | 19 | 2019 |
| Overall | 3.935 | 107 | 19 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.186 | 100 | 15 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.186 | 100 | 15 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.024 | 57 | 12 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.000 | 58 | 12 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.000 | 88 | 14 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 2.850 | 102 | 14 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.700 | 109 | 15 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.700 | 105 | 14 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.400 | 90 | 12 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.000 | 56 | 9 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.467 | 88 | 14 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.265 | 116 | 19 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.265 | 120 | 18 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.730 | 111 | 17 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.720 | 115 | 17 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.720 | 112 | 16 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.720 | 112 | 16 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.720 | 112 | 16 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 3.180 | 67 | 17 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 3.200 | 68 | 17 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 5.940 | 74 | 17 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 5.933 | 78 | 17 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 5.900 | 77 | 17 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 5.900 | 77 | 17 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 5.900 | 81 | 16 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 6.200 | 67 | 14 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 6.183 | 71 | 14 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 6.183 | 73 | 15 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 6.183 | 73 | 15 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 6.183 | 72 | 14 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 6.183 | 75 | 16 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 6.183 | 72 | 15 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 5.700 | 59 | 11 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 5.700 | 59 | 11 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 76 | 13 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 77 | 12 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 81 | 13 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 82 | 13 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 82 | 14 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 64 | 13 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 89 | 15 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 91 | 16 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 94 | 16 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 90 | 15 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 94 | 16 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 94 | 16 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 95 | 16 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 96 | 16 | 2022 |
| 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 | 5.425 | 66 | 9 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.425 | 66 | 9 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |