Region
Africa
Global Rank
123/129
Regional Rank
26/30
Score
3.657
Nigeria’s IPRI score decreased by -0.023 to 4.783 placing it 26th in the Africa region and 123rd in the world. Nigeria is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as Lower middle income country.
Nigeria’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.014 to 4.038 with scores of 2.295 in Judicial Independence, 4.513 in Rule of Law, 5.16 in Political Stability, and 4.181 in Control of Corruption.
Nigeria’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.922 to 6.661 with scores of 4.308 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.014 in Registering Property, and 3.897 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Nigeria’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.84 to 4.572 with scores of 3.765 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, data wasn't available to measure Patent Protection, 3.7 in Copyright Protection, and 3.972 in Trademark Protection.
Nigeria is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- ECOWAS
- OPEC
Nigeria - IPRI Overall Score
Nigeria - 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
Nigeria - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.123 | 63 | 6 | 2007 |
| Overall | 3.100 | 64 | 6 | 2008 |
| Overall | 3.491 | 104 | 16 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.781 | 107 | 18 | 2010 |
| Overall | 3.900 | 117 | 20 | 2011 |
| Overall | 3.900 | 117 | 20 | 2012 |
| Overall | 3.900 | 119 | 24 | 2013 |
| Overall | 3.700 | 92 | 21 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.378 | 116 | 22 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.562 | 120 | 24 | 2016 |
| Overall | 3.950 | 114 | 23 | 2017 |
| Overall | 3.923 | 116 | 22 | 2018 |
| Overall | 3.787 | 122 | 25 | 2019 |
| Overall | 3.719 | 123 | 26 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.657 | 123 | 26 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 2.316 | 59 | 5 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 2.300 | 61 | 5 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 2.641 | 108 | 16 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 3.083 | 106 | 16 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 2.900 | 116 | 19 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 2.900 | 117 | 19 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 2.900 | 119 | 22 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 2.900 | 89 | 17 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 2.396 | 117 | 22 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 2.485 | 121 | 25 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 2.876 | 120 | 24 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 2.989 | 117 | 23 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 2.884 | 121 | 24 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 2.770 | 122 | 25 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 2.764 | 120 | 24 | 2021 |
| Physical | 3.732 | 60 | 6 | 2007 |
| Physical | 3.700 | 62 | 6 | 2008 |
| Physical | 4.272 | 104 | 15 | 2009 |
| Physical | 4.491 | 108 | 18 | 2010 |
| Physical | 4.600 | 118 | 23 | 2011 |
| Physical | 4.600 | 121 | 22 | 2012 |
| Physical | 4.700 | 119 | 25 | 2013 |
| Physical | 4.700 | 92 | 21 | 2014 |
| Physical | 4.239 | 116 | 22 | 2015 |
| Physical | 4.468 | 116 | 21 | 2016 |
| Physical | 5.071 | 97 | 19 | 2017 |
| Physical | 4.985 | 114 | 21 | 2018 |
| Physical | 4.707 | 123 | 25 | 2019 |
| Physical | 4.682 | 121 | 24 | 2020 |
| Physical | 4.814 | 122 | 25 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 3.319 | 59 | 5 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 3.300 | 60 | 5 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 3.559 | 92 | 16 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 3.767 | 92 | 18 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 93 | 17 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 95 | 17 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 100 | 20 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 3.867 | 87 | 19 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 3.498 | 105 | 22 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 3.734 | 107 | 24 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 3.905 | 108 | 25 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 3.795 | 109 | 23 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 3.772 | 112 | 23 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 3.705 | 115 | 24 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 3.392 | 124 | 26 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Nigeria - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2.316 | 59 | 5 | 2007 |
| Overall | 2.300 | 61 | 5 | 2008 |
| Overall | 2.641 | 108 | 16 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.083 | 106 | 16 | 2010 |
| Overall | 2.900 | 116 | 19 | 2011 |
| Overall | 2.900 | 117 | 19 | 2012 |
| Overall | 2.900 | 119 | 22 | 2013 |
| Overall | 2.900 | 89 | 17 | 2014 |
| Overall | 2.396 | 117 | 22 | 2015 |
| Overall | 2.485 | 121 | 25 | 2016 |
| Overall | 2.876 | 120 | 24 | 2017 |
| Overall | 2.989 | 117 | 23 | 2018 |
| Overall | 2.884 | 121 | 24 | 2019 |
| Overall | 2.770 | 122 | 25 | 2020 |
| Overall | 2.764 | 120 | 24 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.589 | 50 | 5 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.600 | 51 | 5 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.167 | 68 | 7 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.433 | 51 | 5 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.000 | 70 | 8 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.300 | 66 | 7 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.300 | 65 | 8 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.600 | 62 | 9 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.452 | 88 | 12 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.864 | 88 | 17 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.691 | 70 | 11 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.375 | 74 | 11 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.539 | 90 | 16 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.461 | 90 | 16 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.461 | 90 | 16 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 2.600 | 109 | 17 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 2.757 | 114 | 19 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 2.600 | 116 | 19 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 2.600 | 120 | 19 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 2.500 | 120 | 23 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 2.600 | 92 | 20 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 2.685 | 116 | 22 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 2.833 | 121 | 24 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 2.911 | 120 | 23 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 2.891 | 118 | 22 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 3.268 | 115 | 20 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 3.238 | 115 | 21 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 3.204 | 114 | 20 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 1.460 | 68 | 7 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 1.500 | 69 | 7 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 0.860 | 110 | 19 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 0.982 | 117 | 22 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 1.100 | 121 | 23 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 0.800 | 121 | 23 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 1.100 | 123 | 26 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 0.900 | 94 | 22 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 0.841 | 119 | 24 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 0.788 | 123 | 26 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 1.095 | 124 | 26 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 1.775 | 119 | 24 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 1.863 | 125 | 26 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 1.471 | 127 | 28 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 1.582 | 126 | 27 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 1.900 | 68 | 7 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 1.900 | 69 | 7 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.939 | 106 | 16 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.162 | 108 | 17 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.900 | 113 | 18 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.000 | 113 | 18 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.700 | 121 | 24 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.700 | 90 | 18 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.607 | 116 | 21 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.454 | 122 | 25 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.807 | 121 | 23 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.915 | 116 | 20 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.864 | 120 | 22 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.910 | 118 | 22 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.810 | 118 | 22 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Nigeria - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.732 | 60 | 6 | 2007 |
| Overall | 3.700 | 62 | 6 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.272 | 104 | 15 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.491 | 108 | 18 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.600 | 118 | 23 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.600 | 121 | 22 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.700 | 119 | 25 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.700 | 92 | 21 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.239 | 116 | 22 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.468 | 116 | 21 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.071 | 97 | 19 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.985 | 114 | 21 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.707 | 123 | 25 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.682 | 121 | 24 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.814 | 122 | 25 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.656 | 54 | 6 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.700 | 54 | 6 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.667 | 85 | 11 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.267 | 80 | 10 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.800 | 104 | 18 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.600 | 105 | 18 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.800 | 107 | 21 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.900 | 78 | 14 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 3.993 | 102 | 18 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.690 | 92 | 16 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.991 | 89 | 16 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.627 | 95 | 16 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.529 | 105 | 20 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.395 | 107 | 18 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.395 | 107 | 18 | 2021 |
| Registering Property | 4.060 | 55 | 4 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 4.100 | 56 | 4 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 5.649 | 99 | 17 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 6.024 | 110 | 20 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 6.100 | 118 | 23 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 6.300 | 121 | 23 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 6.300 | 121 | 26 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 6.200 | 93 | 22 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 7.654 | 112 | 20 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 7.646 | 116 | 22 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 7.548 | 98 | 23 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 7.687 | 115 | 23 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 6.951 | 123 | 26 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 7.010 | 121 | 25 | 2020 |
| Registering Property | 7.024 | 121 | 25 | 2021 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.481 | 60 | 6 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.500 | 61 | 6 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.500 | 92 | 8 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.183 | 106 | 14 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.900 | 110 | 16 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.900 | 111 | 18 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.100 | 107 | 16 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.700 | 87 | 18 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 1.069 | 118 | 24 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 1.069 | 121 | 26 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.673 | 119 | 23 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.640 | 119 | 23 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.640 | 118 | 22 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 2.640 | 117 | 21 | 2020 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.024 | 116 | 20 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Nigeria - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.319 | 59 | 5 | 2007 |
| Overall | 3.300 | 60 | 5 | 2008 |
| Overall | 3.559 | 92 | 16 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.767 | 92 | 18 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 93 | 17 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 95 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 100 | 20 | 2013 |
| Overall | 3.867 | 87 | 19 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.498 | 105 | 22 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.734 | 107 | 24 | 2016 |
| Overall | 3.905 | 108 | 25 | 2017 |
| Overall | 3.795 | 109 | 23 | 2018 |
| Overall | 3.772 | 112 | 23 | 2019 |
| Overall | 3.705 | 115 | 24 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.392 | 124 | 26 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.195 | 56 | 5 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.200 | 57 | 5 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.167 | 85 | 11 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.233 | 88 | 14 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.100 | 86 | 14 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.000 | 90 | 16 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.100 | 100 | 21 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.000 | 83 | 15 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 2.811 | 110 | 21 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.518 | 107 | 20 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.931 | 104 | 21 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.601 | 116 | 22 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.534 | 118 | 24 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.330 | 120 | 25 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.330 | 120 | 25 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.762 | 32 | 3 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 6.800 | 32 | 3 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 6.360 | 66 | 5 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 6.367 | 68 | 6 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 6.400 | 67 | 6 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 6.400 | 66 | 5 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 6.400 | 64 | 5 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 5.800 | 73 | 9 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 77 | 11 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 81 | 13 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 76 | 10 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 78 | 11 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 80 | 12 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 82 | 12 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 4.267 | 89 | 15 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 0.000 | 48 | 3 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 0.000 | 49 | 2 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.150 | 89 | 7 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 87 | 8 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 90 | 8 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 90 | 7 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 90 | 7 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 69 | 7 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 85 | 7 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 89 | 7 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 88 | 6 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 86 | 6 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 89 | 6 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 93 | 6 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 92 | 6 | 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 | 3.972 | 114 | 20 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |