2025
| International Property Rights Index

Nigeria

Region

Africa

Global Rank

118/126

Regional Rank

23/30

Score

3.028

Nigeria’s IPRI score decreased by -0.492 to 3.028 placing it 23rd in the Africa region and 118th 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 0.057 to 2.994 with scores of 3.995 in Judicial Independence, 3.225 in Rule of Law, 1.837 in Political Stability, and 2.918 in Control of Corruption.

 

Nigeria’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.513 to 2.15 with scores of 1.667 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 3.582 in Registering Property, and 1.2 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

Nigeria’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.018 to 3.942 with scores of 3.33 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 4.267 in Patent Protection, 4.271 in Copyright Protection, and 3.9 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

Nigeria - Legal and Political Environment

Nigeria - Physical Property Rights

Nigeria - Intellectual Property Rights