Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
7/129
Regional Rank
5/19
Score
7.798
Norway’s IPRI score decreased by -0.159 to 7.798 placing it 4st in the Western Europe region and 7th in the world. Norway is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Norway’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.031 to 8.524 with scores of 8.349 in Judicial Independence, 8.968 in Rule of Law, 7.58 in Political Stability, and 9.2 in Control of Corruption.
Norway’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.509 to 7.615 with scores of 7.935 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.413 in Registering Process, and 6.498 in Access to Financing.
Norway’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 7.255 with scores of 7.464 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.37 in Patent Protection, 7.9 in Copyright Protection, and 6.287 in Trademark Protection.
Norway is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- EFTA
Norway - IPRI Overall Score
Norway - 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
Norway - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.285 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.298 | 7 | 6 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.315 | 5 | 5 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 7 | 5 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 3 | 5 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 4 | 3 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 2 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.227 | 2 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.252 | 4 | 3 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.533 | 5 | 4 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.450 | 4 | 3 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.279 | 8 | 4 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.248 | 8 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.957 | 8 | 5 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.798 | 7 | 5 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 8.399 | 3 | 2 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 8.400 | 2 | 3 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 8.503 | 7 | 6 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 8.456 | 9 | 7 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 8.500 | 6 | 5 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 8.600 | 5 | 5 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 8.700 | 4 | 3 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 8.675 | 5 | 4 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 8.770 | 3 | 2 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 8.745 | 3 | 2 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 8.805 | 3 | 2 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 8.797 | 3 | 2 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 8.599 | 4 | 3 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 8.503 | 5 | 4 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 8.493 | 6 | 4 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 8.524 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Physical | 8.589 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Physical | 8.600 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Physical | 8.690 | 1 | 1 | 2009 |
| Physical | 8.638 | 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| Physical | 8.300 | 3 | 1 | 2011 |
| Physical | 8.400 | 2 | 1 | 2012 |
| Physical | 8.300 | 2 | 2 | 2013 |
| Physical | 8.300 | 3 | 3 | 2014 |
| Physical | 7.926 | 3 | 1 | 2015 |
| Physical | 7.924 | 3 | 1 | 2016 |
| Physical | 8.512 | 4 | 2 | 2017 |
| Physical | 8.483 | 3 | 1 | 2018 |
| Physical | 8.258 | 9 | 3 | 2019 |
| Physical | 8.259 | 8 | 3 | 2020 |
| Physical | 8.124 | 11 | 4 | 2021 |
| Physical | 7.615 | 9 | 6 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 7.866 | 11 | 9 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 12 | 9 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 7.702 | 19 | 13 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.850 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 7.800 | 19 | 13 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 15 | 11 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 18 | 12 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 16 | 11 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 7.985 | 15 | 11 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 8.087 | 14 | 10 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.281 | 12 | 10 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 8.070 | 15 | 11 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 7.982 | 16 | 11 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 7.983 | 16 | 11 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 7.255 | 14 | 9 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 7.255 | 14 | 9 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Norway - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.399 | 3 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.400 | 2 | 3 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.503 | 7 | 6 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.456 | 9 | 7 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.500 | 6 | 5 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.600 | 5 | 5 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.700 | 4 | 3 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.675 | 5 | 4 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.770 | 3 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.745 | 3 | 2 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.805 | 3 | 2 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.797 | 3 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.599 | 4 | 3 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.503 | 5 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.493 | 6 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 8.524 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.856 | 5 | 3 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 4 | 3 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.500 | 11 | 9 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.483 | 12 | 9 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 14 | 9 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 10 | 8 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 8 | 7 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 5 | 4 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.908 | 4 | 3 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.171 | 3 | 2 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.288 | 3 | 2 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.270 | 3 | 2 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.349 | 11 | 6 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.349 | 9 | 6 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.349 | 9 | 6 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.349 | 9 | 6 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 9.000 | 2 | 2 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 8.930 | 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 8.800 | 3 | 3 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 8.800 | 4 | 4 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 8.800 | 4 | 4 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 8.900 | 2 | 3 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 8.936 | 1 | 1 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 9.091 | 3 | 3 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 9.045 | 4 | 4 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 9.040 | 2 | 2 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 9.040 | 2 | 2 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 8.931 | 2 | 2 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 8.970 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 8.968 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 7.440 | 3 | 3 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 7.400 | 5 | 4 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 7.460 | 8 | 8 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 7.658 | 3 | 3 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 7.400 | 4 | 5 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 7.600 | 3 | 3 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 7.700 | 4 | 3 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 7.600 | 7 | 5 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 7.663 | 7 | 5 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 7.264 | 9 | 6 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 7.366 | 9 | 5 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 7.481 | 8 | 4 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 7.533 | 8 | 5 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 7.553 | 8 | 5 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 7.506 | 6 | 4 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 7.580 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.900 | 7 | 5 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.900 | 7 | 5 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.053 | 11 | 8 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.753 | 12 | 8 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.900 | 12 | 7 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.100 | 10 | 6 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.300 | 8 | 4 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.500 | 4 | 3 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.571 | 3 | 3 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.455 | 3 | 2 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.522 | 3 | 2 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.398 | 5 | 4 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.473 | 2 | 1 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.180 | 6 | 4 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.147 | 7 | 5 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.200 | 6 | 4 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Norway - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.589 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.600 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.690 | 1 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.638 | 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 3 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.400 | 2 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 2 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 3 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.926 | 3 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.924 | 3 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.512 | 4 | 2 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.483 | 3 | 1 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.258 | 9 | 3 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.259 | 8 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.124 | 11 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.615 | 9 | 6 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.831 | 11 | 9 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.800 | 11 | 9 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.833 | 8 | 10 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.950 | 9 | 9 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.700 | 9 | 7 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 13 | 8 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 11 | 6 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 8 | 5 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.320 | 8 | 5 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.314 | 12 | 7 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.622 | 10 | 8 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.611 | 9 | 6 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.934 | 17 | 10 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.935 | 13 | 8 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.935 | 13 | 8 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.935 | 13 | 8 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 9.623 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 9.600 | 1 | 2 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 9.736 | 2 | 2 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 9.763 | 2 | 2 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 2 | 2 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 1 | 1 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 2 | 1 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.936 | 6 | 2 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.936 | 5 | 2 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.933 | 4 | 2 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.936 | 6 | 2 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.936 | 5 | 1 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.938 | 6 | 1 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.938 | 6 | 1 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 8.413 | 7 | 5 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 7.313 | 4 | 4 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 7.300 | 4 | 4 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 7.500 | 1 | 2 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 7.200 | 3 | 3 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 6.300 | 6 | 3 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 6.600 | 4 | 1 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 6.400 | 5 | 2 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 6.000 | 8 | 1 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 5.521 | 7 | 2 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 5.521 | 7 | 2 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 6.979 | 11 | 4 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 6.903 | 10 | 3 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 6.903 | 10 | 3 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 6.903 | 10 | 3 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 6.498 | 12 | 4 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 6.498 | 12 | 4 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Norway - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.866 | 11 | 9 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 12 | 9 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.702 | 19 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.850 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 19 | 13 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 15 | 11 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 18 | 12 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 16 | 11 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.985 | 15 | 11 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.087 | 14 | 10 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.281 | 12 | 10 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.070 | 15 | 11 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.982 | 16 | 11 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.983 | 16 | 11 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.255 | 14 | 9 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.255 | 14 | 9 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.923 | 12 | 9 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.900 | 13 | 9 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.667 | 17 | 13 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.017 | 12 | 10 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.000 | 15 | 11 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.000 | 12 | 10 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.900 | 14 | 9 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.900 | 13 | 9 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.621 | 14 | 8 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.929 | 17 | 9 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.310 | 12 | 10 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.926 | 19 | 11 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.464 | 22 | 13 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.464 | 22 | 13 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.464 | 22 | 13 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.464 | 22 | 13 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 7.810 | 22 | 14 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 7.800 | 23 | 14 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 8.340 | 30 | 16 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 8.333 | 29 | 16 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 8.300 | 31 | 17 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 8.300 | 29 | 17 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 8.600 | 22 | 16 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 8.800 | 16 | 12 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 16 | 12 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 16 | 12 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 16 | 12 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.583 | 24 | 13 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.583 | 24 | 13 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.583 | 24 | 13 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 7.370 | 5 | 2 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 7.370 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 7.100 | 14 | 10 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.200 | 14 | 11 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.100 | 19 | 11 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.100 | 16 | 11 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 15 | 11 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 16 | 11 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 15 | 11 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 15 | 11 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 11 | 7 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 11 | 7 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 11 | 7 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 11 | 7 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 11 | 7 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 12 | 7 | 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 | 6.287 | 32 | 13 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.287 | 32 | 13 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |