Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Global Rank
68/129
Regional Rank
6/21
Score
4.770
Panama’s IPRI score decreased by -0.538 to 4.77 placing it 6st in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 68th in the world. Panama is classified by the IMF as part of the Latin America and the Caribbean group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Panama’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.068 to 4.096 with scores of 2.216 in Judicial Independence, 4.584 in Rule of Law, 5.61 in Political Stability, and 3.972 in Control of Corruption.
Panama’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.545 to 5.27 with scores of 5.842 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.612 in Registering Process, and 5.356 in Access to Financing.
Panama’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 4.946 with scores of 5.725 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.668 in Patent Protection, 2.9 in Copyright Protection, and 4.49 in Trademark Protection.
Panama is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- PARLACEN
Panama - IPRI Overall Score
Panama - 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
Panama - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.708 | 39 | 5 | 2007 |
| Overall | 4.700 | 40 | 5 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.315 | 53 | 4 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.415 | 55 | 4 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 55 | 4 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.500 | 61 | 5 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 54 | 5 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 44 | 4 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.267 | 56 | 5 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.381 | 56 | 5 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.798 | 51 | 5 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.833 | 53 | 5 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.687 | 59 | 6 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.630 | 60 | 6 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.308 | 70 | 6 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.770 | 68 | 6 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 3.599 | 46 | 7 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 3.600 | 47 | 6 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 4.170 | 69 | 7 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 4.318 | 75 | 7 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 4.600 | 75 | 7 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 4.200 | 84 | 9 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 4.300 | 75 | 8 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 4.325 | 59 | 6 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 4.094 | 78 | 8 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 4.264 | 76 | 7 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 4.529 | 66 | 6 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 4.537 | 72 | 7 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 4.449 | 74 | 7 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 4.231 | 83 | 8 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 4.164 | 82 | 8 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 4.096 | 84 | 8 | 2022 |
| Physical | 6.130 | 25 | 2 | 2007 |
| Physical | 6.100 | 26 | 2 | 2008 |
| Physical | 6.758 | 35 | 2 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.915 | 36 | 2 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.800 | 32 | 2 | 2011 |
| Physical | 6.800 | 37 | 2 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 31 | 2 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.833 | 33 | 2 | 2014 |
| Physical | 6.666 | 33 | 2 | 2015 |
| Physical | 6.751 | 33 | 2 | 2016 |
| Physical | 7.579 | 26 | 1 | 2017 |
| Physical | 7.455 | 27 | 2 | 2018 |
| Physical | 7.244 | 32 | 2 | 2019 |
| Physical | 7.284 | 32 | 2 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.815 | 53 | 3 | 2021 |
| Physical | 5.270 | 56 | 4 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 4.396 | 42 | 7 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 4.400 | 40 | 7 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 5.016 | 51 | 4 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 5.011 | 55 | 6 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 5.300 | 56 | 6 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 5.400 | 57 | 7 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 5.500 | 56 | 7 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 5.067 | 57 | 8 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 5.041 | 60 | 8 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 5.129 | 61 | 9 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 5.286 | 61 | 9 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 5.507 | 59 | 8 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 5.366 | 65 | 8 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 5.375 | 67 | 9 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 4.946 | 67 | 9 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 4.946 | 67 | 9 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Panama - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.599 | 46 | 7 | 2007 |
| Overall | 3.600 | 47 | 6 | 2008 |
| Overall | 4.170 | 69 | 7 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.318 | 75 | 7 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.600 | 75 | 7 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.200 | 84 | 9 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.300 | 75 | 8 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.325 | 59 | 6 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.094 | 78 | 8 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.264 | 76 | 7 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.529 | 66 | 6 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.537 | 72 | 7 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.449 | 74 | 7 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.231 | 83 | 8 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.164 | 82 | 8 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.096 | 84 | 8 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.396 | 61 | 12 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.400 | 62 | 11 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.500 | 97 | 13 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.767 | 103 | 14 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.600 | 109 | 15 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.000 | 117 | 17 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.300 | 115 | 16 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.900 | 76 | 13 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.846 | 100 | 13 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.749 | 106 | 13 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.108 | 108 | 13 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.973 | 110 | 13 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.661 | 109 | 14 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.216 | 117 | 16 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.216 | 117 | 16 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.216 | 117 | 16 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 4.600 | 61 | 4 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 4.591 | 66 | 4 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 4.800 | 64 | 4 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 4.700 | 65 | 5 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 4.900 | 61 | 5 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 4.500 | 53 | 5 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 4.521 | 68 | 6 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 4.824 | 64 | 5 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 4.762 | 67 | 4 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 5.050 | 59 | 4 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 5.077 | 62 | 4 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 4.882 | 65 | 4 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 4.762 | 66 | 4 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 4.584 | 73 | 6 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 4.900 | 38 | 5 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 4.900 | 39 | 5 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 5.320 | 55 | 4 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 5.215 | 58 | 4 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 5.300 | 57 | 5 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 4.900 | 66 | 9 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 4.800 | 68 | 10 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 4.700 | 56 | 9 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 4.733 | 67 | 9 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 5.193 | 57 | 6 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 5.933 | 42 | 3 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 6.099 | 41 | 4 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 6.139 | 41 | 3 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 5.960 | 47 | 5 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 5.837 | 47 | 4 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 5.610 | 48 | 4 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.500 | 42 | 9 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.500 | 44 | 9 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.260 | 64 | 8 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.697 | 63 | 5 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.500 | 68 | 8 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.300 | 71 | 7 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.300 | 75 | 9 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.200 | 58 | 9 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.277 | 72 | 7 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.290 | 69 | 4 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.314 | 70 | 6 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.026 | 84 | 10 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.921 | 87 | 11 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.866 | 90 | 11 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.840 | 91 | 12 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.972 | 88 | 10 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Panama - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.130 | 25 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 26 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.758 | 35 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.915 | 36 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 32 | 2 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 37 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 31 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.833 | 33 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.666 | 33 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.751 | 33 | 2 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.579 | 26 | 1 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.455 | 27 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.244 | 32 | 2 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.284 | 32 | 2 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.815 | 53 | 3 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.270 | 56 | 4 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.708 | 33 | 2 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.700 | 34 | 2 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.833 | 44 | 2 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.050 | 43 | 2 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.800 | 45 | 3 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.800 | 44 | 3 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.000 | 41 | 3 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.900 | 34 | 3 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.836 | 46 | 4 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.093 | 42 | 3 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.517 | 39 | 3 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.373 | 39 | 3 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.741 | 60 | 6 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.842 | 56 | 4 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.842 | 56 | 4 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.842 | 56 | 4 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 5.998 | 43 | 11 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 6.000 | 44 | 11 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 7.775 | 56 | 10 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 7.963 | 69 | 11 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.000 | 76 | 13 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.100 | 82 | 10 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.100 | 79 | 10 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.200 | 62 | 10 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.230 | 56 | 5 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.227 | 56 | 6 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.195 | 46 | 6 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.230 | 60 | 5 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.230 | 59 | 5 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.248 | 59 | 5 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.248 | 59 | 5 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 4.612 | 57 | 5 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 5.683 | 21 | 1 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 5.700 | 20 | 1 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 5.667 | 24 | 1 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 5.733 | 21 | 1 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 5.700 | 15 | 1 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 5.400 | 19 | 1 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 5.900 | 14 | 1 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 6.200 | 4 | 1 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 4.931 | 13 | 1 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 4.931 | 13 | 1 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 7.026 | 8 | 1 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 6.762 | 13 | 1 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 6.762 | 13 | 1 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 6.762 | 13 | 1 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 5.356 | 43 | 1 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 5.356 | 43 | 1 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Panama - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.396 | 42 | 7 | 2007 |
| Overall | 4.400 | 40 | 7 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.016 | 51 | 4 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.011 | 55 | 6 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.300 | 56 | 6 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.400 | 57 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.500 | 56 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.067 | 57 | 8 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.041 | 60 | 8 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.129 | 61 | 9 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.286 | 61 | 9 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.507 | 59 | 8 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.366 | 65 | 8 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.375 | 67 | 9 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.946 | 67 | 9 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.946 | 67 | 9 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.878 | 34 | 3 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.900 | 35 | 3 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.167 | 40 | 1 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.050 | 45 | 1 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.800 | 44 | 1 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.100 | 36 | 1 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.500 | 35 | 1 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.600 | 28 | 1 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.623 | 36 | 1 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.887 | 36 | 1 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.358 | 37 | 2 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.222 | 38 | 2 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.699 | 53 | 4 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.725 | 55 | 4 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.725 | 55 | 4 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.725 | 55 | 4 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 7.060 | 27 | 3 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 7.100 | 26 | 3 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 7.280 | 50 | 7 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 7.283 | 48 | 7 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 7.300 | 48 | 7 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 7.300 | 48 | 7 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 7.300 | 47 | 7 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 54 | 11 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 58 | 11 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 59 | 12 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 6.700 | 60 | 12 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 7.500 | 49 | 10 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 7.500 | 49 | 11 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 7.500 | 52 | 11 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.668 | 22 | 3 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.668 | 24 | 3 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.250 | 31 | 7 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.200 | 32 | 7 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.600 | 66 | 11 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.700 | 70 | 10 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.700 | 72 | 10 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.800 | 70 | 10 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.800 | 71 | 10 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.800 | 57 | 10 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.800 | 70 | 9 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.800 | 72 | 10 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.800 | 74 | 10 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.800 | 73 | 10 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.900 | 74 | 10 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.900 | 74 | 10 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.900 | 74 | 10 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.900 | 74 | 10 | 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 | 4.490 | 94 | 16 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.490 | 94 | 16 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |