2025
| International Property Rights Index

Panama

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank

51/126

Regional Rank

5/21

Score

5.147

Panama’s IPRI score increased by 0.113 to 5.147 placing it 5th in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 51st 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 increased by 0.036 to 4.287 with scores of 3.47 in Judicial Independence, 4.308 in Rule of Law, 5.627 in Political Stability, and 3.744 in Control of Corruption.

 

Panama’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.325 to 5.55 with scores of 6.667 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.482 in Registering Property, and 5.5 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

Panama’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.022 to 5.605 with scores of 5.725 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.667 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 4.425 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

Panama - Legal and Political Environment

Panama - Physical Property Rights

Panama - Intellectual Property Rights