Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
31/129
Regional Rank
16/19
Score
6.214
Portugal’s IPRI score decreased by -0.57 to 6.214 placing it 15st in the Western Europe region and 31th in the world. Portugal is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Portugal’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.044 to 6.725 with scores of 5.88 in Judicial Independence, 7.367 in Rule of Law, 7.151 in Political Stability, and 6.502 in Control of Corruption.
Portugal’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.668 to 5.336 with scores of 6.538 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.716 in Registering Process, and 4.755 in Access to Financing.
Portugal’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 6.58 with scores of 6.863 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.251 in Patent Protection, 6.2 in Copyright Protection, and 7.007 in Trademark Protection.
Portugal is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- EU
Portugal - IPRI Overall Score
Portugal - 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
Portugal - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.124 | 21 | 14 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 22 | 14 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.115 | 22 | 15 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.005 | 23 | 15 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.900 | 25 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 25 | 15 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 26 | 16 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 25 | 16 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.556 | 30 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 29 | 16 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.848 | 31 | 16 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.934 | 28 | 15 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.976 | 27 | 15 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.939 | 29 | 15 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.784 | 27 | 15 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.214 | 31 | 16 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 5.676 | 27 | 14 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 5.700 | 28 | 14 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 7.113 | 21 | 15 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 7.081 | 24 | 16 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 6.800 | 29 | 16 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 6.600 | 31 | 15 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 6.500 | 35 | 16 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 6.625 | 29 | 16 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 6.549 | 30 | 16 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 6.672 | 29 | 16 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 6.781 | 28 | 16 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 6.976 | 24 | 14 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 6.947 | 24 | 15 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 6.847 | 25 | 15 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 6.769 | 26 | 15 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 6.725 | 27 | 15 | 2022 |
| Physical | 6.317 | 23 | 12 | 2007 |
| Physical | 6.300 | 24 | 12 | 2008 |
| Physical | 7.246 | 22 | 11 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.918 | 35 | 13 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.800 | 33 | 14 | 2011 |
| Physical | 6.900 | 36 | 13 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.700 | 40 | 14 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.733 | 37 | 17 | 2014 |
| Physical | 6.248 | 42 | 16 | 2015 |
| Physical | 6.165 | 45 | 16 | 2016 |
| Physical | 6.748 | 47 | 16 | 2017 |
| Physical | 6.857 | 45 | 15 | 2018 |
| Physical | 6.891 | 46 | 16 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.893 | 48 | 16 | 2020 |
| Physical | 7.004 | 45 | 17 | 2021 |
| Physical | 5.336 | 55 | 17 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 6.378 | 24 | 15 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 6.400 | 25 | 15 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 6.987 | 23 | 15 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.017 | 23 | 16 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 7.000 | 25 | 14 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 7.000 | 24 | 13 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 7.100 | 24 | 14 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 6.933 | 24 | 14 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 6.872 | 24 | 14 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 6.964 | 24 | 14 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 7.015 | 25 | 14 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 6.967 | 24 | 14 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 7.091 | 23 | 14 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 7.076 | 25 | 14 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 6.580 | 24 | 14 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 6.580 | 24 | 14 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Portugal - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.676 | 27 | 14 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 28 | 14 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.113 | 21 | 15 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.081 | 24 | 16 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 29 | 16 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 31 | 15 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 35 | 16 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.625 | 29 | 16 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.549 | 30 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.672 | 29 | 16 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.781 | 28 | 16 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.976 | 24 | 14 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.947 | 24 | 15 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.847 | 25 | 15 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.769 | 26 | 15 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.725 | 27 | 15 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.762 | 17 | 11 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.800 | 17 | 11 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.833 | 17 | 12 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.017 | 30 | 16 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.100 | 52 | 16 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.600 | 57 | 17 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.500 | 59 | 17 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.000 | 38 | 16 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.818 | 40 | 16 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.070 | 40 | 16 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.167 | 37 | 15 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.527 | 34 | 15 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.379 | 37 | 15 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.880 | 41 | 15 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.880 | 41 | 15 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.880 | 41 | 15 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 6.900 | 27 | 17 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 7.042 | 27 | 17 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 7.100 | 28 | 17 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 7.100 | 27 | 17 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 7.000 | 31 | 17 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 7.100 | 27 | 16 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 7.066 | 27 | 16 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 7.261 | 27 | 16 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 7.288 | 27 | 16 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 7.260 | 25 | 15 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 7.264 | 26 | 16 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 7.282 | 24 | 15 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 7.271 | 25 | 15 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 7.367 | 24 | 15 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 6.880 | 10 | 7 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 6.900 | 11 | 7 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 6.560 | 27 | 13 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 7.105 | 17 | 11 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.600 | 28 | 13 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.500 | 30 | 14 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.400 | 33 | 14 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.500 | 27 | 14 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 6.481 | 32 | 14 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 6.586 | 27 | 13 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 6.832 | 26 | 12 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 7.198 | 13 | 6 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 7.398 | 11 | 6 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 7.528 | 9 | 6 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 7.396 | 8 | 5 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 7.151 | 12 | 5 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.500 | 20 | 13 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.500 | 21 | 13 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.160 | 25 | 17 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.161 | 26 | 16 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.200 | 25 | 15 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.100 | 25 | 15 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.200 | 25 | 15 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.900 | 26 | 16 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.831 | 30 | 16 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.769 | 28 | 15 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.837 | 28 | 15 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.920 | 27 | 15 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.748 | 27 | 15 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.700 | 28 | 15 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.528 | 31 | 15 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.502 | 32 | 15 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Portugal - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.317 | 23 | 12 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 24 | 12 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.246 | 22 | 11 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.918 | 35 | 13 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 33 | 14 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.900 | 36 | 13 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 40 | 14 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.733 | 37 | 17 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.248 | 42 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.165 | 45 | 16 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.748 | 47 | 16 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.857 | 45 | 15 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.891 | 46 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.893 | 48 | 16 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.004 | 45 | 17 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.336 | 55 | 17 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.429 | 27 | 14 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.400 | 29 | 14 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.667 | 27 | 15 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.583 | 31 | 15 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.200 | 38 | 16 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.800 | 43 | 17 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.900 | 45 | 16 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.900 | 33 | 16 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.410 | 39 | 16 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.161 | 40 | 16 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.814 | 49 | 17 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.152 | 43 | 16 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.541 | 39 | 16 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.538 | 43 | 16 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.538 | 43 | 16 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.538 | 43 | 16 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 5.320 | 49 | 14 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 5.300 | 51 | 14 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.237 | 38 | 12 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.371 | 47 | 12 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.900 | 33 | 10 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 1 | 1 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 2 | 2 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 1 | 2 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 1 | 1 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 2 | 1 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.712 | 24 | 6 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.719 | 25 | 6 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.719 | 25 | 6 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 4.716 | 51 | 16 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 6.204 | 14 | 8 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 6.200 | 15 | 8 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 5.833 | 20 | 9 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 4.800 | 44 | 14 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 4.200 | 52 | 12 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.900 | 65 | 14 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 3.300 | 99 | 15 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 3.000 | 81 | 15 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 2.334 | 93 | 15 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 2.334 | 95 | 15 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 4.429 | 75 | 15 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.420 | 75 | 16 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.420 | 75 | 16 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.421 | 75 | 16 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 4.755 | 74 | 17 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 4.755 | 74 | 17 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Portugal - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.378 | 24 | 15 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.400 | 25 | 15 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.987 | 23 | 15 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.017 | 23 | 16 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 25 | 14 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 24 | 13 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 24 | 14 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.933 | 24 | 14 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.872 | 24 | 14 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.964 | 24 | 14 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.015 | 25 | 14 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.967 | 24 | 14 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.091 | 23 | 14 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.076 | 25 | 14 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.580 | 24 | 14 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.580 | 24 | 14 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.806 | 21 | 13 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.800 | 22 | 13 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.500 | 29 | 15 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.500 | 28 | 15 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.300 | 35 | 16 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.900 | 38 | 16 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.200 | 38 | 16 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.400 | 30 | 16 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.950 | 34 | 15 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.225 | 32 | 15 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.279 | 38 | 16 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.636 | 32 | 16 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.906 | 28 | 15 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.863 | 32 | 15 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.863 | 32 | 15 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.863 | 32 | 15 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 5.950 | 47 | 16 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 6.000 | 48 | 16 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 8.760 | 16 | 11 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 8.750 | 16 | 11 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 8.800 | 16 | 11 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 8.800 | 16 | 11 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.000 | 15 | 10 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 17 | 13 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 24 | 13 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 17 | 13 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 24 | 13 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.166 | 29 | 15 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.166 | 29 | 15 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.167 | 29 | 15 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.251 | 37 | 16 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.251 | 37 | 16 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 25 | 15 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.800 | 30 | 16 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.000 | 26 | 14 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.000 | 25 | 14 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.000 | 27 | 14 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.000 | 25 | 14 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.000 | 28 | 14 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.000 | 28 | 14 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.100 | 28 | 14 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.100 | 28 | 14 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.200 | 29 | 14 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.200 | 29 | 14 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.200 | 29 | 14 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.200 | 29 | 14 | 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 | 7.007 | 10 | 7 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 7.007 | 10 | 7 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |