Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
26/125
Regional Rank
16/19
Score
6.385
Portugal’s IPRI score increased by 0.172 to 6.385 placing it 16th in the Western Europe region and 26th 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 increased by 0.384 to 7.109 with scores of 7.673 in Judicial Independence, 7.267 in Rule of Law, 6.959 in Political Stability, and 6.537 in Control of Corruption.
Portugal’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.005 to 5.341 with scores of 6.538 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.729 in Registering Process, and 4.755 in Access to Financing.
Portugal’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.127 to 6.707 with scores of 6.863 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.25 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure 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 | 26 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 26 | 15 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 27 | 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 |
| Overall | 6.385 | 26 | 16 | 2023 |
| 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 | 30 | 16 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 6.600 | 31 | 15 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 6.500 | 34 | 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 |
| Legal and Political | 7.109 | 23 | 14 | 2023 |
| Physical | 6.317 | 23 | 12 | 2007 |
| Physical | 6.300 | 24 | 12 | 2008 |
| Physical | 7.246 | 22 | 11 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.918 | 34 | 13 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.800 | 38 | 14 | 2011 |
| Physical | 6.900 | 35 | 14 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.700 | 41 | 15 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.733 | 38 | 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 |
| Physical | 5.341 | 52 | 17 | 2023 |
| 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 | 24 | 14 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 7.000 | 23 | 13 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 7.100 | 23 | 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 |
| Intellectual | 6.707 | 24 | 16 | 2023 |
| 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 | 30 | 16 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 31 | 15 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 34 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.109 | 23 | 14 | 2023 |
| 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 | 51 | 16 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.600 | 58 | 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.673 | 19 | 13 | 2023 |
| 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 | 25 | 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 |
| Rule of Law | 7.267 | 22 | 15 | 2023 |
| 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 | 30 | 14 | 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 | 27 | 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 |
| Political Stability | 6.959 | 16 | 8 | 2023 |
| 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 | 26 | 15 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.200 | 24 | 15 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.900 | 28 | 17 | 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.537 | 29 | 15 | 2023 |
| 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 | 34 | 13 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 38 | 14 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.900 | 35 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 41 | 15 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.733 | 38 | 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 |
| Overall | 5.341 | 52 | 17 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.429 | 27 | 14 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.400 | 28 | 14 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.667 | 28 | 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 | 44 | 17 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.900 | 45 | 16 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.900 | 35 | 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 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.538 | 40 | 16 | 2023 |
| 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 | 35 | 10 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 3 | 2 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 3 | 2 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 2 | 2 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 2 | 1 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 2 | 1 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 2 | 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 |
| Registering Process | 4.729 | 48 | 16 | 2023 |
| 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 | 53 | 12 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.900 | 67 | 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 |
| Access to Financing | 4.755 | 70 | 17 | 2023 |
| 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 | 24 | 14 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 23 | 13 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 23 | 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 |
| Overall | 6.707 | 24 | 16 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.806 | 21 | 13 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.800 | 22 | 13 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.500 | 27 | 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.863 | 30 | 15 | 2023 |
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 21 | 14 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 21 | 14 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 21 | 14 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 21 | 14 | 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 |
| Patent Protection | 6.250 | 38 | 17 | 2023 |
| 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 | 31 | 16 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.000 | 28 | 15 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.000 | 25 | 14 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.000 | 26 | 14 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.000 | 24 | 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 | 28 | 14 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.200 | 28 | 14 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.200 | 29 | 14 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.200 | 28 | 14 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
| 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 |
| Trademark Protection | 7.007 | 10 | 7 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |