Region
Middle East and North Africa
Global Rank
40/125
Regional Rank
5/15
Score
5.835
Saudi Arabia’s IPRI score increased by 0.121 to 5.835 placing it 5th in the Middle East and North Africa region and 39th in the world. Saudi Arabia is classified by the IMF as part of the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Saudi Arabia’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.186 to 5.19 with scores of in Judicial Independence, 5.581 in Rule of Law, 4.274 in Political Stability, and 5.714 in Control of Corruption.
Saudi Arabia’s Physical Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 7.039 with scores of 7.886 in perception of Property Rights Protection, data wasn't available to measure Registering Property, and 6.193 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Saudi Arabia’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.179 to 5.277 with scores of 7.171 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 4.383 in Patent Protection, 4.686 in Copyright Protection, and 4.867 in Trademark Protection.
Saudi Arabia is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- GCC
- OPEC
Saudi Arabia - IPRI Overall Score
Saudi Arabia - 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
Saudi Arabia - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.084 | 41 | 7 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 34 | 5 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 35 | 6 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.400 | 37 | 6 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.200 | 34 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.977 | 36 | 5 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.101 | 38 | 4 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.133 | 43 | 7 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.187 | 44 | 6 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.278 | 41 | 5 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.462 | 36 | 5 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.421 | 34 | 5 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.060 | 35 | 5 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.714 | 43 | 6 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.835 | 40 | 5 | 2024 |
| Legal and Political | 5.433 | 53 | 9 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 5.600 | 51 | 9 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 5.800 | 46 | 7 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 5.400 | 52 | 7 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 5.275 | 43 | 3 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 5.430 | 48 | 6 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 5.599 | 45 | 5 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 5.471 | 48 | 6 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 5.680 | 46 | 5 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 5.626 | 45 | 5 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 5.806 | 45 | 5 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 5.759 | 44 | 5 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 5.653 | 46 | 5 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 5.004 | 57 | 8 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 5.190 | 51 | 6 | 2024 |
| Physical | 7.281 | 25 | 4 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.900 | 8 | 2 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.800 | 9 | 2 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.600 | 17 | 5 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.667 | 12 | 1 | 2014 |
| Physical | 6.965 | 23 | 5 | 2015 |
| Physical | 7.116 | 20 | 5 | 2016 |
| Physical | 7.377 | 32 | 6 | 2017 |
| Physical | 7.201 | 32 | 6 | 2018 |
| Physical | 7.358 | 29 | 6 | 2019 |
| Physical | 7.579 | 25 | 5 | 2020 |
| Physical | 8.017 | 16 | 3 | 2021 |
| Physical | 7.039 | 22 | 3 | 2022 |
| Physical | 7.039 | 22 | 3 | 2023 |
| Physical | 7.039 | 21 | 3 | 2024 |
| Intellectual | 5.539 | 44 | 5 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 5.900 | 42 | 5 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 6.000 | 40 | 5 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 6.100 | 38 | 4 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 5.533 | 45 | 3 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 5.536 | 46 | 5 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 5.588 | 50 | 5 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 5.552 | 55 | 6 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 5.679 | 54 | 5 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 5.849 | 53 | 5 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 6.001 | 48 | 4 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 5.488 | 50 | 6 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 5.488 | 50 | 6 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 5.098 | 64 | 7 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 5.277 | 56 | 4 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Saudi Arabia - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.433 | 53 | 9 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 51 | 9 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 46 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.400 | 52 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.275 | 43 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.430 | 48 | 6 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.599 | 45 | 5 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.471 | 48 | 6 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.680 | 46 | 5 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.626 | 45 | 5 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.806 | 45 | 5 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.759 | 44 | 5 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.653 | 46 | 5 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.004 | 57 | 8 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.190 | 51 | 6 | 2024 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.633 | 38 | 7 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.400 | 28 | 3 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.000 | 20 | 3 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.600 | 25 | 4 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.600 | 24 | 2 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.023 | 25 | 4 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.137 | 25 | 4 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.179 | 27 | 4 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.995 | 29 | 4 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.293 | 24 | 3 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.707 | 16 | 1 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.707 | 16 | 1 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.707 | 16 | 1 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
| Judicial Independence | No Data | No Data | 2024 | |
| Rule of Law | 5.662 | 52 | 8 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 5.200 | 55 | 9 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 5.300 | 53 | 8 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 5.100 | 57 | 8 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 5.500 | 42 | 3 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 5.530 | 51 | 8 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 5.538 | 51 | 7 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 5.508 | 50 | 7 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 5.934 | 45 | 4 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 5.197 | 56 | 8 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 5.283 | 55 | 8 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 5.337 | 54 | 7 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 5.481 | 54 | 7 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 5.460 | 50 | 7 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 5.581 | 49 | 6 | 2024 |
| Political Stability | 4.221 | 82 | 8 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 4.300 | 80 | 8 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 4.600 | 73 | 6 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 4.400 | 76 | 5 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 4.100 | 61 | 2 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 4.183 | 78 | 5 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 4.524 | 80 | 5 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 4.069 | 88 | 6 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 4.340 | 86 | 6 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 4.285 | 94 | 7 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 4.515 | 88 | 7 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 4.442 | 85 | 7 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 3.888 | 97 | 9 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 3.939 | 87 | 8 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 4.274 | 78 | 7 | 2024 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.217 | 53 | 8 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.300 | 50 | 8 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.300 | 49 | 7 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.400 | 70 | 9 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.900 | 43 | 3 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.984 | 53 | 7 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.195 | 51 | 7 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.128 | 52 | 7 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.451 | 48 | 6 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.728 | 44 | 4 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.719 | 44 | 4 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.549 | 46 | 5 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.538 | 47 | 4 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.614 | 43 | 4 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.714 | 42 | 4 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Saudi Arabia - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.281 | 25 | 4 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 8 | 2 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 9 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.600 | 17 | 5 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.667 | 12 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.965 | 23 | 5 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.116 | 20 | 5 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.377 | 32 | 6 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.201 | 32 | 6 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.358 | 29 | 6 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.579 | 25 | 5 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.017 | 16 | 3 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.039 | 22 | 3 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.039 | 22 | 3 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.039 | 21 | 3 | 2024 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.250 | 39 | 7 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.700 | 27 | 6 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.000 | 20 | 2 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.000 | 20 | 2 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.600 | 23 | 2 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.868 | 31 | 5 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.231 | 30 | 4 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.137 | 32 | 6 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.753 | 34 | 6 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.224 | 29 | 5 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.886 | 15 | 1 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.886 | 15 | 1 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.886 | 15 | 1 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.886 | 14 | 1 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.886 | 14 | 1 | 2024 |
| Registering Process | 9.592 | 4 | 1 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 9.800 | 5 | 2 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 33 | 4 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 34 | 4 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 25 | 1 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.721 | 21 | 2 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.812 | 16 | 2 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.904 | 5 | 2 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.970 | 4 | 1 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.970 | 3 | 1 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.971 | 3 | 2 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.971 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2022 | |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2024 | |
| Access to Financing | 5.000 | 39 | 7 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 6.300 | 7 | 3 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 6.500 | 5 | 3 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 5.800 | 15 | 5 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 5.200 | 16 | 1 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 4.305 | 26 | 6 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 4.305 | 26 | 6 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 5.091 | 62 | 9 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.880 | 61 | 9 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.880 | 61 | 9 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.881 | 61 | 9 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 6.193 | 19 | 3 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 6.193 | 19 | 3 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 6.193 | 18 | 3 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 6.193 | 18 | 3 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Saudi Arabia - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.539 | 44 | 5 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.900 | 42 | 5 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 40 | 5 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 38 | 4 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.533 | 45 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.536 | 46 | 5 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.588 | 50 | 5 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.552 | 55 | 6 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.679 | 54 | 5 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.849 | 53 | 5 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.001 | 48 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.488 | 50 | 6 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.488 | 50 | 6 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.098 | 64 | 7 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.277 | 56 | 4 | 2024 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.850 | 35 | 6 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.900 | 28 | 5 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.300 | 23 | 4 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.300 | 26 | 5 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.100 | 23 | 1 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.474 | 27 | 3 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.632 | 30 | 4 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.422 | 34 | 6 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.406 | 34 | 5 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.716 | 31 | 6 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.171 | 27 | 5 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.171 | 27 | 5 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.171 | 27 | 5 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.171 | 25 | 5 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.171 | 25 | 5 | 2024 |
| Patent Protection | 5.967 | 76 | 6 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 6.000 | 75 | 6 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 6.000 | 75 | 6 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 6.000 | 74 | 5 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 5.100 | 86 | 6 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 5.133 | 90 | 7 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 5.133 | 93 | 7 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 5.133 | 93 | 7 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 5.533 | 85 | 6 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 5.533 | 90 | 7 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 5.533 | 88 | 6 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 4.612 | 82 | 6 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 4.612 | 82 | 6 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 4.383 | 102 | 8 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 4.383 | 102 | 8 | 2024 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.800 | 41 | 5 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.900 | 39 | 4 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.800 | 38 | 4 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.900 | 38 | 4 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.900 | 33 | 2 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.000 | 39 | 4 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.000 | 39 | 4 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.100 | 41 | 4 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.100 | 41 | 4 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.300 | 40 | 4 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.300 | 40 | 4 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.300 | 40 | 4 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.300 | 40 | 4 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.971 | 29 | 3 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | 4.686 | 24 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 | 4.867 | 84 | 10 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.867 | 84 | 10 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.867 | 83 | 10 | 2023 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.867 | 83 | 10 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |