Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
2/129
Regional Rank
1/19
Score
7.967
Singapore’s IPRI score decreased by -0.12 to 7.967 placing it 1st in the Asia and Oceania region and 2th in the world. Singapore is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Singapore’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.043 to 8.452 with scores of 7.744 in Judicial Independence, 8.761 in Rule of Law, 7.999 in Political Stability, and 9.304 in Control of Corruption.
Singapore’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.317 to 8.265 with scores of 8.944 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.872 in Registering Process, and 6.977 in Access to Financing.
Singapore’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 7.184 with scores of 8.934 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.082 in Patent Protection, 7.3 in Copyright Protection, and 5.421 in Trademark Protection.
Singapore is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- ASEAN
- TPP-11
Singapore - IPRI Overall Score
Singapore - 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
Singapore - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.806 | 12 | 3 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 12 | 3 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.064 | 12 | 3 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.214 | 8 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 3 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 7 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 8 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 6 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.118 | 5 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.128 | 6 | 2 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.358 | 7 | 2 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.404 | 5 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.462 | 4 | 2 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.481 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.087 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.967 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 7.858 | 11 | 4 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 7.900 | 11 | 4 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 8.214 | 14 | 3 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 8.497 | 8 | 2 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 8.300 | 10 | 3 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 8.300 | 9 | 2 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 8.300 | 11 | 3 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 8.425 | 11 | 3 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 8.273 | 9 | 2 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 8.261 | 12 | 4 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 8.300 | 10 | 2 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 8.440 | 8 | 2 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 8.509 | 6 | 2 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 8.496 | 6 | 2 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 8.495 | 5 | 2 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 8.452 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Physical | 7.985 | 7 | 2 | 2007 |
| Physical | 8.000 | 7 | 1 | 2008 |
| Physical | 8.181 | 8 | 2 | 2009 |
| Physical | 8.274 | 6 | 1 | 2010 |
| Physical | 8.300 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Physical | 8.200 | 5 | 1 | 2012 |
| Physical | 8.200 | 5 | 2 | 2013 |
| Physical | 8.167 | 4 | 1 | 2014 |
| Physical | 8.147 | 2 | 1 | 2015 |
| Physical | 8.164 | 2 | 1 | 2016 |
| Physical | 8.704 | 2 | 2 | 2017 |
| Physical | 8.722 | 2 | 2 | 2018 |
| Physical | 8.712 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Physical | 8.730 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Physical | 8.582 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Physical | 8.265 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 7.577 | 16 | 3 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 7.600 | 15 | 4 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 7.796 | 18 | 4 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.872 | 17 | 4 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 8.300 | 7 | 1 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 16 | 3 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 16 | 4 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 8.700 | 3 | 1 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 7.934 | 16 | 3 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 7.960 | 17 | 3 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.071 | 18 | 3 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 8.051 | 16 | 3 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 8.164 | 14 | 3 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 8.217 | 10 | 3 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 7.184 | 17 | 4 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 7.184 | 17 | 4 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Singapore - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.858 | 11 | 4 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 11 | 4 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.214 | 14 | 3 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.497 | 8 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 10 | 3 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 9 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 11 | 3 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.425 | 11 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.273 | 9 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.261 | 12 | 4 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 10 | 2 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.440 | 8 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.509 | 6 | 2 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.496 | 6 | 2 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.495 | 5 | 2 | 2021 |
| Overall | 8.452 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.013 | 20 | 6 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.000 | 21 | 7 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.667 | 19 | 4 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.183 | 15 | 4 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.100 | 20 | 5 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.100 | 19 | 5 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.100 | 19 | 5 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.100 | 17 | 5 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.780 | 20 | 5 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.568 | 23 | 5 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.638 | 23 | 5 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.791 | 19 | 5 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.799 | 19 | 5 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.744 | 14 | 5 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.744 | 14 | 5 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.744 | 14 | 5 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 8.580 | 12 | 3 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 8.457 | 14 | 3 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 8.200 | 16 | 3 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 8.400 | 14 | 3 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 8.400 | 13 | 3 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 9 | 3 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 8.486 | 11 | 3 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 8.789 | 11 | 3 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 8.763 | 8 | 2 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 8.664 | 9 | 2 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 8.645 | 8 | 2 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 8.690 | 7 | 2 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 8.757 | 8 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 8.761 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 7.160 | 8 | 3 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 7.200 | 8 | 3 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 7.340 | 10 | 2 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 7.658 | 4 | 1 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 7.300 | 8 | 2 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 7.300 | 6 | 2 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 7.400 | 8 | 2 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 7.700 | 5 | 2 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 7.668 | 5 | 2 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 7.452 | 7 | 2 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 7.540 | 6 | 2 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 8.164 | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 8.325 | 2 | 2 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 8.201 | 2 | 2 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 8.162 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 7.999 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.400 | 4 | 2 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.400 | 4 | 2 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.270 | 9 | 2 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.689 | 2 | 1 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.500 | 3 | 2 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.400 | 4 | 2 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.200 | 9 | 3 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.300 | 6 | 2 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.160 | 8 | 2 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.234 | 7 | 2 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.260 | 7 | 2 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.141 | 7 | 2 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.266 | 6 | 2 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.349 | 3 | 2 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.319 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.304 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Singapore - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.985 | 7 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 7 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.181 | 8 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.274 | 6 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 5 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 5 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.167 | 4 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.147 | 2 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.164 | 2 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.704 | 2 | 2 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.722 | 2 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.712 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.730 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.582 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Overall | 8.265 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.896 | 10 | 2 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.900 | 10 | 2 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.000 | 6 | 1 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.200 | 4 | 1 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.100 | 3 | 1 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.100 | 3 | 1 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.100 | 3 | 1 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.000 | 2 | 1 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.729 | 2 | 1 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.780 | 4 | 1 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.850 | 5 | 1 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.927 | 3 | 1 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.895 | 3 | 1 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.944 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.944 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.944 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 8.647 | 7 | 3 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 7 | 3 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 9.209 | 13 | 5 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 9.289 | 15 | 5 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 9.500 | 12 | 5 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.900 | 35 | 7 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.900 | 39 | 8 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 26 | 5 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.847 | 12 | 4 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.846 | 13 | 4 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.811 | 12 | 5 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.819 | 16 | 4 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.819 | 15 | 4 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.824 | 18 | 4 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.824 | 18 | 4 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 8.872 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 6.412 | 11 | 3 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 6.400 | 11 | 3 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 6.333 | 15 | 4 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 6.333 | 10 | 3 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 6.400 | 5 | 1 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 6.600 | 3 | 1 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 6.700 | 3 | 1 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 6.500 | 2 | 2 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 5.865 | 4 | 2 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 5.865 | 4 | 2 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 7.450 | 3 | 2 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 7.421 | 3 | 2 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 7.421 | 3 | 2 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 7.422 | 3 | 2 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 6.977 | 6 | 3 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 6.977 | 6 | 3 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Singapore - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.577 | 16 | 3 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.600 | 15 | 4 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.796 | 18 | 4 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.872 | 17 | 4 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 7 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 16 | 3 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 16 | 4 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.700 | 3 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.934 | 16 | 3 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.960 | 17 | 3 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.071 | 18 | 3 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.051 | 16 | 3 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.164 | 14 | 3 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.217 | 10 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.184 | 17 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.184 | 17 | 4 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.333 | 8 | 1 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.300 | 8 | 1 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.667 | 5 | 1 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.800 | 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.700 | 3 | 1 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.700 | 2 | 1 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.700 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.700 | 2 | 1 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.586 | 2 | 1 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.663 | 4 | 1 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.797 | 4 | 1 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.737 | 4 | 1 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.776 | 3 | 1 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.934 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.934 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.934 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 8.095 | 19 | 3 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.100 | 17 | 4 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 8.420 | 26 | 3 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 8.417 | 25 | 3 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 8.400 | 28 | 3 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 8.400 | 25 | 3 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 8.400 | 26 | 2 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 8.400 | 25 | 4 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 8.417 | 25 | 5 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 8.417 | 26 | 5 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 8.417 | 25 | 5 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.416 | 28 | 4 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.416 | 28 | 4 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.417 | 28 | 4 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 7.082 | 13 | 3 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 7.082 | 13 | 3 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.259 | 3 | 1 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 3 | 1 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.300 | 21 | 4 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.400 | 22 | 4 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 4 | 2 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.600 | 18 | 4 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.700 | 19 | 5 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.700 | 18 | 4 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.800 | 18 | 4 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.800 | 18 | 4 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.000 | 18 | 4 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.000 | 18 | 4 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 17 | 4 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 17 | 4 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 18 | 4 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 18 | 4 | 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 | 5.421 | 69 | 8 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.421 | 69 | 8 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |