Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
2/125
Regional Rank
1/19
Score
7.942
Singapore’s IPRI score decreased by -0.016 to 7.942 placing it 1st in the Asia and Oceania region and 2nd 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 -0.109 to 7.959 with scores of 6.167 in Judicial Independence, 8.559 in Rule of Law, 7.92 in Political Stability, and 9.189 in Control of Corruption.
Singapore’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.061 to 8.253 with scores of 8.944 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.838 in Registering Property, and 6.977 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Singapore’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 7.613 with scores of 8.934 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.467 in Patent Protection, 9.629 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 | 8 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 8 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 5 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.958 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.942 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 | 12 | 2 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 8.300 | 9 | 2 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 8.300 | 11 | 2 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 8.425 | 11 | 2 | 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 |
| Legal and Political | 8.068 | 14 | 3 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 7.959 | 14 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 2011 |
| Physical | 8.200 | 4 | 1 | 2012 |
| Physical | 8.200 | 4 | 1 | 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 |
| Physical | 8.192 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Physical | 8.253 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Intellectual | 7.577 | 16 | 3 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 7.600 | 16 | 4 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 7.796 | 18 | 4 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.872 | 17 | 4 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 8.300 | 6 | 1 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 17 | 3 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 19 | 3 | 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 |
| Intellectual | 7.613 | 5 | 1 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 7.613 | 5 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 | 12 | 2 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 9 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 11 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.425 | 11 | 2 | 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 |
| Overall | 8.068 | 14 | 3 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.959 | 14 | 3 | 2024 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.013 | 20 | 6 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.000 | 22 | 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.192 | 36 | 5 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.167 | 35 | 5 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 8.580 | 12 | 2 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 8.457 | 14 | 3 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 8.200 | 16 | 3 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 8.400 | 15 | 3 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 8.400 | 14 | 3 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 13 | 2 | 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 |
| Rule of Law | 8.715 | 4 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 8.559 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 | 8 | 2 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 7.400 | 10 | 2 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 7.700 | 6 | 1 | 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 |
| Political Stability | 8.021 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 7.920 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 | 7 | 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 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.319 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.304 | 3 | 1 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.343 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.189 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 4 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 4 | 1 | 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 |
| Overall | 8.192 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Overall | 8.253 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 | 7 | 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 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.944 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.944 | 3 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 | 14 | 4 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.900 | 38 | 7 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.900 | 39 | 8 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 26 | 4 | 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 | 17 | 4 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 8.872 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 8.655 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 8.838 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Access to Financing | 6.412 | 11 | 3 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 6.400 | 13 | 3 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 6.333 | 15 | 4 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 6.333 | 11 | 3 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 6.400 | 5 | 1 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 6.600 | 4 | 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 |
| Access to Financing | 6.977 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 6.977 | 5 | 2 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Singapore - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.577 | 16 | 3 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.600 | 16 | 4 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.796 | 18 | 4 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.872 | 17 | 4 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 6 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 17 | 3 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 19 | 3 | 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 |
| Overall | 7.613 | 5 | 1 | 2023 |
| Overall | 7.613 | 5 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 | 3 | 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.934 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.934 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Patent Protection | 8.095 | 17 | 3 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.100 | 18 | 4 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 8.420 | 26 | 3 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 8.417 | 26 | 3 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 8.400 | 27 | 4 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 8.400 | 27 | 4 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 8.400 | 27 | 3 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 8.400 | 25 | 4 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 8.417 | 26 | 5 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 8.417 | 26 | 5 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 8.417 | 26 | 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 |
| Patent Protection | 6.467 | 26 | 4 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 6.467 | 26 | 4 | 2024 |
| 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 | 5 | 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 | 18 | 4 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 18 | 4 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 18 | 4 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 18 | 4 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 9.629 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | 9.629 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.421 | 69 | 8 | 2023 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.421 | 69 | 8 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |