2023
| International Property Rights Index

South Africa

Region

Africa

Global Rank

55/125

Regional Rank

3/30

Score

5.192

South Africa’s IPRI score decreased by -0.342 to 5.192 placing it 3rd in the Africa region and 55th in the world. South Africa is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as Upper middle income country.

 

South Africa’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.082 to 5.216 with scores of 6.86 in Judicial Independence, 5.261 in Rule of Law, 3.698 in Political Stability, and 5.044 in Control of Corruption.

 

South Africa’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.07 to 4.956 with scores of 5.152 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 5.341 in Registering Process, and 4.376 in Access to Financing.

 

South Africa’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.875 to 5.404 with scores of 6.105 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.467 in Patent Protection, 3.614 in Copyright Protection, and 5.432 in Trademark Protection.

 

South Africa is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • SADC

South Africa - IPRI Overall Score

South Africa - 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

South Africa - IPRI Overall Score

South Africa - Legal and Political Environment

South Africa - Physical Property Rights

South Africa - Intellectual Property Rights