2025
| International Property Rights Index

South Africa

Region

Africa

Global Rank

61/126

Regional Rank

3/30

Score

4.915

South Africa’s IPRI score decreased by -0.167 to 4.915 placing it 3rd in the Africa region and 61st 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 increased by 0.146 to 5.103 with scores of 6.861 in Judicial Independence, 5.172 in Rule of Law, 3.946 in Political Stability, and 4.431 in Control of Corruption.

 

South Africa’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.616 to 4.271 with scores of 5 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 5.014 in Registering Property, and 2.8 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

South Africa’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.033 to 5.371 with scores of 6.105 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.467 in Patent Protection, 3.614 in Copyright Protection, and 5.297 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