Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
70/125
Regional Rank
13/19
Score
4.702
Sri Lanka’s IPRI score decreased by -0.134 to 4.702 placing it 13rd in the Asia and Oceania region and 70th in the world. Sri Lanka is classified by the IMF as part of the Emerging and Developing Asia group and by the World Bank as Upper middle income country.
Sri Lanka’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.371 to 4.143 with scores of 4.025 in Judicial Independence, 4.886 in Rule of Law, 3.429 in Political Stability, and 4.233 in Control of Corruption.
Sri Lanka’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.03 to 4.632 with scores of 4.794 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 3.921 in Registering Property, and 5.181 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Sri Lanka’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 5.331 with scores of 4.591 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.383 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 6.018 in Trademark Protection.
Sri Lanka is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- SAARC
Sri Lanka - IPRI Overall Score
Sri Lanka - 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
Sri Lanka - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.635 | 72 | 12 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.629 | 74 | 12 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 77 | 14 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 75 | 12 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 76 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.000 | 63 | 12 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.760 | 71 | 14 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.995 | 69 | 14 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.390 | 59 | 11 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.239 | 68 | 13 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.163 | 74 | 14 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.159 | 77 | 14 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.190 | 76 | 13 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.699 | 71 | 14 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.836 | 67 | 12 | 2023 |
| Overall | 4.702 | 70 | 13 | 2024 |
| Legal and Political | 3.969 | 78 | 13 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 4.000 | 83 | 14 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 4.500 | 79 | 14 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 4.600 | 68 | 10 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 4.700 | 65 | 10 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 4.525 | 55 | 9 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 4.296 | 69 | 11 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 4.735 | 64 | 9 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 5.032 | 59 | 10 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 4.922 | 61 | 10 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 4.791 | 65 | 12 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 4.852 | 64 | 11 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 4.765 | 64 | 11 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 4.816 | 63 | 11 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 4.514 | 63 | 11 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 4.143 | 78 | 14 | 2024 |
| Physical | 5.973 | 51 | 11 | 2009 |
| Physical | 5.978 | 56 | 12 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.100 | 60 | 13 | 2011 |
| Physical | 6.000 | 69 | 13 | 2012 |
| Physical | 5.800 | 83 | 15 | 2013 |
| Physical | 5.867 | 63 | 14 | 2014 |
| Physical | 5.635 | 71 | 14 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.642 | 74 | 14 | 2016 |
| Physical | 6.338 | 61 | 14 | 2017 |
| Physical | 6.183 | 72 | 15 | 2018 |
| Physical | 6.182 | 80 | 15 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.177 | 79 | 15 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.232 | 80 | 15 | 2021 |
| Physical | 4.709 | 78 | 16 | 2022 |
| Physical | 4.662 | 76 | 15 | 2023 |
| Physical | 4.632 | 77 | 15 | 2024 |
| Intellectual | 3.962 | 82 | 13 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 3.909 | 88 | 13 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 4.400 | 87 | 14 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 4.500 | 85 | 13 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 4.400 | 88 | 12 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 5.750 | 41 | 8 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 4.350 | 78 | 12 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 4.609 | 79 | 12 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 4.798 | 78 | 12 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 4.611 | 82 | 12 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 4.517 | 91 | 15 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 4.447 | 97 | 15 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 4.573 | 84 | 14 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 4.573 | 84 | 14 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 5.331 | 54 | 9 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 5.331 | 54 | 9 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Sri Lanka - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.969 | 78 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.000 | 83 | 14 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.500 | 79 | 14 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.600 | 68 | 10 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.700 | 65 | 10 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.525 | 55 | 9 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.296 | 69 | 11 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.735 | 64 | 9 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.032 | 59 | 10 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.922 | 61 | 10 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.791 | 65 | 12 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.852 | 64 | 11 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.765 | 64 | 11 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.816 | 63 | 11 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.514 | 63 | 11 | 2023 |
| Overall | 4.143 | 78 | 14 | 2024 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.000 | 51 | 11 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.400 | 53 | 12 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.600 | 45 | 8 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.100 | 49 | 10 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.900 | 51 | 11 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.600 | 44 | 11 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.392 | 62 | 13 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.415 | 48 | 8 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.655 | 46 | 7 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.863 | 61 | 14 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.645 | 66 | 15 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.902 | 61 | 13 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.902 | 61 | 13 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.902 | 61 | 13 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.188 | 61 | 12 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.025 | 61 | 12 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law | 5.120 | 53 | 10 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 4.981 | 58 | 11 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 4.900 | 62 | 11 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 4.800 | 64 | 11 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 4.900 | 61 | 10 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 4.800 | 50 | 9 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 4.457 | 70 | 11 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 4.700 | 69 | 10 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 5.137 | 57 | 10 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 4.985 | 63 | 12 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 5.110 | 60 | 11 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 5.053 | 60 | 10 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 4.976 | 62 | 11 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 4.910 | 62 | 12 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 5.077 | 57 | 10 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 4.886 | 58 | 12 | 2024 |
| Political Stability | 1.080 | 109 | 16 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 0.913 | 118 | 18 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 2.300 | 107 | 15 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 3.500 | 93 | 12 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 3.900 | 87 | 11 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 3.600 | 71 | 11 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 3.787 | 86 | 12 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 4.499 | 81 | 10 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 5.071 | 63 | 11 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 5.404 | 58 | 11 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 5.311 | 69 | 11 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 5.123 | 69 | 11 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 4.821 | 72 | 10 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 5.076 | 65 | 10 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 4.462 | 74 | 11 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 3.429 | 99 | 16 | 2024 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.675 | 55 | 9 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.707 | 62 | 10 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.300 | 77 | 12 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.100 | 80 | 11 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.200 | 79 | 11 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.500 | 49 | 8 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.546 | 62 | 9 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.324 | 68 | 10 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.267 | 72 | 11 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.437 | 68 | 11 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.097 | 78 | 14 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.329 | 74 | 13 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.361 | 72 | 11 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.375 | 72 | 12 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.331 | 70 | 12 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.233 | 75 | 12 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Sri Lanka - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.973 | 51 | 11 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.978 | 56 | 12 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 60 | 13 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 69 | 13 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 83 | 15 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.867 | 63 | 14 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.635 | 71 | 14 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.642 | 74 | 14 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.338 | 61 | 14 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.183 | 72 | 15 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.182 | 80 | 15 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.177 | 79 | 15 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.232 | 80 | 15 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.709 | 78 | 16 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.662 | 76 | 15 | 2023 |
| Overall | 4.632 | 77 | 15 | 2024 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.167 | 56 | 11 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.317 | 55 | 11 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.300 | 59 | 12 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.400 | 52 | 11 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.200 | 60 | 12 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.200 | 45 | 10 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.506 | 53 | 9 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.532 | 58 | 10 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.593 | 57 | 11 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.239 | 71 | 15 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.838 | 94 | 17 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.794 | 101 | 19 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.794 | 101 | 19 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.794 | 101 | 19 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.794 | 97 | 18 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.794 | 97 | 18 | 2024 |
| Registering Process | 6.919 | 83 | 16 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 7.133 | 94 | 16 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 7.300 | 104 | 16 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 7.400 | 110 | 17 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 7.700 | 103 | 16 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 7.700 | 78 | 14 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 8.291 | 96 | 16 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 8.285 | 98 | 16 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 8.214 | 83 | 15 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 8.291 | 98 | 14 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 8.688 | 88 | 14 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 8.719 | 91 | 14 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 8.719 | 91 | 14 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 4.152 | 77 | 12 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 4.011 | 77 | 13 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 3.921 | 81 | 13 | 2024 |
| Access to Financing | 4.833 | 42 | 11 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 4.483 | 48 | 10 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 4.700 | 40 | 12 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 4.100 | 60 | 15 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 3.600 | 86 | 17 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 3.700 | 65 | 13 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 3.108 | 61 | 13 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 3.108 | 62 | 13 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 5.208 | 57 | 13 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 5.018 | 54 | 13 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 5.018 | 54 | 13 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 5.019 | 54 | 13 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 5.181 | 49 | 13 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 5.181 | 49 | 13 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 5.181 | 46 | 12 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 5.181 | 46 | 12 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Sri Lanka - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.962 | 82 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.909 | 88 | 13 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.400 | 87 | 14 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.500 | 85 | 13 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.400 | 88 | 12 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.750 | 41 | 8 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.350 | 78 | 12 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.609 | 79 | 12 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.798 | 78 | 12 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.611 | 82 | 12 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.517 | 91 | 15 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.447 | 97 | 15 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.573 | 84 | 14 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.573 | 84 | 14 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.331 | 54 | 9 | 2023 |
| Overall | 5.331 | 54 | 9 | 2024 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.667 | 51 | 11 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.517 | 51 | 12 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.900 | 42 | 9 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.800 | 41 | 9 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.500 | 51 | 11 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.400 | 44 | 10 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.900 | 49 | 10 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.676 | 41 | 8 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.844 | 43 | 9 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.285 | 63 | 13 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.803 | 77 | 14 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.591 | 90 | 15 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.591 | 90 | 15 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.591 | 90 | 15 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.591 | 87 | 14 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.591 | 87 | 14 | 2024 |
| Patent Protection | 6.220 | 68 | 13 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 6.210 | 70 | 12 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 6.200 | 69 | 12 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 6.200 | 69 | 12 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 6.200 | 66 | 12 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 6.500 | 59 | 11 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 62 | 13 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 63 | 13 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 63 | 13 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 67 | 13 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 69 | 13 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 68 | 13 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 5.385 | 64 | 14 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 5.385 | 64 | 14 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 5.383 | 63 | 12 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 5.383 | 63 | 12 | 2024 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.000 | 91 | 14 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.000 | 99 | 16 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.100 | 99 | 16 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.400 | 96 | 16 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.600 | 94 | 15 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.600 | 74 | 12 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 90 | 14 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 92 | 14 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 87 | 15 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.100 | 85 | 15 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.300 | 84 | 15 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.300 | 84 | 15 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.300 | 84 | 15 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.300 | 84 | 15 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2024 | |
| 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 | 6.018 | 46 | 7 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.018 | 46 | 7 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.018 | 46 | 7 | 2023 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.018 | 46 | 7 | 2024 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |