Switzerland

Switzerland’s IPRI score decreased by -0.006 to 7.613 placing it 8th in the Western Europe region and 11st in the world. Switzerland is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.

Switzerland’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.02 to 8.282 with scores of in Judicial Independence, 8.504 in Rule of Law, 7.322 in Political Stability, and 9.019 in Control of Corruption.

Switzerland’s Physical Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 7.825 with scores of 9.04 in perception of Property Rights Protection, data wasn't available to measure Registering Property, and 6.61 in Ease of Access to Loans.

Switzerland’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 6.731 with scores of 8.825 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.467 in Patent Protection, 4.829 in Copyright Protection, and 6.804 in Trademark Protection.

Switzerland is a member of the following regional integration agreements

• OECD
• EFTA