Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
5/131
Regional Rank
3/21
AUSTRALIA
Region: Asia and Oceania
Global Rank: 5 of 129
Region Rank: 3 of 19
Australia’s IPRI score increased by 0.033 to 8.363 placing it 3rd in the Asia and Oceania region and 5th in the world. Australia is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as a High income country.
Australia’s Legal and Political Subindex score decreased by -0.073 to 8.153 with scores of 8.598 in Judicial Independence, 8.363 in Rule of Law, 8.590 in Control of Corruption, and 7.063 in Political Stability.
Australia’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.108 to 8.280 with scores of 8.324 in Perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.833 in Registering Property, and 6.682 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Australia’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex score increased by 0.066 to 8.656 with scores of 8.018 in Perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 9.75 in Patent Protection, and 8.2 in Copyright Protection.
Australia is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- TPP-11
Australia - IPRI Overall Score
Australia - 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 Privacy
Australia - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.072 | 8 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 5 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.188 | 9 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.192 | 9 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 10 | 3 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 10 | 3 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 11 | 3 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 15 | 5 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.714 | 12 | 4 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.931 | 12 | 4 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.244 | 10 | 4 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.329 | 7 | 3 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.363 | 5 | 3 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 8.081 | 7 | 2 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 8.100 | 7 | 2 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 8.319 | 11 | 2 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 8.456 | 11 | 3 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 8.300 | 12 | 3 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 8.200 | 10 | 3 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 8.300 | 10 | 2 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 8.425 | 10 | 3 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 8.052 | 11 | 3 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 8.335 | 10 | 2 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 8.272 | 11 | 3 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 8.227 | 11 | 3 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 8.153 | 11 | 3 | 2019 |
| Physical | 7.826 | 8 | 3 | 2007 |
| Physical | 7.800 | 8 | 3 | 2008 |
| Physical | 8.060 | 9 | 3 | 2009 |
| Physical | 8.143 | 8 | 3 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.700 | 13 | 4 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.400 | 19 | 6 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.400 | 19 | 6 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.400 | 14 | 4 | 2014 |
| Physical | 7.071 | 19 | 7 | 2015 |
| Physical | 7.275 | 16 | 7 | 2016 |
| Physical | 8.239 | 11 | 5 | 2017 |
| Physical | 8.171 | 14 | 6 | 2018 |
| Physical | 8.280 | 7 | 4 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 8.307 | 4 | 1 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 8.300 | 4 | 1 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 8.186 | 9 | 2 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.978 | 12 | 2 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 17 | 4 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 7.800 | 18 | 4 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 15 | 3 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 15 | 3 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 8.019 | 13 | 2 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 8.183 | 13 | 2 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.220 | 14 | 2 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 8.589 | 4 | 1 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 8.656 | 4 | 1 | 2019 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Australia - Legal and Political Environmental
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.081 | 7 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 7 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.319 | 11 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.456 | 11 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 12 | 3 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 10 | 3 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 10 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.425 | 10 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.052 | 11 | 3 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.335 | 10 | 2 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.272 | 11 | 3 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.227 | 11 | 3 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.153 | 11 | 3 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.804 | 6 | 2 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.800 | 6 | 2 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 3 | 2 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.083 | 8 | 2 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 9 | 2 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.700 | 15 | 3 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.600 | 13 | 3 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.200 | 14 | 4 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.147 | 14 | 4 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.584 | 13 | 4 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.730 | 10 | 3 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.766 | 8 | 2 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.598 | 7 | 2 | 2019 |
| Rule Of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule Of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule Of Law | 8.580 | 11 | 3 | 2009 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.529 | 11 | 2 | 2010 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.500 | 9 | 2 | 2011 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.500 | 12 | 2 | 2012 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.600 | 7 | 2 | 2013 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.500 | 11 | 3 | 2014 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.507 | 10 | 2 | 2015 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.855 | 9 | 2 | 2016 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.648 | 13 | 4 | 2017 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.504 | 11 | 3 | 2018 |
| Rule Of Law | 8.363 | 13 | 4 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 6.640 | 16 | 4 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 6.600 | 17 | 5 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 6.720 | 20 | 5 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 7.154 | 15 | 5 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.700 | 25 | 6 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.600 | 29 | 7 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 6.700 | 31 | 8 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 7.000 | 17 | 4 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 7.033 | 16 | 3 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 7.163 | 12 | 4 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 6.887 | 24 | 6 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 7.098 | 18 | 5 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 7.063 | 21 | 5 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.800 | 8 | 3 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.800 | 8 | 3 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.974 | 12 | 3 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.056 | 9 | 3 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.100 | 8 | 3 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.100 | 9 | 3 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.300 | 6 | 2 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.000 | 10 | 3 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.521 | 13 | 3 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.740 | 10 | 3 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.822 | 10 | 3 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.541 | 14 | 3 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.590 | 14 | 3 | 2019 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Australia - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.826 | 8 | 3 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 8 | 3 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.060 | 9 | 3 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.143 | 8 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 13 | 4 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 19 | 6 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 19 | 6 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 14 | 4 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.071 | 19 | 7 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.275 | 16 | 7 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.239 | 11 | 5 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.171 | 14 | 6 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.280 | 7 | 4 | 2019 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.968 | 9 | 1 | 2007 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 9.000 | 7 | 1 | 2008 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.833 | 13 | 2 | 2009 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.883 | 13 | 3 | 2010 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.400 | 13 | 3 | 2011 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 7.900 | 21 | 6 | 2012 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 7.800 | 24 | 7 | 2013 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 7.500 | 24 | 6 | 2014 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 7.513 | 21 | 6 | 2015 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.126 | 16 | 5 | 2016 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.091 | 15 | 5 | 2017 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 7.998 | 18 | 5 | 2018 |
| Protection of Physical Property | 8.324 | 11 | 5 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 8.113 | 12 | 4 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 8.100 | 12 | 4 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 8.846 | 19 | 6 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 8.980 | 24 | 6 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 9.000 | 29 | 6 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 9.100 | 25 | 5 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 9.100 | 31 | 5 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 9.000 | 23 | 4 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 9.833 | 14 | 6 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 9.833 | 15 | 6 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 9.826 | 11 | 4 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 9.833 | 14 | 3 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 9.833 | 13 | 3 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.398 | 12 | 4 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.400 | 13 | 3 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.500 | 12 | 3 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.567 | 7 | 1 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.600 | 16 | 5 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.300 | 23 | 6 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.300 | 24 | 8 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.000 | 23 | 8 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.866 | 36 | 12 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 3.866 | 37 | 12 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.799 | 14 | 5 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.682 | 14 | 6 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.682 | 14 | 6 | 2019 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Australia - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.307 | 4 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 4 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.186 | 9 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.978 | 12 | 2 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 17 | 4 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 18 | 4 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 15 | 3 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 15 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.019 | 13 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.183 | 13 | 2 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.220 | 14 | 2 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.589 | 4 | 1 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.656 | 4 | 1 | 2019 |
| Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | 8.194 | 9 | 2 | 2007 |
| Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | 8.200 | 10 | 2 | 2008 |
| Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | 8.167 | 10 | 2 | 2009 |
| Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | 8.200 | 10 | 2 | 2010 |
| Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | 8.000 | 12 | 3 | 2011 |
| Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | 7.600 | 20 | 4 | 2012 |
| Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | 7.600 | 19 | 5 | 2013 |
| Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | 7.600 | 18 | 5 | 2014 |
| Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | 7.490 | 16 | 5 | 2015 |
| Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | 7.983 | 13 | 5 | 2016 |
| Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | 7.995 | 18 | 5 | 2017 |
| Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | 8.018 | 16 | 4 | 2018 |
| Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | 8.018 | 14 | 5 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 9.048 | 5 | 1 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 9.000 | 6 | 2 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 8.340 | 29 | 5 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 8.333 | 30 | 5 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 8.300 | 33 | 5 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 8.300 | 30 | 5 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 8.300 | 31 | 4 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 22 | 2 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 22 | 3 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 21 | 3 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 20 | 3 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 9.750 | 3 | 1 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 9.750 | 2 | 1 | 2019 |
| Copyright Piracy | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Piracy | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Piracy | 8.500 | 3 | 1 | 2009 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.400 | 11 | 3 | 2010 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.500 | 11 | 4 | 2011 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.600 | 5 | 3 | 2012 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.700 | 6 | 4 | 2013 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.700 | 5 | 3 | 2014 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.900 | 5 | 3 | 2015 |
| Copyright Piracy | 7.900 | 5 | 3 | 2016 |
| Copyright Piracy | 8.000 | 5 | 3 | 2017 |
| Copyright Piracy | 8.000 | 5 | 3 | 2018 |
| Copyright Piracy | 8.200 | 5 | 3 | 2019 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |