Region
Africa
Global Rank
112/125
Regional Rank
20/30
Score
3.632
Cameroon’s IPRI score increased by 0.116 to 3.632 placing it 20th in the Africa region and 112th in the world. Cameroon is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as Lower middle income country.
Cameroon’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.296 to 2.431 with scores of 1.781 in Judicial Independence, 2.805 in Rule of Law, 2.322 in Political Stability, and 2.815 in Control of Corruption.
Cameroon’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.007 to 3.913 with scores of 4.888 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 3.21 in Registering Process, and 3.64 in Access to Financing.
Cameroon’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.638 to 4.552 with scores of 5.239 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 4.817 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 3.6 in Trademark Protection.
Cameroon is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- CEMAC
- CEEAC
Cameroon - IPRI Overall Score
Cameroon - 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
Cameroon - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.821 | 95 | 14 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.823 | 105 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.200 | 105 | 18 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.300 | 103 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.300 | 106 | 20 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.300 | 84 | 17 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.906 | 107 | 18 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.048 | 109 | 20 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.294 | 104 | 20 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.323 | 109 | 19 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.307 | 115 | 21 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.205 | 114 | 20 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.988 | 117 | 21 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.516 | 117 | 21 | 2022 |
| Overall | 3.632 | 112 | 20 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 3.034 | 102 | 14 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 3.032 | 108 | 17 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 3.500 | 100 | 15 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 3.400 | 102 | 14 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 3.300 | 110 | 20 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 3.325 | 82 | 15 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 3.134 | 107 | 17 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 3.123 | 114 | 21 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 3.144 | 116 | 22 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 3.151 | 114 | 21 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 3.080 | 117 | 22 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 2.936 | 121 | 24 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 2.724 | 121 | 25 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 2.727 | 121 | 24 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 2.431 | 119 | 24 | 2023 |
| Physical | 4.466 | 101 | 13 | 2009 |
| Physical | 4.649 | 104 | 15 | 2010 |
| Physical | 5.300 | 102 | 15 | 2011 |
| Physical | 5.400 | 103 | 14 | 2012 |
| Physical | 5.600 | 93 | 12 | 2013 |
| Physical | 5.533 | 74 | 10 | 2014 |
| Physical | 4.725 | 105 | 16 | 2015 |
| Physical | 4.885 | 108 | 17 | 2016 |
| Physical | 5.386 | 89 | 17 | 2017 |
| Physical | 5.335 | 107 | 16 | 2018 |
| Physical | 5.425 | 110 | 18 | 2019 |
| Physical | 5.338 | 113 | 19 | 2020 |
| Physical | 5.325 | 110 | 17 | 2021 |
| Physical | 3.906 | 114 | 18 | 2022 |
| Physical | 3.913 | 110 | 17 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 3.962 | 81 | 11 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 3.789 | 90 | 16 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 3.900 | 99 | 18 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 92 | 17 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 96 | 20 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 3.933 | 85 | 17 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 3.860 | 97 | 18 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 4.137 | 98 | 19 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 4.351 | 97 | 19 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 4.483 | 89 | 16 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 4.415 | 97 | 20 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 4.341 | 100 | 20 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 3.914 | 110 | 19 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 3.914 | 110 | 19 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 4.552 | 92 | 13 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Cameroon - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.034 | 102 | 14 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.032 | 108 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 3.500 | 100 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 3.400 | 102 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 3.300 | 110 | 20 | 2013 |
| Overall | 3.325 | 82 | 15 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.134 | 107 | 17 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.123 | 114 | 21 | 2016 |
| Overall | 3.144 | 116 | 22 | 2017 |
| Overall | 3.151 | 114 | 21 | 2018 |
| Overall | 3.080 | 117 | 22 | 2019 |
| Overall | 2.936 | 121 | 24 | 2020 |
| Overall | 2.724 | 121 | 25 | 2021 |
| Overall | 2.727 | 121 | 24 | 2022 |
| Overall | 2.431 | 119 | 24 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.000 | 103 | 15 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.983 | 111 | 18 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.800 | 102 | 16 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.900 | 96 | 14 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.500 | 109 | 21 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.300 | 88 | 19 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.049 | 97 | 17 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.430 | 93 | 18 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.363 | 101 | 19 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.431 | 95 | 17 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.301 | 98 | 20 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.248 | 97 | 17 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.248 | 97 | 17 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.248 | 97 | 17 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 1.781 | 103 | 23 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 2.820 | 106 | 15 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 3.014 | 108 | 16 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 2.900 | 112 | 17 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 2.900 | 114 | 18 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 2.900 | 116 | 21 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 3.000 | 85 | 17 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 2.908 | 112 | 20 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 3.258 | 112 | 21 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 3.078 | 117 | 22 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 2.961 | 116 | 21 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 2.952 | 118 | 23 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 2.841 | 122 | 24 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 2.762 | 121 | 24 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 2.707 | 121 | 24 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 2.805 | 116 | 23 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 4.220 | 78 | 12 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 3.933 | 87 | 13 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 4.200 | 82 | 13 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 3.800 | 86 | 13 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 3.800 | 88 | 15 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 3.800 | 67 | 12 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 3.964 | 84 | 13 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 3.111 | 109 | 20 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 3.199 | 108 | 21 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 3.483 | 104 | 18 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 3.435 | 113 | 21 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 2.955 | 120 | 23 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 2.302 | 121 | 24 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 2.214 | 120 | 23 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 2.322 | 115 | 22 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.097 | 103 | 14 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.200 | 107 | 16 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.200 | 106 | 17 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.000 | 111 | 18 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.100 | 112 | 21 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.500 | 91 | 19 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.616 | 115 | 20 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.694 | 119 | 22 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.937 | 119 | 21 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.728 | 118 | 22 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.630 | 121 | 23 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.701 | 122 | 24 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.583 | 122 | 24 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.737 | 120 | 24 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 2.815 | 115 | 23 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Cameroon - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.466 | 101 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.649 | 104 | 15 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.300 | 102 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.400 | 103 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 93 | 12 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.533 | 74 | 10 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.725 | 105 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.885 | 108 | 17 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.386 | 89 | 17 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.335 | 107 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.425 | 110 | 18 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.338 | 113 | 19 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.325 | 110 | 17 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.906 | 114 | 18 | 2022 |
| Overall | 3.913 | 110 | 17 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.667 | 86 | 10 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.567 | 95 | 14 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.300 | 88 | 12 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.200 | 89 | 12 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.400 | 86 | 14 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.500 | 59 | 8 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.393 | 88 | 11 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.884 | 86 | 13 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.131 | 78 | 13 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.102 | 77 | 11 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.213 | 77 | 12 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.888 | 97 | 16 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.888 | 97 | 16 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.888 | 97 | 16 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.888 | 93 | 15 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 7.397 | 72 | 10 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 7.531 | 83 | 11 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 7.800 | 82 | 13 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 7.900 | 89 | 13 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 7.900 | 86 | 13 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 7.900 | 66 | 12 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 7.227 | 117 | 23 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 7.217 | 119 | 23 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 7.101 | 101 | 24 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 7.227 | 119 | 24 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 7.386 | 121 | 25 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 7.448 | 119 | 24 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 7.448 | 119 | 24 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 3.191 | 99 | 21 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 3.210 | 95 | 21 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 1.333 | 111 | 18 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 1.850 | 113 | 17 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 2.700 | 117 | 19 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.000 | 107 | 16 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 3.400 | 89 | 11 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 3.500 | 68 | 11 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 2.554 | 83 | 13 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 2.554 | 85 | 14 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 3.925 | 92 | 12 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 3.676 | 101 | 12 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 3.676 | 101 | 12 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 3.677 | 101 | 12 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 3.640 | 111 | 16 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 3.640 | 111 | 16 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 3.640 | 107 | 15 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Cameroon - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.962 | 81 | 11 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.789 | 90 | 16 | 2010 |
| Overall | 3.900 | 99 | 18 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 92 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 96 | 20 | 2013 |
| Overall | 3.933 | 85 | 17 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.860 | 97 | 18 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.137 | 98 | 19 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.351 | 97 | 19 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.483 | 89 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.415 | 97 | 20 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.341 | 100 | 20 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.914 | 110 | 19 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.914 | 110 | 19 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.552 | 92 | 13 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.167 | 56 | 3 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.550 | 80 | 9 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.900 | 96 | 16 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.300 | 86 | 14 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.400 | 87 | 16 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.500 | 67 | 12 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.996 | 76 | 9 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.828 | 64 | 8 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.468 | 57 | 6 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.867 | 46 | 3 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.462 | 61 | 6 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.239 | 63 | 5 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.239 | 63 | 5 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.239 | 63 | 5 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.239 | 60 | 4 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 6.120 | 70 | 6 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 6.117 | 72 | 7 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 6.100 | 71 | 7 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 6.100 | 71 | 7 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 6.100 | 69 | 7 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 5.800 | 71 | 9 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 75 | 10 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 76 | 10 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 76 | 10 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 78 | 10 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 80 | 10 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 5.783 | 78 | 9 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 4.817 | 78 | 8 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 4.817 | 78 | 8 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 4.817 | 83 | 10 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.600 | 85 | 6 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 85 | 8 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 90 | 8 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 89 | 7 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 91 | 9 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.700 | 71 | 9 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 88 | 9 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 90 | 9 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 92 | 9 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 89 | 8 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 90 | 7 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 90 | 7 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 89 | 7 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 90 | 7 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
| 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 | 3.600 | 119 | 23 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 3.600 | 119 | 23 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 3.600 | 118 | 23 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |