2019
| International Property Rights Index

Dominican Republic

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank

87/129

Regional Rank

13/21

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Region: Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank: 87 of 129

Region Rank: 13 of 21

 

Dominican Republic’s IPRI score increased by 0.056 to 4.894 placing it 13th in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 87th in the world. Dominican Republic is classified by the IMF as part of the Latin America and the Caribbean group and by the World Bank as an Upper middle income country.

Dominican Republic’s Legal and Political Subindex score decreased by -0.048 to 3.931 with scores of 2.323 in Judicial Independence, 4.164 in Rule of Law, 3.523 in Control of Corruption, and 5.715 in Political Stability.

Dominican Republic’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.134 to 6.241 with scores of 5.224 in Perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.524 in Registering Property, and 4.975 in Ease of Access to Loans.

Dominican Republic’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex score increased by 0.083 to 4.510 with scores of 4.865 in Perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.17 in Patent Protection, and 2.5 in Copyright Protection.

Dominican Republic is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • Central American Parliament

Dominican Republic - IPRI Overall Score

Dominican Republic - 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 Piracy

Dominican Republic - IPRI Overall Score

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 3.956 49 9 2007
Overall 4.000 49 9 2008
Overall 4.472 75 11 2009
Overall 4.373 82 12 2010
Overall 4.600 90 14 2011
Overall 4.500 92 15 2012
Overall 4.600 92 15 2013
Overall 4.900 65 11 2014
Overall 4.363 88 14 2015
Overall 4.547 94 15 2016
Overall 4.823 83 14 2017
Overall 4.837 87 13 2018
Overall 4.894 87 13 2019
Legal and Political 4.089 42 5 2007
Legal and Political 4.100 43 5 2008
Legal and Political 4.156 71 9 2009
Legal and Political 4.036 80 9 2010
Legal and Political 4.200 85 10 2011
Legal and Political 3.900 94 13 2012
Legal and Political 4.000 88 13 2013
Legal and Political 4.250 62 8 2014
Legal and Political 3.773 84 9 2015
Legal and Political 3.920 88 9 2016
Legal and Political 3.877 91 9 2017
Legal and Political 3.980 89 11 2018
Legal and Political 3.931 92 11 2019
Physical 3.952 58 15 2007
Physical 4.000 57 14 2008
Physical 5.171 76 12 2009
Physical 5.155 87 14 2010
Physical 5.700 82 12 2011
Physical 5.600 93 14 2012
Physical 5.700 86 12 2013
Physical 5.567 73 13 2014
Physical 5.341 81 12 2015
Physical 5.506 80 12 2016
Physical 6.230 64 10 2017
Physical 6.106 77 11 2018
Physical 6.241 77 11 2019
Intellectual 3.826 50 11 2007
Intellectual 3.800 51 11 2008
Intellectual 4.091 79 13 2009
Intellectual 3.928 86 14 2010
Intellectual 4.000 96 16 2011
Intellectual 3.900 99 17 2012
Intellectual 4.000 101 18 2013
Intellectual 5.000 61 9 2014
Intellectual 3.974 93 15 2015
Intellectual 4.216 94 16 2016
Intellectual 4.362 96 16 2017
Intellectual 4.426 93 14 2018
Intellectual 4.510 92 14 2019
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Dominican Republic - Legal and Political Environmental

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 4.089 42 5 2007
Overall 4.100 43 5 2008
Overall 4.156 71 9 2009
Overall 4.036 80 9 2010
Overall 4.200 85 10 2011
Overall 3.900 94 13 2012
Overall 4.000 88 13 2013
Overall 4.250 62 8 2014
Overall 3.773 84 9 2015
Overall 3.920 88 9 2016
Overall 3.877 91 9 2017
Overall 3.980 89 11 2018
Overall 3.931 92 11 2019
Judicial Independence 4.167 43 6 2007
Judicial Independence 4.200 43 6 2008
Judicial Independence 3.833 76 8 2009
Judicial Independence 3.383 93 12 2010
Judicial Independence 4.400 87 10 2011
Judicial Independence 3.800 103 12 2012
Judicial Independence 3.700 104 13 2013
Judicial Independence 3.400 87 16 2014
Judicial Independence 2.477 103 14 2015
Judicial Independence 2.652 110 14 2016
Judicial Independence 2.498 116 15 2017
Judicial Independence 2.225 118 16 2018
Judicial Independence 2.323 114 15 2019
Rule Of Law No Data No Data 2007
Rule Of Law No Data No Data 2008
Rule Of Law 3.900 77 8 2009
Rule Of Law 3.799 89 9 2010
Rule Of Law 3.600 97 12 2011
Rule Of Law 3.400 101 12 2012
Rule Of Law 3.500 98 13 2013
Rule Of Law 3.600 70 10 2014
Rule Of Law 3.935 84 9 2015
Rule Of Law 4.235 84 9 2016
Rule Of Law 4.087 89 9 2017
Rule Of Law 4.423 77 8 2018
Rule Of Law 4.164 91 10 2019
Political Stability 5.100 36 4 2007
Political Stability 5.100 38 4 2008
Political Stability 5.240 58 6 2009
Political Stability 5.198 59 5 2010
Political Stability 5.200 61 6 2011
Political Stability 5.100 60 6 2012
Political Stability 5.200 61 7 2013
Political Stability 5.500 42 4 2014
Political Stability 5.373 49 4 2015
Political Stability 5.375 52 5 2016
Political Stability 5.461 52 6 2017
Political Stability 5.826 46 5 2018
Political Stability 5.715 55 8 2019
Control of Corruption 3.000 49 10 2007
Control of Corruption 3.000 49 10 2008
Control of Corruption 3.649 84 14 2009
Control of Corruption 3.764 91 14 2010
Control of Corruption 3.600 96 15 2011
Control of Corruption 3.300 103 17 2012
Control of Corruption 3.400 107 17 2013
Control of Corruption 3.300 77 16 2014
Control of Corruption 3.307 102 16 2015
Control of Corruption 3.419 102 16 2016
Control of Corruption 3.461 106 17 2017
Control of Corruption 3.446 101 17 2018
Control of Corruption 3.523 102 16 2019
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Dominican Republic - Physical Property Rights

Dominican Republic - Intellectual Property Rights

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 3.826 50 11 2007
Overall 3.800 51 11 2008
Overall 4.091 79 13 2009
Overall 3.928 86 14 2010
Overall 4.000 96 16 2011
Overall 3.900 99 17 2012
Overall 4.000 101 18 2013
Overall 5.000 61 9 2014
Overall 3.974 93 15 2015
Overall 4.216 94 16 2016
Overall 4.362 96 16 2017
Overall 4.426 93 14 2018
Overall 4.510 92 14 2019
Perception of IP Protection 3.946 45 9 2007
Perception of IP Protection 3.900 46 9 2008
Perception of IP Protection 3.833 66 8 2009
Perception of IP Protection 4.050 67 7 2010
Perception of IP Protection 4.000 93 12 2011
Perception of IP Protection 3.600 108 15 2012
Perception of IP Protection 3.900 106 14 2013
Perception of IP Protection 4.200 72 13 2014
Perception of IP Protection 3.654 83 12 2015
Perception of IP Protection 4.383 80 11 2016
Perception of IP Protection 4.918 72 10 2017
Perception of IP Protection 4.713 77 10 2018
Perception of IP Protection 4.865 76 11 2019
Patent Protection 6.427 40 7 2007
Patent Protection 6.400 43 8 2008
Patent Protection 5.640 80 20 2009
Patent Protection 5.633 85 20 2010
Patent Protection 5.600 84 20 2011
Patent Protection 5.600 84 20 2012
Patent Protection 5.600 84 19 2013
Patent Protection 5.800 75 16 2014
Patent Protection 5.767 81 17 2015
Patent Protection 5.767 82 18 2016
Patent Protection 5.767 82 18 2017
Patent Protection 6.166 73 15 2018
Patent Protection 6.166 76 17 2019
Copyright Piracy 1.106 34 9 2007
Copyright Piracy 1.100 34 8 2008
Copyright Piracy 2.800 63 8 2009
Copyright Piracy 6.050 27 1 2010
Copyright Piracy 2.300 77 12 2011
Copyright Piracy 2.400 78 12 2012
Copyright Piracy 2.400 76 12 2013
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2014
Copyright Piracy 2.500 76 11 2015
Copyright Piracy 2.500 77 12 2016
Copyright Piracy 2.400 82 12 2017
Copyright Piracy 2.400 80 12 2018
Copyright Piracy 2.500 83 11 2019
Statistic Score Global Region Year