2025
| International Property Rights Index

Malaysia

Region

Asia and Oceania

Global Rank

41/126

Regional Rank

7/19

Score

5.942

Malaysia’s IPRI score decreased by -0.248 to 5.942 placing it 7th in the Asia and Oceania region and 41st in the world. Malaysia is classified by the IMF as part of the Emerging and Developing Asia group and by the World Bank as Upper middle income country.

 

Malaysia’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.092 to 5.584 with scores of 5.058 in Judicial Independence, 6.144 in Rule of Law, 5.541 in Political Stability, and 5.591 in Control of Corruption.

 

Malaysia’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.784 to 5.749 with scores of 8.333 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 5.515 in Registering Property, and 3.4 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

Malaysia’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.054 to 6.493 with scores of 7.319 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.183 in Patent Protection, 6.471 in Copyright Protection, and 5.999 in Trademark Protection.

 

Malaysia is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • ASEAN
  • CPTPP

Malaysia - IPRI Overall Score

Malaysia - 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

Malaysia - IPRI Overall Score

Malaysia - Legal and Political Environment

Malaysia - Physical Property Rights

Malaysia - Intellectual Property Rights