Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
33/125
Regional Rank
17/19
Score
6.089
Malta’s IPRI score increased by 0.311 to 6.089 placing it 17th in the Western Europe region and 33th in the world. Malta is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Malta’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.529 to 6.66 with scores of 7.277 in Judicial Independence, 6.729 in Rule of Law, 6.998 in Political Stability, and 5.635 in Control of Corruption.
Malta’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.093 to 5.66 with scores of 6.825 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 5.171 in Registering Process, and 4.984 in Access to Financing.
Malta’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.312 to 5.948 with scores of 6.218 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.35 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 5.276 in Trademark Protection.
Malta is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- EU
Malta - IPRI Overall Score
Malta - 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
Malta - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.583 | 28 | 17 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.634 | 30 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 27 | 16 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 23 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 25 | 15 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 22 | 15 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.720 | 25 | 15 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.727 | 27 | 15 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.881 | 29 | 15 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.734 | 30 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.755 | 30 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.635 | 33 | 16 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.292 | 39 | 17 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.778 | 42 | 17 | 2022 |
| Overall | 6.089 | 33 | 17 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 7.546 | 18 | 13 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 7.499 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 7.300 | 22 | 14 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 7.400 | 21 | 13 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 7.200 | 23 | 15 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 7.150 | 22 | 14 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 6.913 | 27 | 15 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 6.940 | 27 | 15 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 6.844 | 27 | 15 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 6.635 | 29 | 16 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 6.727 | 27 | 16 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 6.505 | 31 | 16 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 6.163 | 39 | 16 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 6.131 | 37 | 16 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 6.660 | 30 | 16 | 2023 |
| Physical | 6.250 | 45 | 16 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.408 | 46 | 17 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.800 | 36 | 13 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.300 | 20 | 8 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.300 | 20 | 8 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.233 | 19 | 11 | 2014 |
| Physical | 6.966 | 21 | 7 | 2015 |
| Physical | 6.903 | 24 | 9 | 2016 |
| Physical | 7.328 | 33 | 13 | 2017 |
| Physical | 7.313 | 31 | 13 | 2018 |
| Physical | 7.307 | 30 | 13 | 2019 |
| Physical | 7.279 | 33 | 13 | 2020 |
| Physical | 7.076 | 40 | 15 | 2021 |
| Physical | 5.567 | 49 | 16 | 2022 |
| Physical | 5.660 | 43 | 16 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 5.953 | 36 | 19 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 5.994 | 35 | 18 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 6.400 | 34 | 18 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 6.400 | 32 | 17 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 6.500 | 33 | 18 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 6.700 | 28 | 16 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 6.280 | 34 | 17 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 6.339 | 35 | 18 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 6.470 | 35 | 18 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 6.253 | 39 | 18 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 6.232 | 41 | 18 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 6.123 | 43 | 18 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 5.636 | 45 | 18 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 5.636 | 45 | 18 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 5.948 | 35 | 18 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Malta - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.546 | 18 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.499 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 22 | 14 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 21 | 13 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 23 | 15 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.150 | 22 | 14 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.913 | 27 | 15 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.940 | 27 | 15 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.844 | 27 | 15 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.635 | 29 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.727 | 27 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.505 | 31 | 16 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.163 | 39 | 16 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.131 | 37 | 16 | 2022 |
| Overall | 6.660 | 30 | 16 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.167 | 28 | 16 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.200 | 26 | 14 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.200 | 31 | 14 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.300 | 31 | 14 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.200 | 32 | 14 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.800 | 31 | 15 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.015 | 37 | 15 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.389 | 36 | 15 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.080 | 41 | 16 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.640 | 48 | 16 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.404 | 54 | 16 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.944 | 59 | 18 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.944 | 59 | 18 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.944 | 59 | 18 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.277 | 24 | 14 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 8.100 | 18 | 13 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 8.179 | 18 | 13 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 8.000 | 19 | 13 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 8.000 | 20 | 14 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 7.700 | 22 | 15 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 7.700 | 22 | 15 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 7.644 | 23 | 15 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 7.413 | 24 | 15 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 7.307 | 26 | 15 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 7.150 | 29 | 16 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 7.287 | 24 | 15 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 7.108 | 28 | 16 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 6.904 | 33 | 17 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 6.833 | 36 | 16 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 6.729 | 33 | 17 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 7.620 | 5 | 5 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 7.593 | 6 | 5 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 7.100 | 12 | 9 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 7.300 | 6 | 5 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 7.000 | 19 | 11 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 7.100 | 14 | 9 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 7.013 | 17 | 9 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 7.230 | 11 | 7 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 7.156 | 10 | 6 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 7.313 | 11 | 5 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 7.738 | 5 | 3 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 7.808 | 6 | 4 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 7.324 | 9 | 6 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 7.005 | 15 | 8 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 6.998 | 13 | 7 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.298 | 23 | 15 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.023 | 29 | 17 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.800 | 32 | 17 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.800 | 31 | 17 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.800 | 32 | 17 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.900 | 27 | 16 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.981 | 28 | 15 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.727 | 29 | 16 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.833 | 29 | 16 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.435 | 34 | 16 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.479 | 33 | 16 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.160 | 38 | 17 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.479 | 49 | 18 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.742 | 46 | 18 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.635 | 42 | 18 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Malta - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.250 | 45 | 16 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.408 | 46 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 36 | 13 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 20 | 8 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 20 | 8 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.233 | 19 | 11 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.966 | 21 | 7 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.903 | 24 | 9 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.328 | 33 | 13 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.313 | 31 | 13 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.307 | 30 | 13 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.279 | 33 | 13 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.076 | 40 | 15 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.567 | 49 | 16 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.660 | 43 | 16 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.167 | 40 | 17 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.633 | 28 | 14 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.600 | 32 | 15 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.500 | 29 | 14 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.900 | 22 | 13 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.900 | 19 | 12 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.738 | 34 | 15 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.551 | 36 | 15 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.695 | 36 | 15 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.878 | 32 | 15 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.861 | 33 | 15 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.825 | 35 | 15 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.825 | 35 | 15 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.825 | 35 | 15 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.825 | 32 | 15 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2009 | |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2010 | |
| Registering Process | No Data | No Data | 2011 | |
| Registering Process | 8.500 | 67 | 14 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.500 | 66 | 14 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.400 | 53 | 15 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.470 | 37 | 10 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.468 | 39 | 10 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.446 | 30 | 10 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.470 | 40 | 10 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.470 | 40 | 10 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.420 | 48 | 10 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.420 | 49 | 10 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 4.892 | 42 | 15 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 5.171 | 34 | 15 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 5.333 | 34 | 14 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 5.183 | 35 | 12 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 5.900 | 12 | 5 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 5.800 | 12 | 5 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 5.500 | 18 | 5 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 5.600 | 11 | 5 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 4.689 | 16 | 5 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 4.689 | 16 | 5 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 5.845 | 31 | 9 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 5.591 | 38 | 11 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 5.591 | 38 | 11 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 5.591 | 38 | 11 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 4.984 | 59 | 15 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 4.984 | 59 | 15 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.984 | 55 | 15 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Malta - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.953 | 36 | 19 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.994 | 35 | 18 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.400 | 34 | 18 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.400 | 32 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 33 | 18 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 28 | 16 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.280 | 34 | 17 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.339 | 35 | 18 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.470 | 35 | 18 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.253 | 39 | 18 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.232 | 41 | 18 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.123 | 43 | 18 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.636 | 45 | 18 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.636 | 45 | 18 | 2022 |
| Overall | 5.948 | 35 | 18 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.500 | 39 | 18 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.517 | 40 | 18 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.600 | 32 | 15 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.600 | 32 | 15 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.700 | 33 | 15 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.000 | 24 | 14 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.873 | 35 | 16 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.051 | 33 | 16 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.445 | 33 | 15 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.710 | 30 | 15 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.547 | 34 | 16 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.218 | 40 | 17 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.218 | 40 | 17 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.218 | 40 | 17 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.218 | 38 | 17 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 6.960 | 56 | 19 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 6.967 | 56 | 19 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 55 | 19 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 55 | 19 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 7.000 | 54 | 19 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 7.400 | 44 | 19 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 7.367 | 46 | 19 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 7.367 | 47 | 19 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 7.367 | 47 | 19 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 66 | 19 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 66 | 19 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 6.450 | 66 | 19 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 5.350 | 67 | 19 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 5.350 | 67 | 19 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 6.350 | 31 | 16 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.400 | 28 | 17 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.500 | 34 | 17 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.500 | 33 | 17 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 29 | 15 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 30 | 15 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 28 | 15 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 30 | 15 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 30 | 15 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 32 | 15 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 32 | 15 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 34 | 17 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 34 | 17 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 34 | 17 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 34 | 17 | 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 | 5.276 | 71 | 17 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.276 | 71 | 17 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.276 | 71 | 17 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |