Region
Asia and Oceania
Global Rank
97/125
Regional Rank
16/19
Score
4.185
Nepal’s IPRI score decreased by -0.055 to 4.185 placing it 16th in the Asia and Oceania region and 97th in the world. Nepal is classified by the IMF as part of the Emerging and Developing Asia group and by the World Bank as Lower middle income country.
Nepal’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.114 to 4.245 with scores of 4.365 in Judicial Independence, 4.067 in Rule of Law, 4.609 in Political Stability, and 3.939 in Control of Corruption.
Nepal’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.096 to 4.856 with scores of 5.079 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.642 in Registering Process, and 4.847 in Access to Financing.
Nepal’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.183 to 3.454 with scores of 4.038 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 3 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 3.325 in Trademark Protection.
Nepal is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- SAARC
Nepal - IPRI Overall Score
Nepal - 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
Nepal - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.949 | 93 | 17 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.034 | 96 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.400 | 101 | 17 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.400 | 101 | 17 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.500 | 99 | 16 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.500 | 80 | 14 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.169 | 97 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.461 | 96 | 16 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.941 | 76 | 15 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.946 | 83 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.842 | 90 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.909 | 91 | 16 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.724 | 93 | 17 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.240 | 93 | 17 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.185 | 97 | 16 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 3.147 | 97 | 16 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 3.115 | 105 | 17 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 3.200 | 112 | 18 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 3.200 | 113 | 18 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 3.300 | 112 | 17 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 3.300 | 85 | 15 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 3.432 | 100 | 16 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 3.917 | 89 | 16 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 4.011 | 88 | 17 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 3.900 | 90 | 16 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 3.847 | 97 | 16 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 3.973 | 88 | 16 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 3.957 | 86 | 16 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 4.131 | 83 | 16 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 4.245 | 74 | 14 | 2023 |
| Physical | 5.425 | 71 | 17 | 2009 |
| Physical | 5.502 | 76 | 15 | 2010 |
| Physical | 5.800 | 76 | 17 | 2011 |
| Physical | 5.900 | 74 | 14 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.000 | 73 | 13 | 2013 |
| Physical | 5.900 | 61 | 12 | 2014 |
| Physical | 5.282 | 82 | 15 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.499 | 81 | 15 | 2016 |
| Physical | 6.654 | 50 | 12 | 2017 |
| Physical | 6.639 | 56 | 12 | 2018 |
| Physical | 6.562 | 58 | 13 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.549 | 61 | 13 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.576 | 61 | 13 | 2021 |
| Physical | 4.952 | 65 | 14 | 2022 |
| Physical | 4.856 | 68 | 14 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 3.273 | 97 | 17 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 3.485 | 96 | 14 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 92 | 15 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 4.100 | 93 | 14 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 4.200 | 93 | 13 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 4.050 | 82 | 13 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 3.792 | 100 | 16 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 3.965 | 102 | 16 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 4.158 | 104 | 17 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 4.299 | 99 | 17 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 4.118 | 102 | 17 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 4.204 | 102 | 17 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 3.638 | 120 | 18 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 3.638 | 120 | 18 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 3.454 | 120 | 18 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Nepal - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.147 | 97 | 16 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.115 | 105 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 3.200 | 112 | 18 | 2011 |
| Overall | 3.200 | 113 | 18 | 2012 |
| Overall | 3.300 | 112 | 17 | 2013 |
| Overall | 3.300 | 85 | 15 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.432 | 100 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.917 | 89 | 16 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.011 | 88 | 17 | 2017 |
| Overall | 3.900 | 90 | 16 | 2018 |
| Overall | 3.847 | 97 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 3.973 | 88 | 16 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.957 | 86 | 16 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.131 | 83 | 16 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.245 | 74 | 14 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.500 | 62 | 12 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.717 | 83 | 17 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.600 | 84 | 18 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.500 | 83 | 18 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.700 | 80 | 17 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.700 | 60 | 15 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.879 | 79 | 17 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.515 | 70 | 15 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.218 | 53 | 11 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.020 | 59 | 13 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.031 | 81 | 16 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.875 | 79 | 17 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.875 | 79 | 17 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.875 | 79 | 17 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.365 | 56 | 11 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 3.720 | 85 | 15 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 3.474 | 101 | 18 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 3.100 | 109 | 18 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 3.000 | 112 | 19 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 3.000 | 115 | 19 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 3.400 | 76 | 14 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 3.488 | 99 | 16 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 3.647 | 100 | 16 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 3.597 | 103 | 18 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 3.322 | 110 | 19 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 3.648 | 104 | 18 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 4.044 | 94 | 17 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 3.929 | 95 | 17 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 4.018 | 92 | 16 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 4.067 | 87 | 15 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 0.740 | 111 | 17 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 1.621 | 113 | 17 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 1.400 | 120 | 18 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 1.700 | 119 | 18 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 1.900 | 120 | 18 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 2.200 | 89 | 15 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 2.717 | 104 | 14 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 3.593 | 98 | 14 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 3.327 | 105 | 16 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 3.778 | 98 | 14 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 4.209 | 96 | 14 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 4.320 | 95 | 14 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 4.370 | 87 | 13 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 4.785 | 71 | 12 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 4.609 | 69 | 10 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.629 | 86 | 13 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.647 | 96 | 15 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.500 | 101 | 17 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.600 | 95 | 15 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.500 | 101 | 16 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.300 | 79 | 15 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.645 | 92 | 16 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.912 | 82 | 15 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.903 | 86 | 17 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.480 | 99 | 17 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.501 | 104 | 17 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.653 | 98 | 17 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.652 | 97 | 17 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.844 | 93 | 17 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.939 | 85 | 16 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Nepal - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.425 | 71 | 17 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.502 | 76 | 15 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 76 | 17 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.900 | 74 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 73 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.900 | 61 | 12 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.282 | 82 | 15 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.499 | 81 | 15 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.654 | 50 | 12 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.639 | 56 | 12 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.562 | 58 | 13 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.549 | 61 | 13 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.576 | 61 | 13 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.952 | 65 | 14 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.856 | 68 | 14 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.000 | 81 | 15 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.333 | 100 | 17 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.400 | 110 | 19 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.600 | 107 | 19 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.000 | 101 | 17 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.900 | 77 | 14 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 3.896 | 104 | 16 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.548 | 100 | 16 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.124 | 79 | 14 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.357 | 68 | 14 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.126 | 81 | 15 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.079 | 89 | 16 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.079 | 89 | 16 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.079 | 89 | 16 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.079 | 85 | 15 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 9.275 | 9 | 3 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 9.355 | 12 | 3 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 9.500 | 13 | 3 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 9.500 | 12 | 3 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 9.500 | 12 | 3 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 9.500 | 9 | 3 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.845 | 13 | 5 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.844 | 14 | 5 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.838 | 10 | 3 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.798 | 19 | 5 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.798 | 19 | 5 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.804 | 21 | 5 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.804 | 21 | 5 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 4.931 | 41 | 8 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 4.642 | 50 | 9 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 2.000 | 103 | 18 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 2.817 | 90 | 17 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 3.500 | 81 | 18 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.600 | 80 | 17 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 3.600 | 84 | 16 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 3.400 | 74 | 14 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 2.106 | 98 | 17 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 2.106 | 100 | 17 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 5.000 | 65 | 14 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.762 | 68 | 15 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.762 | 68 | 15 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.763 | 68 | 15 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 4.847 | 67 | 16 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 4.847 | 67 | 16 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.847 | 63 | 15 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Nepal - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 3.273 | 97 | 17 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.485 | 96 | 14 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 92 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.100 | 93 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.200 | 93 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.050 | 82 | 13 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.792 | 100 | 16 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.965 | 102 | 16 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.158 | 104 | 17 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.299 | 99 | 17 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.118 | 102 | 17 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.204 | 102 | 17 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.638 | 120 | 18 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.638 | 120 | 18 | 2022 |
| Overall | 3.454 | 120 | 18 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 2.167 | 102 | 17 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 2.600 | 106 | 18 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.700 | 107 | 19 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.800 | 103 | 17 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.000 | 103 | 17 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.100 | 76 | 13 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.214 | 98 | 16 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.561 | 103 | 17 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.945 | 103 | 17 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.228 | 94 | 17 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 3.866 | 113 | 19 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.038 | 104 | 18 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.038 | 104 | 18 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.038 | 104 | 18 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.038 | 100 | 17 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 4.380 | 90 | 17 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 95 | 17 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 4.400 | 95 | 17 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 4.400 | 95 | 17 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 4.400 | 94 | 17 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 4.400 | 92 | 15 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 97 | 17 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 100 | 17 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 100 | 17 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 99 | 17 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 103 | 17 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 4.370 | 101 | 17 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 3.550 | 104 | 17 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 3.550 | 104 | 17 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 3.000 | 123 | 18 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2009 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2010 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2011 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2012 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2013 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2014 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2015 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2016 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2017 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2018 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2019 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2020 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2021 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 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 | 3.325 | 123 | 16 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 3.325 | 123 | 16 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 3.325 | 122 | 16 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |