Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
6/125
Regional Rank
4/19
Score
7.772
Norway’s IPRI score decreased by -0.026 to 7.772 placing it 4th in the Western Europe region and 6th in the world. Norway is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Norway’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.189 to 8.713 with scores of 9.415 in Judicial Independence, 8.9 in Rule of Law, 7.256 in Political Stability, and 9.282 in Control of Corruption.
Norway’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.052 to 7.563 with scores of 7.935 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 8.256 in Registering Process, and 6.498 in Access to Financing.
Norway’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.216 to 7.039 with scores of 7.464 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.367 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 6.287 in Trademark Protection.
Norway is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- EFTA
Norway - IPRI Overall Score
Norway - 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
Norway - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.285 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.298 | 7 | 6 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.315 | 5 | 5 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 6 | 4 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 4 | 4 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 4 | 3 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 3 | 2 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.227 | 2 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.252 | 4 | 3 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.533 | 5 | 4 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.450 | 4 | 3 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.279 | 8 | 4 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.248 | 8 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.957 | 8 | 5 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.798 | 7 | 5 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.772 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 8.399 | 3 | 2 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 8.400 | 3 | 2 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 8.503 | 7 | 6 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 8.456 | 11 | 8 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 8.500 | 6 | 5 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 8.600 | 5 | 4 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 8.700 | 3 | 2 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 8.675 | 5 | 4 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 8.770 | 3 | 2 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 8.745 | 3 | 2 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 8.805 | 3 | 2 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 8.797 | 3 | 2 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 8.599 | 4 | 3 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 8.503 | 5 | 4 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 8.493 | 6 | 4 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 8.524 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 8.713 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Physical | 8.589 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Physical | 8.600 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Physical | 8.690 | 1 | 1 | 2009 |
| Physical | 8.638 | 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| Physical | 8.300 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Physical | 8.400 | 1 | 1 | 2012 |
| Physical | 8.300 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Physical | 8.300 | 3 | 3 | 2014 |
| Physical | 7.926 | 3 | 1 | 2015 |
| Physical | 7.924 | 3 | 1 | 2016 |
| Physical | 8.512 | 4 | 2 | 2017 |
| Physical | 8.483 | 3 | 1 | 2018 |
| Physical | 8.258 | 9 | 3 | 2019 |
| Physical | 8.259 | 8 | 3 | 2020 |
| Physical | 8.124 | 11 | 4 | 2021 |
| Physical | 7.615 | 9 | 6 | 2022 |
| Physical | 7.563 | 9 | 6 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 7.866 | 11 | 9 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 12 | 9 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 7.702 | 19 | 13 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.850 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 7.800 | 19 | 13 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 16 | 12 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 7.900 | 18 | 13 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 8.000 | 16 | 11 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 7.985 | 15 | 11 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 8.087 | 14 | 10 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.281 | 12 | 10 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 8.070 | 15 | 11 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 7.982 | 16 | 11 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 7.983 | 16 | 11 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 7.255 | 14 | 9 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 7.255 | 14 | 9 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 7.039 | 15 | 11 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Norway - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.399 | 3 | 2 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.400 | 3 | 2 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.503 | 7 | 6 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.456 | 11 | 8 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.500 | 6 | 5 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.600 | 5 | 4 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.700 | 3 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.675 | 5 | 4 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.770 | 3 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.745 | 3 | 2 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.805 | 3 | 2 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.797 | 3 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.599 | 4 | 3 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.503 | 5 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.493 | 6 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 8.524 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Overall | 8.713 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.856 | 5 | 3 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 5 | 3 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.500 | 11 | 9 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.483 | 12 | 9 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 14 | 9 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 10 | 8 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 8 | 6 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 5 | 3 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.908 | 4 | 3 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.171 | 3 | 2 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.288 | 3 | 2 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.270 | 3 | 2 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.349 | 11 | 6 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.349 | 9 | 6 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.349 | 9 | 6 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.349 | 9 | 6 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.415 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 9.000 | 2 | 2 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 8.930 | 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 8.800 | 4 | 3 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 8.800 | 4 | 4 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 8.800 | 5 | 4 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 8.900 | 2 | 1 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 8.936 | 1 | 1 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 9.091 | 3 | 3 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 9.045 | 4 | 4 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 9.040 | 2 | 2 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 9.040 | 2 | 2 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 8.931 | 2 | 2 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 8.970 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 8.968 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 8.900 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 7.440 | 3 | 3 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 7.400 | 5 | 3 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 7.460 | 9 | 8 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 7.658 | 3 | 3 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 7.400 | 5 | 4 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 7.600 | 3 | 3 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 7.700 | 4 | 3 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 7.600 | 7 | 5 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 7.663 | 7 | 5 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 7.264 | 9 | 6 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 7.366 | 9 | 5 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 7.481 | 8 | 4 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 7.533 | 8 | 5 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 7.553 | 8 | 5 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 7.506 | 6 | 4 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 7.580 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 7.256 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.900 | 7 | 5 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.900 | 7 | 5 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.053 | 11 | 8 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.753 | 12 | 8 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.900 | 12 | 8 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.100 | 10 | 6 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.300 | 8 | 6 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.500 | 4 | 3 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.571 | 3 | 2 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.455 | 3 | 2 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.522 | 3 | 2 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.398 | 5 | 4 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.473 | 2 | 1 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.180 | 6 | 4 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.147 | 7 | 5 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.200 | 6 | 4 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 9.282 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Norway - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.589 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.600 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.690 | 1 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 8.638 | 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 2 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.400 | 1 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 3 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.926 | 3 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.924 | 3 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.512 | 4 | 2 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.483 | 3 | 1 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.258 | 9 | 3 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.259 | 8 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.124 | 11 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.615 | 9 | 6 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.563 | 9 | 6 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.831 | 11 | 9 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.800 | 11 | 9 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.833 | 12 | 9 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.950 | 11 | 9 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.700 | 10 | 7 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 13 | 10 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 11 | 6 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 10 | 6 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.320 | 8 | 5 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.314 | 12 | 7 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.622 | 10 | 8 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.611 | 9 | 6 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.934 | 17 | 10 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.935 | 13 | 8 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.935 | 13 | 8 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.935 | 13 | 8 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.935 | 12 | 8 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 9.623 | 1 | 1 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 9.600 | 1 | 1 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 9.736 | 2 | 2 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 9.763 | 2 | 2 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 1 | 1 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 2 | 1 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 10.000 | 1 | 1 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.936 | 6 | 2 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.936 | 5 | 2 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.933 | 4 | 2 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.936 | 6 | 2 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.936 | 5 | 1 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.938 | 6 | 1 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.938 | 6 | 1 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 8.413 | 7 | 5 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 8.256 | 8 | 6 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 7.313 | 4 | 4 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 7.300 | 4 | 3 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 7.500 | 2 | 2 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 7.200 | 3 | 3 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 6.300 | 6 | 3 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 6.600 | 3 | 1 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 6.400 | 5 | 2 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 6.000 | 8 | 2 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 5.521 | 7 | 2 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 5.521 | 7 | 2 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 6.979 | 11 | 4 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 6.903 | 10 | 3 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 6.903 | 10 | 3 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 6.903 | 10 | 3 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 6.498 | 12 | 4 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 6.498 | 12 | 4 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 6.498 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Norway - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.866 | 11 | 9 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 12 | 9 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.702 | 19 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.850 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 19 | 13 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 16 | 12 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.900 | 18 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.000 | 16 | 11 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.985 | 15 | 11 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.087 | 14 | 10 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.281 | 12 | 10 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.070 | 15 | 11 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.982 | 16 | 11 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.983 | 16 | 11 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.255 | 14 | 9 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.255 | 14 | 9 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.039 | 15 | 11 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.923 | 12 | 9 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.900 | 13 | 9 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.667 | 18 | 13 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.017 | 12 | 10 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.000 | 15 | 11 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.000 | 12 | 10 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.900 | 14 | 10 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.900 | 13 | 8 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.621 | 14 | 8 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.929 | 17 | 9 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.310 | 12 | 10 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.926 | 19 | 11 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.464 | 22 | 13 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.464 | 22 | 13 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.464 | 22 | 13 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.464 | 22 | 13 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.464 | 21 | 13 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 7.810 | 22 | 14 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 7.800 | 23 | 14 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 8.340 | 30 | 16 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 8.333 | 30 | 16 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 8.300 | 32 | 17 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 8.300 | 32 | 17 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 8.600 | 23 | 16 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 8.800 | 16 | 12 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 16 | 12 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 16 | 12 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 8.833 | 16 | 12 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.583 | 24 | 13 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.583 | 24 | 13 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.583 | 24 | 13 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 7.370 | 5 | 2 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 7.370 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 7.367 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 7.100 | 14 | 10 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.200 | 15 | 11 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.100 | 18 | 11 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.100 | 16 | 11 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 17 | 11 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 16 | 11 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 16 | 11 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.500 | 16 | 11 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 12 | 8 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.700 | 12 | 8 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 11 | 6 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 11 | 6 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 10 | 6 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 11 | 6 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2023 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Trademark Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| 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 | 6.287 | 32 | 13 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.287 | 32 | 13 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.287 | 32 | 13 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |