Region
Africa
Global Rank
48/129
Regional Rank
2/30
Score
5.534
South Africa’s IPRI score decreased by -0.43 to 5.534 placing it 2st in the Africa region and 48th in the world. South Africa is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as Upper middle income country.
South Africa’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.063 to 5.297 with scores of 6.584 in Judicial Independence, 4.769 in Rule of Law, 4.708 in Political Stability, and 5.128 in Control of Corruption.
South Africa’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -1.227 to 5.026 with scores of 5.152 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 5.55 in Registering Process, and 4.376 in Access to Financing.
South Africa’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 6.28 with scores of 6.105 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.781 in Patent Protection, 6.8 in Copyright Protection, and 5.432 in Trademark Protection.
South Africa is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- SADC
South Africa - IPRI Overall Score
South Africa - 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
South Africa - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.413 | 20 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.400 | 21 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.783 | 26 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.832 | 24 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 32 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 29 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 27 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 26 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.585 | 29 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.585 | 30 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 26 | 1 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.348 | 37 | 2 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.071 | 48 | 3 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.213 | 45 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.964 | 50 | 2 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.534 | 48 | 2 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 5.812 | 25 | 1 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 5.800 | 26 | 1 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 5.931 | 41 | 3 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 5.709 | 45 | 3 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 5.500 | 52 | 3 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 5.600 | 52 | 4 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 5.700 | 49 | 4 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 5.675 | 38 | 3 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 5.575 | 46 | 4 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 5.587 | 46 | 4 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 5.712 | 46 | 4 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 5.447 | 48 | 4 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 5.148 | 58 | 5 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 5.322 | 53 | 4 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 5.360 | 51 | 4 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 5.297 | 54 | 4 | 2022 |
| Physical | 6.609 | 20 | 1 | 2007 |
| Physical | 6.600 | 21 | 1 | 2008 |
| Physical | 7.051 | 28 | 2 | 2009 |
| Physical | 7.377 | 23 | 1 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.900 | 31 | 3 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 27 | 3 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.100 | 28 | 1 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.867 | 32 | 3 | 2014 |
| Physical | 7.007 | 20 | 1 | 2015 |
| Physical | 6.935 | 23 | 1 | 2016 |
| Physical | 7.838 | 19 | 1 | 2017 |
| Physical | 6.661 | 55 | 4 | 2018 |
| Physical | 6.348 | 74 | 7 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.432 | 70 | 6 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.253 | 76 | 7 | 2021 |
| Physical | 5.026 | 61 | 5 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 6.819 | 18 | 1 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 6.800 | 19 | 1 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 7.367 | 20 | 1 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.411 | 20 | 1 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 7.300 | 21 | 1 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 7.400 | 19 | 1 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 7.500 | 20 | 1 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 7.133 | 22 | 1 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 7.172 | 20 | 1 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 7.233 | 20 | 1 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 7.451 | 21 | 1 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 6.937 | 26 | 1 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 6.717 | 30 | 1 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 6.885 | 27 | 1 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 6.280 | 29 | 1 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 6.280 | 30 | 1 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
South Africa - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.812 | 25 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 26 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.931 | 41 | 3 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.709 | 45 | 3 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.500 | 52 | 3 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.600 | 52 | 4 | 2012 |
| Overall | 5.700 | 49 | 4 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.675 | 38 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.575 | 46 | 4 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.587 | 46 | 4 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.712 | 46 | 4 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.447 | 48 | 4 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.148 | 58 | 5 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.322 | 53 | 4 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.360 | 51 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.297 | 54 | 4 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.628 | 18 | 1 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.600 | 18 | 1 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.500 | 21 | 1 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.083 | 28 | 2 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.700 | 42 | 4 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.100 | 34 | 3 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.600 | 26 | 3 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.800 | 19 | 1 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.399 | 24 | 1 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.407 | 24 | 1 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.035 | 16 | 1 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.517 | 35 | 3 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.700 | 47 | 4 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.584 | 33 | 2 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.584 | 33 | 2 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.584 | 33 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 5.300 | 51 | 3 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 5.236 | 55 | 3 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 5.100 | 57 | 3 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 5.200 | 56 | 3 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 5.200 | 53 | 3 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 5.200 | 43 | 3 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 5.254 | 53 | 3 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 5.319 | 53 | 3 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 5.112 | 58 | 5 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 5.145 | 55 | 3 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 4.977 | 65 | 5 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 4.795 | 66 | 5 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 4.847 | 65 | 5 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 4.769 | 68 | 5 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 4.800 | 39 | 3 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 4.800 | 40 | 3 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 5.360 | 54 | 6 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 4.911 | 70 | 9 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 5.000 | 66 | 8 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 5.000 | 61 | 7 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 5.000 | 62 | 9 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 5.000 | 50 | 8 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 4.885 | 63 | 6 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 4.849 | 70 | 7 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 4.787 | 74 | 11 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 5.029 | 68 | 7 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 4.932 | 77 | 9 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 4.953 | 75 | 9 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 4.841 | 71 | 8 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 4.708 | 72 | 9 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.500 | 29 | 1 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.500 | 30 | 1 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.562 | 43 | 3 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.605 | 47 | 3 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.200 | 52 | 4 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.200 | 51 | 4 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.100 | 51 | 5 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.700 | 45 | 4 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.761 | 58 | 5 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.773 | 57 | 5 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.915 | 54 | 5 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.099 | 52 | 4 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.983 | 53 | 4 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.957 | 54 | 4 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.170 | 52 | 4 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.128 | 53 | 4 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
South Africa - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.609 | 20 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 21 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.051 | 28 | 2 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.377 | 23 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.900 | 31 | 3 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 27 | 3 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 28 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.867 | 32 | 3 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.007 | 20 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.935 | 23 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.838 | 19 | 1 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.661 | 55 | 4 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.348 | 74 | 7 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.432 | 70 | 6 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.253 | 76 | 7 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.026 | 61 | 5 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.970 | 19 | 1 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.000 | 20 | 1 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.000 | 21 | 1 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.367 | 20 | 1 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.700 | 25 | 1 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.600 | 25 | 1 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.700 | 27 | 1 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.000 | 18 | 1 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.666 | 19 | 1 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.452 | 24 | 2 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.391 | 29 | 2 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.858 | 53 | 5 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 4.918 | 90 | 15 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.152 | 82 | 12 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.152 | 82 | 12 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.152 | 82 | 12 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 7.111 | 20 | 1 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 7.100 | 22 | 1 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.319 | 36 | 5 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.480 | 43 | 5 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.500 | 52 | 7 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 57 | 9 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 59 | 9 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.300 | 55 | 10 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.214 | 57 | 4 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.211 | 58 | 4 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.179 | 47 | 5 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.214 | 61 | 5 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.214 | 60 | 5 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.232 | 60 | 5 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.232 | 60 | 5 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 5.550 | 33 | 1 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.747 | 28 | 2 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 4.700 | 30 | 2 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 4.833 | 42 | 2 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 5.283 | 31 | 1 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 4.600 | 43 | 4 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 4.700 | 36 | 3 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 5.000 | 31 | 2 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 5.200 | 17 | 1 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 4.141 | 31 | 2 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 4.141 | 31 | 2 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 6.944 | 12 | 1 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.910 | 59 | 4 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.910 | 59 | 4 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.911 | 59 | 4 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 4.376 | 91 | 8 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 4.376 | 91 | 8 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
South Africa - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.819 | 18 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 19 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.367 | 20 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.411 | 20 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 21 | 1 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.400 | 19 | 1 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 20 | 1 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.133 | 22 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.172 | 20 | 1 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.233 | 20 | 1 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.451 | 21 | 1 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.937 | 26 | 1 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.717 | 30 | 1 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.885 | 27 | 1 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.280 | 29 | 1 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.280 | 30 | 1 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.798 | 22 | 1 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.800 | 23 | 1 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.000 | 23 | 1 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.233 | 22 | 1 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.000 | 26 | 1 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.100 | 28 | 1 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.600 | 18 | 1 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.800 | 15 | 1 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.167 | 21 | 1 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.350 | 24 | 1 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.902 | 21 | 1 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.363 | 36 | 2 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.601 | 59 | 5 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.105 | 44 | 2 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.105 | 44 | 2 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.105 | 44 | 2 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 8.095 | 14 | 1 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.100 | 15 | 1 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 8.500 | 24 | 1 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 8.500 | 24 | 1 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 8.500 | 24 | 1 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 8.500 | 24 | 1 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 8.500 | 24 | 1 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 7.800 | 35 | 1 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 7.750 | 35 | 1 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 7.750 | 35 | 1 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 7.750 | 38 | 1 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 7.750 | 42 | 1 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 7.750 | 41 | 1 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 7.750 | 41 | 1 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.781 | 19 | 1 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.781 | 19 | 1 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.563 | 10 | 1 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 11 | 1 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.600 | 19 | 1 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.500 | 21 | 1 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.500 | 21 | 1 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.500 | 19 | 1 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.500 | 21 | 1 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.500 | 20 | 1 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.600 | 20 | 1 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.600 | 20 | 1 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.700 | 21 | 1 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.700 | 20 | 1 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.800 | 22 | 1 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.800 | 22 | 1 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.800 | 22 | 1 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.800 | 23 | 1 | 2022 |
| 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 | 5.432 | 64 | 3 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.432 | 64 | 3 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |