2019
| International Property Rights Index

South Africa

Region

Africa

Global Rank

48/129

Regional Rank

3/28

SOUTH AFRICA

Region: Africa

Global Rank: 48 of 129

Region Rank: 3 of 28

 

South Africa’s IPRI score decreased by -0.277 to 6.071 placing it 3rd 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 an an Upper middle income country.

South Africa’s Legal and Political Subindex score decreased by -0.299 to 5.148 with scores of 5.700 in Judicial Independence, 4.977 in Rule of Law, 4.983 in Control of Corruption, and 4.932 in Political Stability.

South Africa’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.313 to 6.348 with scores of 4.918 in Perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.214 in Registering Property, and 4.910 in Ease of Access to Loans.

South Africa’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex score decreased by -0.220 to 6.717 with scores of 5.601 in Perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.75 in Patent Protection, and 6.8 in Copyright Protection.

South Africa is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • Southern African Development Community

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 Piracy

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
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
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 2 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 6 2019
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
Statistic Score Global Region Year

South Africa - Legal and Political Environmental

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
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 2 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
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
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 8 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
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
Statistic Score Global Region Year

South Africa - Physical Property Rights

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
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
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
Copyright Piracy 5.563 10 1 2007
Copyright Piracy 5.600 11 1 2008
Copyright Piracy 6.600 19 1 2009
Copyright Piracy 6.500 21 1 2010
Copyright Piracy 6.500 21 1 2011
Copyright Piracy 6.500 19 1 2012
Copyright Piracy 6.500 21 1 2013
Copyright Piracy 6.500 20 1 2014
Copyright Piracy 6.600 20 1 2015
Copyright Piracy 6.600 20 1 2016
Copyright Piracy 6.700 21 1 2017
Copyright Piracy 6.700 20 1 2018
Copyright Piracy 6.800 22 1 2019
Statistic Score Global Region Year