Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
30/129
Regional Rank
15/19
Score
6.245
Spain’s IPRI score decreased by -0.315 to 6.245 placing it 17st in the Western Europe region and 30th in the world. Spain is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
Spain’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.024 to 6.123 with scores of 5.276 in Judicial Independence, 6.804 in Rule of Law, 5.931 in Political Stability, and 6.482 in Control of Corruption.
Spain’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.97 to 6.127 with scores of 6.307 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 6.649 in Registering Process, and 5.425 in Access to Financing.
Spain’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 6.485 with scores of 6.299 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.217 in Patent Protection, 5.8 in Copyright Protection, and 6.624 in Trademark Protection.
Spain is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- EU
Spain - IPRI Overall Score
Spain - 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
Spain - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.535 | 19 | 13 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 20 | 13 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.810 | 24 | 16 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.808 | 25 | 16 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 34 | 17 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 35 | 16 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 34 | 17 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 31 | 17 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.730 | 48 | 17 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.850 | 46 | 17 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.422 | 35 | 17 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.520 | 33 | 17 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.452 | 36 | 17 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.599 | 34 | 17 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.560 | 32 | 16 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.245 | 30 | 15 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 6.079 | 22 | 13 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 6.100 | 23 | 13 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 6.051 | 37 | 17 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 6.261 | 35 | 17 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 6.100 | 42 | 17 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 6.200 | 39 | 16 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 6.400 | 36 | 17 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 6.125 | 34 | 17 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 5.581 | 44 | 17 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 5.698 | 44 | 17 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 5.866 | 42 | 17 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 6.117 | 40 | 17 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 6.023 | 41 | 17 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 6.090 | 41 | 17 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 6.099 | 41 | 17 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 6.123 | 38 | 17 | 2022 |
| Physical | 6.969 | 16 | 11 | 2007 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 17 | 11 | 2008 |
| Physical | 7.115 | 26 | 13 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.918 | 34 | 14 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.600 | 46 | 17 | 2011 |
| Physical | 6.500 | 46 | 16 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.300 | 53 | 17 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.833 | 34 | 16 | 2014 |
| Physical | 5.455 | 78 | 17 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.459 | 84 | 17 | 2016 |
| Physical | 6.645 | 51 | 17 | 2017 |
| Physical | 6.716 | 52 | 17 | 2018 |
| Physical | 6.611 | 55 | 17 | 2019 |
| Physical | 6.785 | 55 | 17 | 2020 |
| Physical | 7.097 | 39 | 14 | 2021 |
| Physical | 6.127 | 33 | 15 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 6.557 | 23 | 14 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 6.600 | 23 | 13 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 7.264 | 21 | 14 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.244 | 21 | 14 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 6.900 | 26 | 15 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 6.800 | 28 | 14 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 6.700 | 28 | 15 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 6.667 | 29 | 17 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 6.155 | 35 | 18 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 6.392 | 34 | 17 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 6.754 | 31 | 17 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 6.725 | 27 | 15 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 6.723 | 29 | 16 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 6.922 | 26 | 15 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 6.485 | 25 | 15 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 6.485 | 25 | 15 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Spain - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.079 | 22 | 13 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 23 | 13 | 2008 |
| Overall | 6.051 | 37 | 17 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.261 | 35 | 17 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.100 | 42 | 17 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.200 | 39 | 16 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.400 | 36 | 17 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.125 | 34 | 17 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.581 | 44 | 17 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.698 | 44 | 17 | 2016 |
| Overall | 5.866 | 42 | 17 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.117 | 40 | 17 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.023 | 41 | 17 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.090 | 41 | 17 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.099 | 41 | 17 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.123 | 38 | 17 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.494 | 38 | 15 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.500 | 39 | 15 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.667 | 55 | 18 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.433 | 52 | 17 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.500 | 61 | 17 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.600 | 59 | 18 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.700 | 53 | 16 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.300 | 51 | 17 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.672 | 83 | 19 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.232 | 76 | 19 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.009 | 59 | 17 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.268 | 54 | 17 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.178 | 55 | 17 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.276 | 49 | 16 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.276 | 49 | 16 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.276 | 49 | 16 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 7.240 | 24 | 16 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 7.314 | 24 | 16 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 7.300 | 25 | 16 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 7.400 | 24 | 16 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 7.400 | 24 | 16 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 7.100 | 26 | 17 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 6.993 | 30 | 17 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 6.874 | 33 | 17 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 6.794 | 33 | 17 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 6.955 | 32 | 17 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 7.016 | 31 | 17 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 6.938 | 31 | 17 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 6.958 | 32 | 16 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 6.804 | 37 | 17 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 5.760 | 26 | 12 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 5.800 | 27 | 12 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 5.080 | 60 | 19 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 4.934 | 68 | 19 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 4.600 | 73 | 19 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 4.700 | 71 | 19 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 5.300 | 56 | 18 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 5.000 | 51 | 18 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 5.029 | 60 | 18 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 5.633 | 46 | 18 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 5.690 | 46 | 17 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 6.199 | 38 | 14 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 5.915 | 48 | 15 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 5.919 | 48 | 16 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 5.867 | 45 | 17 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 5.931 | 42 | 17 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.000 | 19 | 12 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.000 | 20 | 12 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.219 | 24 | 16 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.363 | 24 | 15 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.000 | 28 | 16 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.000 | 28 | 16 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.100 | 26 | 16 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.100 | 25 | 15 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.628 | 32 | 17 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.052 | 38 | 17 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.972 | 41 | 17 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.047 | 40 | 17 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 5.983 | 41 | 17 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.227 | 36 | 16 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.294 | 37 | 16 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.482 | 33 | 16 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Spain - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.969 | 16 | 11 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 17 | 11 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.115 | 26 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.918 | 34 | 14 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 46 | 17 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 46 | 16 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 53 | 17 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.833 | 34 | 16 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.455 | 78 | 17 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.459 | 84 | 17 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.645 | 51 | 17 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.716 | 52 | 17 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.611 | 55 | 17 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.785 | 55 | 17 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.097 | 39 | 14 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.127 | 33 | 15 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.685 | 23 | 13 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.700 | 24 | 13 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.500 | 29 | 16 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.283 | 38 | 17 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.000 | 42 | 17 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.000 | 41 | 16 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.900 | 46 | 17 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.700 | 37 | 17 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.537 | 52 | 17 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.565 | 55 | 17 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.092 | 44 | 16 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.084 | 45 | 17 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.797 | 57 | 17 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.307 | 46 | 17 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.307 | 46 | 17 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.307 | 46 | 17 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 8.353 | 10 | 6 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 8.400 | 10 | 6 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.846 | 18 | 8 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.954 | 26 | 8 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 9.100 | 26 | 7 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 32 | 10 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 33 | 11 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.900 | 28 | 11 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.593 | 25 | 6 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.576 | 27 | 7 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.558 | 19 | 7 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.577 | 28 | 7 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.547 | 32 | 7 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.558 | 33 | 7 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.558 | 32 | 7 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 6.649 | 23 | 13 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 4.870 | 27 | 13 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 4.900 | 28 | 13 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 5.000 | 40 | 15 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 4.517 | 46 | 16 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 3.600 | 75 | 16 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.400 | 89 | 16 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 2.900 | 108 | 16 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 2.600 | 90 | 17 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 1.236 | 113 | 17 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 1.236 | 117 | 17 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 4.286 | 82 | 16 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 4.488 | 73 | 15 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 4.488 | 73 | 15 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 4.489 | 73 | 15 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 5.425 | 39 | 14 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 5.425 | 39 | 14 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Spain - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.557 | 23 | 14 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 23 | 13 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.264 | 21 | 14 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.244 | 21 | 14 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.900 | 26 | 15 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 28 | 14 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.700 | 28 | 15 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.667 | 29 | 17 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.155 | 35 | 18 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.392 | 34 | 17 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.754 | 31 | 17 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.725 | 27 | 15 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.723 | 29 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.922 | 26 | 15 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.485 | 25 | 15 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.485 | 25 | 15 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.303 | 23 | 14 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.300 | 24 | 14 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.500 | 27 | 16 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.167 | 32 | 16 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.100 | 38 | 17 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.900 | 39 | 17 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.700 | 45 | 17 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.700 | 34 | 17 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.298 | 68 | 19 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.010 | 58 | 19 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.996 | 40 | 17 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.910 | 43 | 17 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.704 | 52 | 18 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.299 | 37 | 16 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.299 | 37 | 16 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.299 | 37 | 16 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 8.762 | 6 | 5 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.800 | 7 | 5 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 8.660 | 19 | 12 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 17 | 12 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 17 | 12 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 20 | 12 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 17 | 12 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 20 | 14 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 19 | 14 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 23 | 14 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 18 | 14 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.666 | 21 | 10 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.666 | 21 | 10 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 21 | 10 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 7.217 | 10 | 6 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 7.217 | 11 | 6 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.644 | 8 | 4 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 10 | 4 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.633 | 17 | 12 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 6.900 | 17 | 12 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.800 | 31 | 16 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.700 | 30 | 16 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 31 | 16 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 29 | 16 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.500 | 32 | 16 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.500 | 32 | 16 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 32 | 16 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 32 | 16 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.800 | 32 | 15 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.800 | 32 | 15 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.800 | 32 | 15 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.800 | 32 | 15 | 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 | 6.624 | 22 | 11 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.624 | 22 | 11 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |