Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
24/125
Regional Rank
15/19
Score
6.502
Spain’s IPRI score increased by 0.257 to 6.502 placing it 15th in the Western Europe region and 24th 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 0.368 to 6.491 with scores of 6.505 in Judicial Independence, 6.752 in Rule of Law, 6.225 in Political Stability, and 6.483 in Control of Corruption.
Spain’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.069 to 6.058 with scores of 6.307 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 6.441 in Registering Process, and 5.425 in Access to Financing.
Spain’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.471 to 6.956 with scores of 6.299 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 7.217 in Patent Protection, 7.686 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 | 35 | 17 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 36 | 16 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 35 | 17 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 33 | 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 |
| Overall | 6.502 | 24 | 15 | 2023 |
| 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 | 37 | 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 |
| Legal and Political | 6.491 | 32 | 17 | 2023 |
| Physical | 6.969 | 16 | 11 | 2007 |
| Physical | 7.000 | 18 | 11 | 2008 |
| Physical | 7.115 | 26 | 13 | 2009 |
| Physical | 6.918 | 35 | 14 | 2010 |
| Physical | 6.600 | 47 | 17 | 2011 |
| Physical | 6.500 | 50 | 16 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.300 | 57 | 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 |
| Physical | 6.058 | 31 | 15 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 6.557 | 23 | 14 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 6.600 | 24 | 14 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 7.264 | 21 | 14 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.244 | 21 | 14 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 6.900 | 29 | 16 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 6.800 | 27 | 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 |
| Intellectual | 6.956 | 18 | 13 | 2023 |
| 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 | 37 | 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 |
| Overall | 6.491 | 32 | 17 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.494 | 38 | 15 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.500 | 39 | 15 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.667 | 58 | 19 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.433 | 52 | 17 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.500 | 60 | 17 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.600 | 59 | 18 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.700 | 55 | 16 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.300 | 52 | 18 | 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.505 | 34 | 16 | 2023 |
| 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 | 26 | 16 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 7.400 | 25 | 16 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 7.400 | 25 | 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 |
| Rule of Law | 6.752 | 32 | 16 | 2023 |
| 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 | 53 | 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 |
| Political Stability | 6.225 | 34 | 15 | 2023 |
| 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 | 30 | 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 6.483 | 32 | 16 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Spain - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.969 | 16 | 11 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.000 | 18 | 11 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.115 | 26 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 6.918 | 35 | 14 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 47 | 17 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.500 | 50 | 16 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 57 | 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 |
| Overall | 6.058 | 31 | 15 | 2023 |
| 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 | 40 | 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 | 56 | 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 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.307 | 43 | 17 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 8.353 | 10 | 6 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 8.400 | 10 | 6 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 8.846 | 19 | 8 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.954 | 26 | 8 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 9.100 | 26 | 7 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 34 | 11 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 9.000 | 35 | 11 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.900 | 29 | 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 | 32 | 7 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.558 | 33 | 7 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 6.649 | 23 | 13 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 6.441 | 22 | 13 | 2023 |
| 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 | 78 | 16 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.400 | 92 | 16 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 2.900 | 110 | 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 |
| Access to Financing | 5.425 | 37 | 14 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Spain - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 6.557 | 23 | 14 | 2007 |
| Overall | 6.600 | 24 | 14 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.264 | 21 | 14 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.244 | 21 | 14 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.900 | 29 | 16 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.800 | 27 | 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 |
| Overall | 6.956 | 18 | 13 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.303 | 23 | 14 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.300 | 24 | 14 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.500 | 28 | 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 | 35 | 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.299 | 35 | 16 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 8.762 | 8 | 5 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.800 | 9 | 5 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 8.660 | 19 | 13 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 19 | 13 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 19 | 13 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 19 | 13 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 19 | 13 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 8.700 | 23 | 15 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 23 | 15 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 23 | 15 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 23 | 15 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 8.666 | 23 | 12 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 8.666 | 23 | 12 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 8.667 | 23 | 12 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 7.217 | 12 | 5 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 7.217 | 12 | 5 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 7.217 | 10 | 5 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.644 | 8 | 4 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 11 | 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 | 33 | 16 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 5.600 | 33 | 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 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.686 | 12 | 7 | 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 | 6.624 | 22 | 11 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.624 | 22 | 11 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 6.624 | 22 | 11 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |