Region
Western Europe
Global Rank
15/125
Regional Rank
10/19
Score
7.489
United Kingdom’s IPRI score increased by 0.19 to 7.489 placing it 10th in the Western Europe region and 15th in the world. United Kingdom is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.
United Kingdom’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.275 to 7.627 with scores of 8.163 in Judicial Independence, 7.853 in Rule of Law, 6.152 in Political Stability, and 8.341 in Control of Corruption.
United Kingdom’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.009 to 7.143 with scores of 7.493 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.679 in Registering Process, and 6.257 in Access to Financing.
United Kingdom’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.304 to 7.698 with scores of 7.551 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.467 in Patent Protection, 9.471 in Copyright Protection, and 7.302 in Trademark Protection.
United Kingdom is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
United Kingdom - IPRI Overall Score
United Kingdom - 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
United Kingdom - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.096 | 6 | 5 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 8 | 6 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.841 | 15 | 11 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.784 | 17 | 12 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 15 | 10 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 14 | 9 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 13 | 9 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 16 | 10 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.690 | 13 | 8 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.755 | 14 | 8 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.129 | 13 | 8 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.141 | 13 | 8 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.044 | 15 | 9 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.678 | 18 | 11 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.520 | 15 | 9 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.299 | 17 | 10 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.489 | 15 | 10 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 7.673 | 13 | 8 | 2007 |
| Legal and Political | 7.700 | 13 | 8 | 2008 |
| Legal and Political | 7.903 | 16 | 12 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 7.752 | 17 | 12 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 7.800 | 18 | 12 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 7.800 | 16 | 11 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 7.700 | 18 | 12 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 7.825 | 17 | 12 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 7.836 | 17 | 11 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 7.947 | 17 | 11 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 8.099 | 15 | 10 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 7.979 | 15 | 10 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 7.791 | 17 | 11 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 7.355 | 19 | 13 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 7.484 | 17 | 12 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 7.352 | 20 | 13 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 7.627 | 18 | 13 | 2023 |
| Physical | 8.359 | 4 | 4 | 2007 |
| Physical | 8.400 | 4 | 4 | 2008 |
| Physical | 7.131 | 25 | 12 | 2009 |
| Physical | 7.715 | 18 | 11 | 2010 |
| Physical | 7.200 | 24 | 9 | 2011 |
| Physical | 7.200 | 22 | 9 | 2012 |
| Physical | 7.300 | 21 | 9 | 2013 |
| Physical | 7.300 | 18 | 10 | 2014 |
| Physical | 6.930 | 24 | 9 | 2015 |
| Physical | 6.967 | 22 | 8 | 2016 |
| Physical | 7.832 | 20 | 9 | 2017 |
| Physical | 7.940 | 18 | 8 | 2018 |
| Physical | 7.869 | 19 | 9 | 2019 |
| Physical | 7.500 | 27 | 10 | 2020 |
| Physical | 7.681 | 24 | 10 | 2021 |
| Physical | 7.152 | 18 | 10 | 2022 |
| Physical | 7.143 | 18 | 10 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 8.257 | 5 | 4 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 8.300 | 5 | 4 | 2008 |
| Intellectual | 8.488 | 6 | 5 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 7.883 | 16 | 11 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 8.100 | 13 | 9 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 8.200 | 8 | 6 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 8.300 | 5 | 4 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 8.267 | 11 | 7 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 8.304 | 4 | 2 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 8.352 | 5 | 3 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 8.457 | 6 | 4 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 8.503 | 7 | 4 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 8.472 | 7 | 4 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 8.178 | 12 | 8 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 7.394 | 7 | 4 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 7.394 | 7 | 4 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 7.698 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
United Kingdom - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.673 | 13 | 8 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 13 | 8 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.903 | 16 | 12 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.752 | 17 | 12 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 18 | 12 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.800 | 16 | 11 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 18 | 12 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.825 | 17 | 12 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.836 | 17 | 11 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.947 | 17 | 11 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.099 | 15 | 10 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.979 | 15 | 10 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.791 | 17 | 11 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.355 | 19 | 13 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.484 | 17 | 12 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.352 | 20 | 13 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.627 | 18 | 13 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.738 | 8 | 5 | 2007 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.700 | 8 | 5 | 2008 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.333 | 15 | 11 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.983 | 17 | 12 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 9.000 | 9 | 5 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 11 | 9 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.800 | 11 | 8 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.900 | 6 | 4 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.669 | 7 | 5 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.679 | 10 | 8 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.835 | 9 | 7 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.910 | 6 | 5 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.215 | 13 | 8 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.946 | 26 | 12 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.946 | 26 | 12 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 6.946 | 26 | 12 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 8.163 | 13 | 10 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Rule of Law | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 16 | 12 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 8.367 | 16 | 12 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 8.400 | 14 | 11 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 8.500 | 13 | 10 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 8.300 | 15 | 11 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 8.400 | 14 | 10 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 8.347 | 14 | 10 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 8.774 | 13 | 9 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 8.610 | 14 | 9 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 8.253 | 15 | 9 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 8.358 | 14 | 9 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 8.277 | 15 | 10 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 8.202 | 16 | 11 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 7.994 | 18 | 12 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 7.853 | 17 | 12 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 5.680 | 28 | 14 | 2007 |
| Political Stability | 5.700 | 30 | 15 | 2008 |
| Political Stability | 6.120 | 35 | 15 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 6.127 | 41 | 16 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 5.600 | 53 | 17 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 5.900 | 46 | 17 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 5.700 | 48 | 17 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 5.800 | 36 | 17 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 5.967 | 41 | 16 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 5.880 | 43 | 16 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 6.214 | 39 | 15 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 5.994 | 43 | 16 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 5.903 | 49 | 16 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 5.545 | 60 | 19 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 6.240 | 37 | 14 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 6.083 | 38 | 15 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 6.152 | 37 | 17 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.600 | 11 | 8 | 2007 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.600 | 11 | 8 | 2008 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.659 | 14 | 10 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.531 | 16 | 11 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.100 | 18 | 12 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.000 | 21 | 13 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.100 | 17 | 11 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.300 | 15 | 10 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.363 | 14 | 10 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.455 | 15 | 10 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.735 | 12 | 9 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.760 | 12 | 9 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.686 | 11 | 8 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.653 | 13 | 10 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.550 | 12 | 9 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.385 | 12 | 10 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 8.341 | 13 | 10 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
United Kingdom - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.359 | 4 | 4 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.400 | 4 | 4 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.131 | 25 | 12 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.715 | 18 | 11 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 24 | 9 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 22 | 9 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 21 | 9 | 2013 |
| Overall | 7.300 | 18 | 10 | 2014 |
| Overall | 6.930 | 24 | 9 | 2015 |
| Overall | 6.967 | 22 | 8 | 2016 |
| Overall | 7.832 | 20 | 9 | 2017 |
| Overall | 7.940 | 18 | 8 | 2018 |
| Overall | 7.869 | 19 | 9 | 2019 |
| Overall | 7.500 | 27 | 10 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.681 | 24 | 10 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.152 | 18 | 10 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.143 | 18 | 10 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.093 | 5 | 5 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 9.100 | 6 | 6 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.500 | 18 | 12 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.483 | 32 | 16 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.200 | 17 | 12 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.600 | 10 | 7 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.900 | 5 | 4 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.800 | 4 | 3 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.698 | 4 | 3 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.811 | 3 | 3 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.801 | 6 | 5 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.829 | 6 | 4 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.616 | 5 | 4 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.493 | 25 | 12 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.493 | 25 | 12 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.493 | 25 | 12 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.493 | 24 | 12 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 8.547 | 8 | 4 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 8.500 | 9 | 4 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 9.226 | 12 | 5 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 9.279 | 16 | 5 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 9.700 | 7 | 2 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.500 | 68 | 15 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.500 | 67 | 15 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 42 | 13 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 9.276 | 50 | 12 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 9.273 | 51 | 12 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 9.243 | 41 | 12 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 9.275 | 55 | 12 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 9.275 | 55 | 12 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 9.293 | 56 | 12 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 9.293 | 56 | 12 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 7.706 | 13 | 8 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 7.679 | 14 | 9 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 7.438 | 2 | 2 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 7.400 | 2 | 2 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 3.667 | 66 | 18 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 6.383 | 9 | 7 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 3.800 | 70 | 15 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 4.400 | 50 | 12 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 4.500 | 48 | 11 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 3.900 | 57 | 14 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 2.817 | 73 | 14 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 2.817 | 74 | 14 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 5.452 | 49 | 11 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 5.715 | 36 | 10 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 5.715 | 36 | 10 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 5.715 | 36 | 10 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 6.257 | 16 | 7 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 6.257 | 16 | 7 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 6.257 | 15 | 7 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
United Kingdom - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 8.257 | 5 | 4 | 2007 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 5 | 4 | 2008 |
| Overall | 8.488 | 6 | 5 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.883 | 16 | 11 | 2010 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 13 | 9 | 2011 |
| Overall | 8.200 | 8 | 6 | 2012 |
| Overall | 8.300 | 5 | 4 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.267 | 11 | 7 | 2014 |
| Overall | 8.304 | 4 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 8.352 | 5 | 3 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.457 | 6 | 4 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.503 | 7 | 4 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.472 | 7 | 4 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.178 | 12 | 8 | 2020 |
| Overall | 7.394 | 7 | 4 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.394 | 7 | 4 | 2022 |
| Overall | 7.698 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.671 | 6 | 6 | 2007 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.700 | 6 | 6 | 2008 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.333 | 8 | 7 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.267 | 21 | 14 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.900 | 16 | 12 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.100 | 11 | 9 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.400 | 7 | 5 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.400 | 6 | 4 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.229 | 8 | 4 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.373 | 7 | 4 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.488 | 7 | 5 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.628 | 7 | 5 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 8.434 | 6 | 5 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.551 | 21 | 12 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.551 | 21 | 12 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.551 | 21 | 12 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.551 | 20 | 12 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 8.381 | 12 | 9 | 2007 |
| Patent Protection | 8.400 | 13 | 9 | 2008 |
| Patent Protection | 9.800 | 3 | 2 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 13 | 9 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 9.100 | 13 | 9 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 9.100 | 13 | 9 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 9.100 | 13 | 9 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 9.100 | 14 | 10 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 14 | 10 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 14 | 10 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 14 | 10 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 11 | 8 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 10 | 8 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 9.083 | 10 | 8 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 6.823 | 18 | 8 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 6.823 | 18 | 8 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 6.467 | 30 | 15 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 8.500 | 5 | 3 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 13 | 9 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 13 | 8 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.300 | 13 | 9 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.400 | 14 | 9 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.400 | 13 | 9 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 13 | 8 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.600 | 13 | 8 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 10 | 6 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.800 | 10 | 6 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 10 | 8 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 10 | 8 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 12 | 8 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 7.900 | 10 | 8 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 9.471 | 3 | 1 | 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 | 7.302 | 5 | 3 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 7.302 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 7.302 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |