2020
| International Property Rights Index

United States of America

Region

North America

Global Rank

13/129

Regional Rank

1/2

Score

8.050

UNITED STATES (USA)

Region:  North America

Global Rank: 13 of 129

Regional Rank: 1 of 2

 

United States’s IPRI score decreased by -0.153 to 8.05 placing it 1st in the North America region and 13th in the world. United States is classified by the IMF as part of the Advanced economies group and by the World Bank as High income country.

 

United States’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.254 to 7.229 with scores of 7.038 in Judicial Independence, 7.907 in Rule of Law, 6.324 in Political Stability, and 7.646 in Control of Corruption.

 

United States’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.115 to 8.229 with scores of 7.6 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.523 in Registering Property, and 7.563 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

United States’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.088 to 8.693 with scores of 7.828 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 9.75 in Patent Protection, and 8.5 in Copyright Protection.

 

United States is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • OECD
  • NAFTA

United States of America - IPRI Overall Score

United States of America - 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

United States of America - IPRI Overall Score

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 7.393 15 2 2007
Overall 7.400 16 2 2008
Overall 7.812 16 2 2009
Overall 7.916 15 2 2010
Overall 7.500 18 2 2011
Overall 7.500 18 2 2012
Overall 7.600 17 2 2013
Overall 7.700 17 2 2014
Overall 7.606 15 2 2015
Overall 7.737 15 2 2016
Overall 8.074 14 2 2017
Overall 8.124 14 2 2018
Overall 8.202 12 2 2019
Overall 8.050 13 1 2020
Legal and Political 6.440 18 2 2007
Legal and Political 6.400 19 2 2008
Legal and Political 7.096 22 2 2009
Legal and Political 7.504 18 2 2010
Legal and Political 7.100 24 2 2011
Legal and Political 7.100 24 2 2012
Legal and Political 7.200 24 2 2013
Legal and Political 7.375 20 2 2014
Legal and Political 7.172 22 2 2015
Legal and Political 7.260 22 2 2016
Legal and Political 7.393 20 2 2017
Legal and Political 7.363 20 2 2018
Legal and Political 7.483 19 2 2019
Legal and Political 7.229 21 2 2020
Physical 7.693 11 1 2007
Physical 7.700 11 1 2008
Physical 7.760 15 1 2009
Physical 7.784 14 1 2010
Physical 7.100 27 2 2011
Physical 7.200 22 2 2012
Physical 7.200 24 2 2013
Physical 8.100 5 1 2014
Physical 7.210 16 2 2015
Physical 7.318 15 2 2016
Physical 8.114 13 1 2017
Physical 8.308 8 1 2018
Physical 8.344 5 1 2019
Physical 8.229 9 1 2020
Intellectual 8.046 9 1 2007
Intellectual 8.000 10 1 2008
Intellectual 8.581 2 1 2009
Intellectual 8.461 3 1 2010
Intellectual 8.400 3 1 2011
Intellectual 8.300 6 1 2012
Intellectual 8.300 2 1 2013
Intellectual 8.333 8 2 2014
Intellectual 8.436 3 1 2015
Intellectual 8.632 1 1 2016
Intellectual 8.715 1 1 2017
Intellectual 8.700 2 1 2018
Intellectual 8.780 2 1 2019
Intellectual 8.693 2 1 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year

United States of America - Legal and Political Environmental

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 6.440 18 2 2007
Overall 6.400 19 2 2008
Overall 7.096 22 2 2009
Overall 7.504 18 2 2010
Overall 7.100 24 2 2011
Overall 7.100 24 2 2012
Overall 7.200 24 2 2013
Overall 7.375 20 2 2014
Overall 7.172 22 2 2015
Overall 7.260 22 2 2016
Overall 7.393 20 2 2017
Overall 7.363 20 2 2018
Overall 7.483 19 2 2019
Overall 7.229 21 2 2020
Judicial Independence 6.600 25 2 2007
Judicial Independence 6.600 26 2 2008
Judicial Independence 6.833 33 2 2009
Judicial Independence 7.450 21 2 2010
Judicial Independence 7.100 33 2 2011
Judicial Independence 7.100 35 2 2012
Judicial Independence 7.000 35 2 2013
Judicial Independence 7.200 26 2 2014
Judicial Independence 6.837 29 2 2015
Judicial Independence 6.922 28 2 2016
Judicial Independence 7.115 29 2 2017
Judicial Independence 7.517 25 2 2018
Judicial Independence 7.900 15 2 2019
Judicial Independence 7.038 25 2 2020
Rule Of Law No Data No Data 2007
Rule Of Law No Data No Data 2008
Rule Of Law 8.180 17 2 2009
Rule Of Law 8.291 17 2 2010
Rule Of Law 8.100 17 2 2011
Rule Of Law 8.200 17 2 2012
Rule Of Law 8.200 16 2 2013
Rule Of Law 8.200 17 2 2014
Rule Of Law 8.071 18 2 2015
Rule Of Law 8.232 18 2 2016
Rule Of Law 8.207 18 2 2017
Rule Of Law 8.332 14 2 2018
Rule Of Law 8.289 15 2 2019
Rule Of Law 7.907 19 2 2020
Political Stability 5.120 35 2 2007
Political Stability 5.100 36 2 2008
Political Stability 5.600 50 2 2009
Political Stability 6.184 35 2 2010
Political Stability 5.800 50 2 2011
Political Stability 5.700 50 2 2012
Political Stability 6.100 43 2 2013
Political Stability 6.300 30 2 2014
Political Stability 6.216 36 2 2015
Political Stability 6.241 37 2 2016
Political Stability 6.492 32 2 2017
Political Stability 5.945 44 2 2018
Political Stability 5.979 45 2 2019
Political Stability 6.324 40 2 2020
Control of Corruption 7.600 15 2 2007
Control of Corruption 7.600 15 2 2008
Control of Corruption 7.771 19 2 2009
Control of Corruption 8.091 18 2 2010
Control of Corruption 7.400 23 2 2011
Control of Corruption 7.500 24 2 2012
Control of Corruption 7.500 23 2 2013
Control of Corruption 7.800 20 2 2014
Control of Corruption 7.565 24 2 2015
Control of Corruption 7.646 22 2 2016
Control of Corruption 7.757 20 2 2017
Control of Corruption 7.661 21 2 2018
Control of Corruption 7.762 20 2 2019
Control of Corruption 7.646 21 2 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year

United States of America - Physical Property Rights

United States of America - Intellectual Property Rights

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 8.046 9 1 2007
Overall 8.000 10 1 2008
Overall 8.581 2 1 2009
Overall 8.461 3 1 2010
Overall 8.400 3 1 2011
Overall 8.300 6 1 2012
Overall 8.300 2 1 2013
Overall 8.333 8 2 2014
Overall 8.436 3 1 2015
Overall 8.632 1 1 2016
Overall 8.715 1 1 2017
Overall 8.700 2 1 2018
Overall 8.780 2 1 2019
Overall 8.693 2 1 2020
Perception of IP Protection 7.758 14 2 2007
Perception of IP Protection 7.800 15 2 2008
Perception of IP Protection 7.333 21 2 2009
Perception of IP Protection 7.633 17 1 2010
Perception of IP Protection 7.300 23 2 2011
Perception of IP Protection 7.200 27 2 2012
Perception of IP Protection 7.100 28 2 2013
Perception of IP Protection 7.400 20 2 2014
Perception of IP Protection 7.357 19 2 2015
Perception of IP Protection 7.945 15 2 2016
Perception of IP Protection 8.096 16 2 2017
Perception of IP Protection 8.051 14 1 2018
Perception of IP Protection 8.091 13 1 2019
Perception of IP Protection 7.828 12 1 2020
Patent Protection 10.000 1 1 2007
Patent Protection 10.000 1 1 2008
Patent Protection 9.760 4 1 2009
Patent Protection 9.750 1 1 2010
Patent Protection 9.800 1 1 2011
Patent Protection 9.800 1 1 2012
Patent Protection 9.800 1 1 2013
Patent Protection 9.800 1 1 2014
Patent Protection 9.750 1 1 2015
Patent Protection 9.750 1 1 2016
Patent Protection 9.750 1 1 2017
Patent Protection 9.750 1 1 2018
Patent Protection 9.750 1 1 2019
Patent Protection 9.750 1 1 2020
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2007
Copyright Piracy No Data No Data 2008
Copyright Piracy 8.650 1 1 2009
Copyright Piracy 8.000 1 1 2010
Copyright Piracy 8.000 1 1 2011
Copyright Piracy 8.000 2 1 2012
Copyright Piracy 8.100 2 1 2013
Copyright Piracy 8.100 1 1 2014
Copyright Piracy 8.200 1 1 2015
Copyright Piracy 8.200 1 1 2016
Copyright Piracy 8.300 1 1 2017
Copyright Piracy 8.300 1 1 2018
Copyright Piracy 8.500 1 1 2019
Copyright Piracy 8.500 1 1 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year