Region
North America
Global Rank
6/129
Regional Rank
1/2
Score
7.993
United States’ IPRI score decreased by -0.057 to 7.993 placing it 1st in the North America region and 6th 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’ Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.176 to 7.053 with scores of 7.038 in Judicial Independence, 7.922 in Rule of Law, 5.82 in Political Stability, and 7.43 in Control of Corruption.
United States’ Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.033 to 8.229 with scores of 7.6 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 9.511 in Registering Property, and 7.477 in Ease of Access to Loans.
United States’ Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.038 to 8.731 with scores of 7.828 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 9.8 in Patent Protection, 8.5 in Copyright Protection, and 8.7945 in Trademark Protection.
United States is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- OECD
- USMCA
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 Protection
- 15. Trademark Protection
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 |
| Overall | 7.993 | 6 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Legal and Political | 7.053 | 21 | 2 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Physical | 8.196 | 7 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Intellectual | 8.731 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
United States of America - Legal and Political Environment
| 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 |
| Overall | 7.053 | 21 | 2 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.038 | 25 | 2 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Rule of Law | 7.922 | 18 | 2 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Political Stability | 5.820 | 48 | 2 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.431 | 23 | 2 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
United States of America - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 7.693 | 11 | 1 | 2007 |
| Overall | 7.700 | 11 | 1 | 2008 |
| Overall | 7.760 | 15 | 1 | 2009 |
| Overall | 7.784 | 14 | 1 | 2010 |
| Overall | 7.100 | 27 | 2 | 2011 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 22 | 2 | 2012 |
| Overall | 7.200 | 24 | 2 | 2013 |
| Overall | 8.100 | 5 | 1 | 2014 |
| Overall | 7.210 | 16 | 2 | 2015 |
| Overall | 7.318 | 15 | 2 | 2016 |
| Overall | 8.114 | 13 | 1 | 2017 |
| Overall | 8.308 | 8 | 1 | 2018 |
| Overall | 8.344 | 5 | 1 | 2019 |
| Overall | 8.229 | 9 | 1 | 2020 |
| Overall | 8.196 | 7 | 1 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.053 | 18 | 2 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 8.100 | 19 | 2 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.500 | 32 | 2 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.983 | 23 | 2 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.300 | 36 | 2 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.200 | 37 | 2 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.100 | 40 | 2 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.400 | 26 | 2 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.249 | 24 | 2 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.575 | 22 | 2 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.688 | 23 | 2 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.862 | 20 | 2 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.969 | 16 | 2 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.600 | 22 | 2 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.600 | 22 | 2 | 2021 |
| Registering Property | 8.196 | 11 | 1 | 2007 |
| Registering Property | 8.200 | 11 | 1 | 2008 |
| Registering Property | 8.945 | 16 | 1 | 2009 |
| Registering Property | 9.052 | 22 | 1 | 2010 |
| Registering Property | 9.200 | 20 | 1 | 2011 |
| Registering Property | 9.200 | 23 | 1 | 2012 |
| Registering Property | 9.200 | 23 | 1 | 2013 |
| Registering Property | 9.200 | 15 | 1 | 2014 |
| Registering Property | 9.499 | 33 | 1 | 2015 |
| Registering Property | 9.497 | 35 | 1 | 2016 |
| Registering Property | 9.477 | 26 | 1 | 2017 |
| Registering Property | 9.499 | 35 | 2 | 2018 |
| Registering Property | 9.499 | 35 | 2 | 2019 |
| Registering Property | 9.523 | 35 | 2 | 2020 |
| Registering Property | 9.511 | 36 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.830 | 9 | 1 | 2007 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.800 | 9 | 1 | 2008 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.833 | 8 | 1 | 2009 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 6.317 | 12 | 1 | 2010 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.800 | 35 | 2 | 2011 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.200 | 26 | 2 | 2012 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.400 | 19 | 2 | 2013 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.500 | 12 | 1 | 2014 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.882 | 14 | 1 | 2015 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 4.882 | 14 | 1 | 2016 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 7.178 | 7 | 1 | 2017 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 7.563 | 2 | 1 | 2018 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 7.563 | 2 | 1 | 2019 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 7.563 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 7.477 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
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 |
| Overall | 8.731 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 7.828 | 12 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Patent Protection | 9.800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2007 | |
| Copyright Protection | No Data | No Data | 2008 | |
| Copyright Protection | 8.650 | 1 | 1 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 1 | 1 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 1 | 1 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.000 | 2 | 1 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.100 | 2 | 1 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.100 | 1 | 1 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.200 | 1 | 1 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.200 | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.300 | 1 | 1 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.300 | 1 | 1 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.500 | 1 | 1 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 8.500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 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 | 8.795 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |