2020
| International Property Rights Index

Uruguay

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank

46/129

Regional Rank

3/21

Score

6.199

URUGUAY

Region:  Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank: 46 of 129

Regional Rank: 3 of 21

 

Uruguay’s IPRI score decreased by -0.13 to 6.199 placing it 3rd in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 46th in the world. Uruguay is classified by the IMF as part of the Latin America and the Caribbean group and by the World Bank as High income country.

 

Uruguay’s Legal and Political Subindex decreased by -0.064 to 7.07 with scores of 7.192 in Judicial Independence, 6.198 in Rule of Law, 7.358 in Political Stability, and 7.531 in Control of Corruption.

 

Uruguay’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.091 to 6.622 with scores of 6.808 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.863 in Registering Property, and 5.195 in Ease of Access to Loans.

 

Uruguay’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.418 to 4.906 with scores of 6.219 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 5.2 in Patent Protection, and 3.3 in Copyright Protection.

 

Uruguay is a member of the following regional integration agreements

  • MERCOSUR

Uruguay - IPRI Overall Score

Uruguay - 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

Uruguay - IPRI Overall Score

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 4.936 35 4 2007
Overall 4.900 35 3 2008
Overall 5.541 50 3 2009
Overall 5.668 50 3 2010
Overall 6.100 44 2 2011
Overall 6.200 42 2 2012
Overall 6.200 44 2 2013
Overall 6.100 39 2 2014
Overall 5.909 39 2 2015
Overall 6.102 37 2 2016
Overall 6.412 36 2 2017
Overall 6.191 43 3 2018
Overall 6.329 39 3 2019
Overall 6.199 46 3 2020
Legal and Political 6.244 20 2 2007
Legal and Political 6.200 22 2 2008
Legal and Political 6.484 31 2 2009
Legal and Political 6.662 30 2 2010
Legal and Political 7.000 26 2 2011
Legal and Political 7.100 25 2 2012
Legal and Political 7.100 25 2 2013
Legal and Political 6.925 24 2 2014
Legal and Political 6.996 25 2 2015
Legal and Political 7.220 23 1 2016
Legal and Political 7.176 22 1 2017
Legal and Political 7.224 22 1 2018
Legal and Political 7.134 22 1 2019
Legal and Political 7.070 22 1 2020
Physical 4.522 49 10 2007
Physical 4.500 50 10 2008
Physical 5.233 74 11 2009
Physical 5.410 82 12 2010
Physical 6.000 64 6 2011
Physical 6.200 61 4 2012
Physical 6.200 61 6 2013
Physical 6.133 53 7 2014
Physical 5.794 57 4 2015
Physical 5.917 55 5 2016
Physical 6.708 48 5 2017
Physical 6.493 60 6 2018
Physical 6.530 62 5 2019
Physical 6.622 58 5 2020
Intellectual 4.042 47 10 2007
Intellectual 4.000 47 10 2008
Intellectual 4.904 56 5 2009
Intellectual 4.933 58 7 2010
Intellectual 5.200 58 7 2011
Intellectual 5.200 61 8 2012
Intellectual 5.200 66 8 2013
Intellectual 5.167 53 7 2014
Intellectual 4.936 66 9 2015
Intellectual 5.169 60 8 2016
Intellectual 5.351 60 8 2017
Intellectual 4.855 74 12 2018
Intellectual 5.323 67 9 2019
Intellectual 4.906 74 12 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Uruguay - Legal and Political Environmental

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 6.244 20 2 2007
Overall 6.200 22 2 2008
Overall 6.484 31 2 2009
Overall 6.662 30 2 2010
Overall 7.000 26 2 2011
Overall 7.100 25 2 2012
Overall 7.100 25 2 2013
Overall 6.925 24 2 2014
Overall 6.996 25 2 2015
Overall 7.220 23 1 2016
Overall 7.176 22 1 2017
Overall 7.224 22 1 2018
Overall 7.134 22 1 2019
Overall 7.070 22 1 2020
Judicial Independence 6.551 26 2 2007
Judicial Independence 6.600 27 2 2008
Judicial Independence 6.333 39 2 2009
Judicial Independence 6.733 35 2 2010
Judicial Independence 7.500 25 3 2011
Judicial Independence 7.500 27 2 2012
Judicial Independence 7.500 28 2 2013
Judicial Independence 7.700 21 1 2014
Judicial Independence 7.690 21 1 2015
Judicial Independence 7.823 20 1 2016
Judicial Independence 7.700 21 1 2017
Judicial Independence 7.645 22 1 2018
Judicial Independence 7.410 23 1 2019
Judicial Independence 7.192 24 1 2020
Rule Of Law No Data No Data 2007
Rule Of Law No Data No Data 2008
Rule Of Law 5.980 45 2 2009
Rule Of Law 6.004 46 2 2010
Rule Of Law 6.400 40 2 2011
Rule Of Law 6.400 40 2 2012
Rule Of Law 6.400 39 2 2013
Rule Of Law 6.100 35 2 2014
Rule Of Law 6.007 42 2 2015
Rule Of Law 6.351 39 2 2016
Rule Of Law 6.350 39 2 2017
Rule Of Law 6.261 40 2 2018
Rule Of Law 6.171 39 2 2019
Rule Of Law 6.198 40 2 2020
Political Stability 6.280 23 3 2007
Political Stability 6.300 24 3 2008
Political Stability 6.800 19 1 2009
Political Stability 6.669 28 1 2010
Political Stability 6.800 22 1 2011
Political Stability 6.700 22 1 2012
Political Stability 6.900 24 1 2013
Political Stability 6.400 28 1 2014
Political Stability 6.618 30 1 2015
Political Stability 7.000 19 1 2016
Political Stability 7.058 14 1 2017
Political Stability 7.348 9 1 2018
Political Stability 7.368 13 1 2019
Political Stability 7.358 11 1 2020
Control of Corruption 5.900 22 2 2007
Control of Corruption 5.900 23 2 2008
Control of Corruption 6.824 28 2 2009
Control of Corruption 7.239 25 2 2010
Control of Corruption 7.400 24 2 2011
Control of Corruption 7.600 23 2 2012
Control of Corruption 7.600 22 2 2013
Control of Corruption 7.600 23 2 2014
Control of Corruption 7.671 21 2 2015
Control of Corruption 7.704 21 2 2016
Control of Corruption 7.596 21 1 2017
Control of Corruption 7.641 22 1 2018
Control of Corruption 7.585 21 1 2019
Control of Corruption 7.531 23 1 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year

Uruguay - Physical Property Rights

Uruguay - Intellectual Property Rights

Statistic Score Global Region Year
Overall 4.042 47 10 2007
Overall 4.000 47 10 2008
Overall 4.904 56 5 2009
Overall 4.933 58 7 2010
Overall 5.200 58 7 2011
Overall 5.200 61 8 2012
Overall 5.200 66 8 2013
Overall 5.167 53 7 2014
Overall 4.936 66 9 2015
Overall 5.169 60 8 2016
Overall 5.351 60 8 2017
Overall 4.855 74 12 2018
Overall 5.323 67 9 2019
Overall 4.906 74 12 2020
Perception of IP Protection 4.836 35 4 2007
Perception of IP Protection 4.800 36 4 2008
Perception of IP Protection 4.833 46 3 2009
Perception of IP Protection 4.917 46 2 2010
Perception of IP Protection 5.500 50 2 2011
Perception of IP Protection 5.700 43 2 2012
Perception of IP Protection 5.700 46 2 2013
Perception of IP Protection 5.800 32 2 2014
Perception of IP Protection 5.158 41 2 2015
Perception of IP Protection 5.857 37 2 2016
Perception of IP Protection 6.402 35 1 2017
Perception of IP Protection 6.166 41 3 2018
Perception of IP Protection 6.221 39 2 2019
Perception of IP Protection 6.219 39 1 2020
Patent Protection 6.141 43 9 2007
Patent Protection 6.100 45 9 2008
Patent Protection 6.780 59 11 2009
Patent Protection 6.783 60 11 2010
Patent Protection 6.800 59 11 2011
Patent Protection 6.800 59 11 2012
Patent Protection 6.800 58 11 2013
Patent Protection 6.500 61 12 2014
Patent Protection 6.450 63 12 2015
Patent Protection 6.450 65 13 2016
Patent Protection 6.450 63 13 2017
Patent Protection 5.200 88 19 2018
Patent Protection 6.450 66 15 2019
Patent Protection 5.200 91 20 2020
Copyright Piracy 1.148 33 8 2007
Copyright Piracy 1.100 35 9 2008
Copyright Piracy 3.100 60 7 2009
Copyright Piracy 3.100 66 8 2010
Copyright Piracy 3.200 67 7 2011
Copyright Piracy 3.100 68 8 2012
Copyright Piracy 3.200 67 7 2013
Copyright Piracy 3.200 54 8 2014
Copyright Piracy 3.200 64 7 2015
Copyright Piracy 3.200 66 7 2016
Copyright Piracy 3.200 69 7 2017
Copyright Piracy 3.200 67 7 2018
Copyright Piracy 3.300 71 7 2019
Copyright Piracy 3.300 71 7 2020
Statistic Score Global Region Year