Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Global Rank
34/129
Regional Rank
2/21
Score
6.086
Uruguay’s IPRI score decreased by -0.136 to 6.086 placing it 2st in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 34th 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 increased by 0.106 to 7.148 with scores of 7.192 in Judicial Independence, 6.357 in Rule of Law, 7.198 in Political Stability, and 7.846 in Control of Corruption.
Uruguay’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.515 to 6.046 with scores of 6.808 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 6.317 in Registering Process, and 5.013 in Access to Financing.
Uruguay’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex did not change and remained at 5.064 with scores of 6.219 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 4.833 in Patent Protection, 3.3 in Copyright Protection, and 5.902 in Trademark 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 Protection
- 15. Trademark Protection
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 | 2 | 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 |
| Overall | 6.222 | 41 | 2 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.086 | 34 | 2 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Legal and Political | 7.042 | 22 | 1 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 7.148 | 21 | 1 | 2022 |
| 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 | 5 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.200 | 61 | 5 | 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 |
| Physical | 6.561 | 63 | 5 | 2021 |
| Physical | 6.046 | 35 | 1 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 4.042 | 47 | 10 | 2007 |
| Intellectual | 4.000 | 47 | 9 | 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 | 6 | 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 |
| Intellectual | 5.064 | 64 | 8 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 5.064 | 64 | 8 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Uruguay - Legal and Political Environment
| 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 |
| Overall | 7.042 | 22 | 1 | 2021 |
| Overall | 7.148 | 21 | 1 | 2022 |
| 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 | 2 | 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 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.192 | 24 | 1 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 7.192 | 24 | 1 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Rule of Law | 6.243 | 38 | 2 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 6.357 | 39 | 2 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Political Stability | 7.239 | 12 | 1 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 7.198 | 10 | 1 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.493 | 22 | 1 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 7.846 | 21 | 1 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Uruguay - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.522 | 49 | 10 | 2007 |
| Overall | 4.500 | 50 | 10 | 2008 |
| Overall | 5.233 | 74 | 11 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.410 | 82 | 12 | 2010 |
| Overall | 6.000 | 64 | 6 | 2011 |
| Overall | 6.200 | 61 | 5 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.200 | 61 | 5 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.133 | 53 | 7 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.794 | 57 | 4 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.917 | 55 | 5 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.708 | 48 | 5 | 2017 |
| Overall | 6.493 | 60 | 6 | 2018 |
| Overall | 6.530 | 62 | 5 | 2019 |
| Overall | 6.622 | 58 | 5 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.561 | 63 | 5 | 2021 |
| Overall | 6.046 | 35 | 1 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.262 | 36 | 3 | 2007 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.300 | 36 | 3 | 2008 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.167 | 55 | 5 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.433 | 52 | 4 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.800 | 43 | 2 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.200 | 36 | 1 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.200 | 39 | 2 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 7.000 | 32 | 2 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.499 | 37 | 2 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.876 | 31 | 1 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.951 | 34 | 2 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.473 | 38 | 2 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.585 | 37 | 3 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.808 | 36 | 2 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.808 | 36 | 2 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.808 | 36 | 2 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 4.849 | 51 | 15 | 2007 |
| Registering Process | 4.800 | 52 | 15 | 2008 |
| Registering Process | 7.199 | 78 | 16 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 7.413 | 89 | 16 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 7.300 | 105 | 17 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 7.600 | 105 | 17 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 7.600 | 105 | 17 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 7.500 | 81 | 17 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 7.825 | 106 | 17 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 7.818 | 111 | 18 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 7.713 | 94 | 18 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 7.811 | 111 | 18 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 7.811 | 115 | 18 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 7.863 | 113 | 18 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 7.863 | 113 | 18 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 6.317 | 25 | 1 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 2.454 | 61 | 13 | 2007 |
| Access to Financing | 2.500 | 62 | 13 | 2008 |
| Access to Financing | 2.333 | 93 | 17 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 2.383 | 102 | 16 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 3.900 | 66 | 7 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.800 | 69 | 12 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 3.700 | 80 | 15 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 3.800 | 60 | 14 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 3.056 | 64 | 10 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 3.056 | 65 | 11 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 5.460 | 47 | 7 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 5.194 | 48 | 7 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 5.194 | 48 | 7 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 5.195 | 48 | 7 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 5.013 | 55 | 6 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 5.013 | 55 | 6 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Uruguay - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.042 | 47 | 10 | 2007 |
| Overall | 4.000 | 47 | 9 | 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 | 6 | 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 |
| Overall | 5.064 | 64 | 8 | 2021 |
| Overall | 5.064 | 64 | 8 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.219 | 39 | 1 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 6.219 | 39 | 1 | 2022 |
| 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 | 92 | 20 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 4.833 | 76 | 19 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 4.833 | 77 | 19 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.148 | 33 | 8 | 2007 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.100 | 35 | 8 | 2008 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.100 | 60 | 7 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.100 | 66 | 8 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 67 | 7 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.100 | 68 | 8 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 67 | 7 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 54 | 7 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 64 | 7 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 66 | 7 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 69 | 7 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 67 | 8 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.300 | 71 | 8 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.300 | 71 | 8 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.300 | 70 | 8 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.300 | 71 | 8 | 2022 |
| 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 | 5.902 | 50 | 4 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 5.902 | 50 | 4 | 2022 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |