Uruguay

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank

39/131

Regional Rank

3/21

URUGUAY

Region: Latin America & Caribbean

Global Rank: 39 of 129

Region Rank: 3 of 21

Uruguay’s IPRI score increased by 0.138 to 6.329 placing it 3rd in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 39th 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 a High income country.

Uruguay’s Legal and Political Subindex score decreased by -0.090 to 7.134 with scores of 7.410 in Judicial Independence, 6.171 in Rule of Law, 7.585 in Control of Corruption, and 7.368 in Political Stability.

Uruguay’s Physical Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.037 to 6.530 with scores of 6.585 in Perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.811 in Registering Property, and 5.194 in Ease of Access to Loans.

Uruguay’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex score increased by 0.468 to 5.323 with scores of 6.221 in Perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 6.45 in Patent Protection, and 3.3 in Copyright Protection.

Uruguay is a member of the following regional integration agreements

MERCOSUR

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	4	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
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
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	7	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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	7	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
Protection of Physical Property	6.262	36	3	2007
Protection of Physical Property	6.300	36	3	2008
Protection of Physical Property	6.167	55	5	2009
Protection of Physical Property	6.433	52	4	2010
Protection of Physical Property	6.800	43	2	2011
Protection of Physical Property	7.200	36	2	2012
Protection of Physical Property	7.200	39	2	2013
Protection of Physical Property	7.000	32	2	2014
Protection of Physical Property	6.499	37	2	2015
Protection of Physical Property	6.876	31	1	2016
Protection of Physical Property	6.951	34	2	2017
Protection of Physical Property	6.473	38	2	2018
Protection of Physical Property	6.585	37	3	2019
Registering Property	4.849	51	15	2007
Registering Property	4.800	52	15	2008
Registering Property	7.199	78	16	2009
Registering Property	7.413	89	16	2010
Registering Property	7.300	105	17	2011
Registering Property	7.600	105	17	2012
Registering Property	7.600	105	17	2013
Registering Property	7.500	81	17	2014
Registering Property	7.825	106	17	2015
Registering Property	7.818	111	18	2016
Registering Property	7.713	94	18	2017
Registering Property	7.811	111	18	2018
Registering Property	7.811	115	18	2019
Ease of Access to Loans	2.454	61	13	2007
Ease of Access to Loans	2.500	62	13	2008
Ease of Access to Loans	2.333	93	16	2009
Ease of Access to Loans	2.383	102	16	2010
Ease of Access to Loans	3.900	66	7	2011
Ease of Access to Loans	3.800	69	12	2012
Ease of Access to Loans	3.700	80	15	2013
Ease of Access to Loans	3.800	60	14	2014
Ease of Access to Loans	3.056	64	10	2015
Ease of Access to Loans	3.056	65	11	2016
Ease of Access to Loans	5.460	47	7	2017
Ease of Access to Loans	5.194	48	7	2018
Ease of Access to Loans	5.194	48	7	2019
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
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
Patent Protection	6.141	43	9	2007
Patent Protection	6.100	45	10	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
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	7	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
Statistic	Score	Global	Region	Year