Region
Latin America & Caribbean
Global Rank
41/129
Regional Rank
2/21
Score
6.222
Uruguay’s IPRI score decreased by 0.023 to 6.222 placing it 2nd in the Latin America & Caribbean region and 41st 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 -0.028 to 7.042 with scores of 7.191 in Judicial Independence, 6.242 in Rule of Law, 7.238 in Political Stability, and 7.493 in Control of Corruption.
Uruguay’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.061 to 6.622 with scores of 6.808 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 7.863 in Registering Property, and 5.013 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Uruguay’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.158 to 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 | 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 |
| Overall | 6.199 | 46 | 3 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.222 | 41 | 2 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Physical | 6.622 | 58 | 5 | 2020 |
| Physical | 6.561 | 63 | 5 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| Intellectual | 5.064 | 64 | 8 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Overall | 6.622 | 58 | 5 | 2020 |
| Overall | 6.561 | 63 | 5 | 2021 |
| 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 | 4 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Registering Property | 7.863 | 113 | 18 | 2020 |
| Registering Property | 7.863 | 113 | 18 | 2021 |
| 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 | 17 | 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 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.195 | 48 | 7 | 2020 |
| Ease of Access to Loans | 5.013 | 55 | 6 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
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 |
| Overall | 5.064 | 64 | 8 | 2021 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Patent Protection | 5.200 | 92 | 20 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 4.833 | 76 | 18 | 2021 |
| 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 | 8 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 54 | 8 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 64 | 7 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 66 | 8 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 69 | 8 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.200 | 67 | 8 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.300 | 71 | 7 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.300 | 71 | 7 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 3.300 | 70 | 7 | 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 | 5.902 | 50 | 4 | 2021 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |