Region
Africa
Global Rank
89/125
Regional Rank
10/30
Score
4.316
Zambia’s IPRI score increased by 0.387 to 4.316 placing it 10th in the Africa region and 89th in the world. Zambia is classified by the IMF as part of the Sub-Saharan Africa group and by the World Bank as Low income country.
Zambia’s Legal and Political Subindex increased by 0.423 to 4.188 with scores of 4.24 in Judicial Independence, 3.814 in Rule of Law, 5.205 in Political Stability, and 3.493 in Control of Corruption.
Zambia’s Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.012 to 4.304 with scores of 5.229 in perception of Property Rights Protection, 4.241 in Registering Process, and 3.44 in Access to Financing.
Zambia’s Intellectual Property Rights Subindex increased by 0.751 to 4.456 with scores of 4.405 in perception of Intellectual Property Protection, 4.6 in Patent Protection, data wasn't available to measure Copyright Protection, and 4.362 in Trademark Protection.
Zambia is a member of the following regional integration agreements
- SADC
Zambia - IPRI Overall Score
Zambia - 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
Zambia - IPRI Overall Score
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.009 | 89 | 13 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.511 | 79 | 9 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.800 | 82 | 10 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.700 | 87 | 12 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.900 | 82 | 13 | 2013 |
| Overall | 5.100 | 58 | 7 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.735 | 74 | 6 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.791 | 76 | 8 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.917 | 79 | 9 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.732 | 92 | 11 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.592 | 102 | 16 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.504 | 104 | 17 | 2020 |
| Overall | 4.453 | 106 | 14 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.928 | 106 | 14 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.316 | 89 | 10 | 2023 |
| Legal and Political | 4.112 | 72 | 9 | 2009 |
| Legal and Political | 4.443 | 70 | 8 | 2010 |
| Legal and Political | 4.900 | 64 | 7 | 2011 |
| Legal and Political | 4.700 | 66 | 7 | 2012 |
| Legal and Political | 4.800 | 63 | 7 | 2013 |
| Legal and Political | 4.775 | 50 | 6 | 2014 |
| Legal and Political | 4.729 | 61 | 6 | 2015 |
| Legal and Political | 4.787 | 63 | 7 | 2016 |
| Legal and Political | 4.735 | 64 | 7 | 2017 |
| Legal and Political | 4.558 | 71 | 7 | 2018 |
| Legal and Political | 4.323 | 80 | 9 | 2019 |
| Legal and Political | 4.127 | 84 | 11 | 2020 |
| Legal and Political | 3.913 | 89 | 12 | 2021 |
| Legal and Political | 3.765 | 94 | 13 | 2022 |
| Legal and Political | 4.188 | 77 | 8 | 2023 |
| Physical | 5.076 | 79 | 8 | 2009 |
| Physical | 5.833 | 68 | 5 | 2010 |
| Physical | 5.800 | 79 | 8 | 2011 |
| Physical | 5.900 | 76 | 7 | 2012 |
| Physical | 6.300 | 58 | 5 | 2013 |
| Physical | 6.367 | 49 | 4 | 2014 |
| Physical | 5.675 | 68 | 6 | 2015 |
| Physical | 5.637 | 76 | 8 | 2016 |
| Physical | 6.097 | 71 | 7 | 2017 |
| Physical | 5.872 | 87 | 9 | 2018 |
| Physical | 5.792 | 98 | 13 | 2019 |
| Physical | 5.761 | 102 | 15 | 2020 |
| Physical | 5.743 | 99 | 13 | 2021 |
| Physical | 4.316 | 95 | 12 | 2022 |
| Physical | 4.304 | 91 | 11 | 2023 |
| Intellectual | 2.838 | 104 | 19 | 2009 |
| Intellectual | 3.256 | 102 | 20 | 2010 |
| Intellectual | 3.600 | 109 | 21 | 2011 |
| Intellectual | 3.600 | 109 | 21 | 2012 |
| Intellectual | 3.700 | 106 | 24 | 2013 |
| Intellectual | 4.350 | 74 | 14 | 2014 |
| Intellectual | 3.802 | 99 | 19 | 2015 |
| Intellectual | 3.950 | 103 | 22 | 2016 |
| Intellectual | 3.919 | 107 | 24 | 2017 |
| Intellectual | 3.765 | 110 | 24 | 2018 |
| Intellectual | 3.660 | 114 | 25 | 2019 |
| Intellectual | 3.624 | 117 | 26 | 2020 |
| Intellectual | 3.704 | 118 | 23 | 2021 |
| Intellectual | 3.704 | 118 | 23 | 2022 |
| Intellectual | 4.456 | 98 | 15 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Zambia - Legal and Political Environment
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 4.112 | 72 | 9 | 2009 |
| Overall | 4.443 | 70 | 8 | 2010 |
| Overall | 4.900 | 64 | 7 | 2011 |
| Overall | 4.700 | 66 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 4.800 | 63 | 7 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.775 | 50 | 6 | 2014 |
| Overall | 4.729 | 61 | 6 | 2015 |
| Overall | 4.787 | 63 | 7 | 2016 |
| Overall | 4.735 | 64 | 7 | 2017 |
| Overall | 4.558 | 71 | 7 | 2018 |
| Overall | 4.323 | 80 | 9 | 2019 |
| Overall | 4.127 | 84 | 11 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.913 | 89 | 12 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.765 | 94 | 13 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.188 | 77 | 8 | 2023 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.500 | 81 | 10 | 2009 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.150 | 74 | 10 | 2010 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.400 | 64 | 7 | 2011 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.000 | 74 | 10 | 2012 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.000 | 74 | 11 | 2013 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.400 | 49 | 7 | 2014 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.522 | 59 | 8 | 2015 |
| Judicial Independence | 5.071 | 56 | 9 | 2016 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.958 | 61 | 8 | 2017 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.005 | 85 | 14 | 2018 |
| Judicial Independence | 3.400 | 96 | 19 | 2019 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.796 | 106 | 21 | 2020 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.796 | 106 | 21 | 2021 |
| Judicial Independence | 2.796 | 106 | 21 | 2022 |
| Judicial Independence | 4.240 | 60 | 9 | 2023 |
| Rule of Law | 3.720 | 86 | 12 | 2009 |
| Rule of Law | 4.003 | 84 | 10 | 2010 |
| Rule of Law | 4.000 | 86 | 11 | 2011 |
| Rule of Law | 4.100 | 83 | 10 | 2012 |
| Rule of Law | 4.100 | 82 | 9 | 2013 |
| Rule of Law | 4.200 | 59 | 8 | 2014 |
| Rule of Law | 4.387 | 72 | 8 | 2015 |
| Rule of Law | 4.495 | 73 | 7 | 2016 |
| Rule of Law | 4.494 | 74 | 7 | 2017 |
| Rule of Law | 4.395 | 79 | 8 | 2018 |
| Rule of Law | 4.346 | 81 | 9 | 2019 |
| Rule of Law | 4.310 | 82 | 9 | 2020 |
| Rule of Law | 4.076 | 90 | 11 | 2021 |
| Rule of Law | 3.755 | 101 | 16 | 2022 |
| Rule of Law | 3.814 | 94 | 12 | 2023 |
| Political Stability | 5.480 | 51 | 5 | 2009 |
| Political Stability | 5.576 | 56 | 5 | 2010 |
| Political Stability | 6.000 | 44 | 4 | 2011 |
| Political Stability | 6.000 | 43 | 3 | 2012 |
| Political Stability | 5.900 | 45 | 3 | 2013 |
| Political Stability | 6.200 | 33 | 3 | 2014 |
| Political Stability | 5.779 | 44 | 3 | 2015 |
| Political Stability | 5.411 | 50 | 3 | 2016 |
| Political Stability | 5.296 | 56 | 3 | 2017 |
| Political Stability | 5.623 | 53 | 3 | 2018 |
| Political Stability | 5.624 | 57 | 3 | 2019 |
| Political Stability | 5.714 | 52 | 3 | 2020 |
| Political Stability | 5.060 | 65 | 6 | 2021 |
| Political Stability | 4.918 | 70 | 8 | 2022 |
| Political Stability | 5.205 | 56 | 4 | 2023 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.748 | 83 | 10 | 2009 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.043 | 85 | 9 | 2010 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.000 | 87 | 10 | 2011 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.800 | 90 | 10 | 2012 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.000 | 84 | 11 | 2013 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.300 | 53 | 6 | 2014 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.226 | 74 | 7 | 2015 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.171 | 76 | 8 | 2016 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.190 | 75 | 7 | 2017 |
| Control of Corruption | 4.207 | 76 | 7 | 2018 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.922 | 86 | 11 | 2019 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.688 | 97 | 13 | 2020 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.719 | 95 | 13 | 2021 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.590 | 98 | 14 | 2022 |
| Control of Corruption | 3.493 | 98 | 15 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Zambia - Physical Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.076 | 79 | 8 | 2009 |
| Overall | 5.833 | 68 | 5 | 2010 |
| Overall | 5.800 | 79 | 8 | 2011 |
| Overall | 5.900 | 76 | 7 | 2012 |
| Overall | 6.300 | 58 | 5 | 2013 |
| Overall | 6.367 | 49 | 4 | 2014 |
| Overall | 5.675 | 68 | 6 | 2015 |
| Overall | 5.637 | 76 | 8 | 2016 |
| Overall | 6.097 | 71 | 7 | 2017 |
| Overall | 5.872 | 87 | 9 | 2018 |
| Overall | 5.792 | 98 | 13 | 2019 |
| Overall | 5.761 | 102 | 15 | 2020 |
| Overall | 5.743 | 99 | 13 | 2021 |
| Overall | 4.316 | 95 | 12 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.304 | 91 | 11 | 2023 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.000 | 61 | 4 | 2009 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.133 | 60 | 4 | 2010 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.900 | 73 | 9 | 2011 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.900 | 70 | 9 | 2012 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.400 | 54 | 6 | 2013 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.700 | 39 | 4 | 2014 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 6.023 | 41 | 5 | 2015 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.916 | 45 | 5 | 2016 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.798 | 50 | 5 | 2017 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.597 | 60 | 6 | 2018 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.358 | 71 | 8 | 2019 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.229 | 78 | 10 | 2020 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.229 | 78 | 10 | 2021 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.229 | 78 | 10 | 2022 |
| Perception of Physical Property Protection | 5.229 | 74 | 9 | 2023 |
| Registering Process | 7.561 | 65 | 8 | 2009 |
| Registering Process | 8.233 | 52 | 7 | 2010 |
| Registering Process | 8.300 | 67 | 10 | 2011 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 62 | 9 | 2012 |
| Registering Process | 8.600 | 62 | 9 | 2013 |
| Registering Process | 8.500 | 50 | 8 | 2014 |
| Registering Process | 8.538 | 85 | 12 | 2015 |
| Registering Process | 8.533 | 86 | 12 | 2016 |
| Registering Process | 8.457 | 73 | 13 | 2017 |
| Registering Process | 8.524 | 89 | 13 | 2018 |
| Registering Process | 8.524 | 94 | 15 | 2019 |
| Registering Process | 8.559 | 96 | 16 | 2020 |
| Registering Process | 8.559 | 96 | 16 | 2021 |
| Registering Process | 4.278 | 70 | 10 | 2022 |
| Registering Process | 4.241 | 70 | 10 | 2023 |
| Access to Financing | 1.667 | 108 | 15 | 2009 |
| Access to Financing | 3.133 | 84 | 7 | 2010 |
| Access to Financing | 3.300 | 95 | 11 | 2011 |
| Access to Financing | 3.300 | 96 | 12 | 2012 |
| Access to Financing | 3.800 | 77 | 9 | 2013 |
| Access to Financing | 3.900 | 58 | 7 | 2014 |
| Access to Financing | 2.462 | 87 | 15 | 2015 |
| Access to Financing | 2.462 | 89 | 16 | 2016 |
| Access to Financing | 4.035 | 88 | 11 | 2017 |
| Access to Financing | 3.495 | 106 | 15 | 2018 |
| Access to Financing | 3.495 | 106 | 15 | 2019 |
| Access to Financing | 3.496 | 105 | 14 | 2020 |
| Access to Financing | 3.440 | 112 | 17 | 2021 |
| Access to Financing | 3.440 | 112 | 17 | 2022 |
| Access to Financing | 3.440 | 108 | 16 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
Zambia - Intellectual Property Rights
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2.838 | 104 | 19 | 2009 |
| Overall | 3.256 | 102 | 20 | 2010 |
| Overall | 3.600 | 109 | 21 | 2011 |
| Overall | 3.600 | 109 | 21 | 2012 |
| Overall | 3.700 | 106 | 24 | 2013 |
| Overall | 4.350 | 74 | 14 | 2014 |
| Overall | 3.802 | 99 | 19 | 2015 |
| Overall | 3.950 | 103 | 22 | 2016 |
| Overall | 3.919 | 107 | 24 | 2017 |
| Overall | 3.765 | 110 | 24 | 2018 |
| Overall | 3.660 | 114 | 25 | 2019 |
| Overall | 3.624 | 117 | 26 | 2020 |
| Overall | 3.704 | 118 | 23 | 2021 |
| Overall | 3.704 | 118 | 23 | 2022 |
| Overall | 4.456 | 98 | 15 | 2023 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 2.833 | 96 | 14 | 2009 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.083 | 66 | 4 | 2010 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.100 | 65 | 6 | 2011 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.100 | 63 | 7 | 2012 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.400 | 54 | 6 | 2013 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.500 | 43 | 5 | 2014 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.041 | 46 | 6 | 2015 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.483 | 45 | 4 | 2016 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 5.390 | 61 | 7 | 2017 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.931 | 72 | 9 | 2018 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.513 | 90 | 12 | 2019 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.405 | 98 | 14 | 2020 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.405 | 98 | 14 | 2021 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.405 | 98 | 14 | 2022 |
| Perception of IP Protection | 4.405 | 94 | 13 | 2023 |
| Patent Protection | 3.880 | 94 | 19 | 2009 |
| Patent Protection | 3.883 | 99 | 22 | 2010 |
| Patent Protection | 3.900 | 99 | 23 | 2011 |
| Patent Protection | 5.200 | 89 | 15 | 2012 |
| Patent Protection | 3.900 | 102 | 26 | 2013 |
| Patent Protection | 4.500 | 90 | 19 | 2014 |
| Patent Protection | 4.467 | 96 | 21 | 2015 |
| Patent Protection | 4.467 | 99 | 23 | 2016 |
| Patent Protection | 4.467 | 99 | 23 | 2017 |
| Patent Protection | 4.466 | 98 | 23 | 2018 |
| Patent Protection | 4.466 | 101 | 25 | 2019 |
| Patent Protection | 4.467 | 99 | 24 | 2020 |
| Patent Protection | 4.050 | 98 | 23 | 2021 |
| Patent Protection | 4.050 | 97 | 23 | 2022 |
| Patent Protection | 4.600 | 99 | 21 | 2023 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 82 | 5 | 2009 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 84 | 7 | 2010 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 89 | 7 | 2011 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 91 | 9 | 2012 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 90 | 8 | 2013 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.800 | 70 | 8 | 2014 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 87 | 8 | 2015 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 89 | 8 | 2016 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 91 | 8 | 2017 |
| Copyright Protection | 1.900 | 88 | 7 | 2018 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 92 | 9 | 2019 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 92 | 9 | 2020 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 93 | 9 | 2021 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 92 | 9 | 2022 |
| Copyright Protection | 2.000 | 53 | 5 | 2023 |
| 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 | 4.362 | 99 | 10 | 2021 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.362 | 99 | 10 | 2022 |
| Trademark Protection | 4.362 | 98 | 10 | 2023 |
| Statistic | Score | Global | Region | Year |