COUNTRY,IPRI 2024,Legal and Political Environment (LP),Judicial Independence,Rule of Law,Political Stability,Control of Corruption,Physical Property Rights (PPR),Physical Property Protection,Registering Process,Access to Financing,Intellectual Property Rights (IPR),Intellectual Property Protection,Patent Protection,Copyright Protection,Trademark Protection,Notary System FINLAND,8.1,8.7,9.4,8.9,6.8,9.5,8.5,9.3,8.7,7.5,7.1,9.2,7.2,,4.8,Unknown or Mixed SINGAPORE,7.9,8.0,6.2,8.6,7.9,9.2,8.3,8.9,8.8,7.0,7.6,8.9,6.5,9.6,5.4,Unknown or Mixed DENMARK,7.8,8.6,9.2,8.8,6.7,9.8,7.7,8.3,8.7,6.1,7.0,7.8,7.0,,6.2,Unknown or Mixed NETHERLANDS,7.8,8.1,8.8,8.3,6.4,8.8,7.7,8.5,8.3,6.4,7.5,8.5,6.7,8.6,6.4,Unknown or Mixed LUXEMBOURG,7.8,8.1,7.8,8.5,7.1,8.8,7.9,8.5,8.9,6.3,7.3,8.4,6.8,,6.6,Civil Law (Latin) SWEDEN,7.7,8.4,9.2,8.4,6.8,9.1,7.2,7.5,7.9,6.2,7.6,7.7,6.5,9.1,7.1,Unknown or Mixed NEW ZEALAND,7.7,8.5,8.7,8.5,7.6,9.3,7.7,8.1,8.4,6.5,7.0,8.1,6.5,7.2,6.2,Common Law AUSTRALIA,7.7,8.1,9.0,8.0,6.9,8.5,7.4,8.4,8.1,5.8,7.5,7.9,7.2,8.4,6.6,Common Law NORWAY,7.7,8.4,9.3,8.5,6.7,9.1,7.6,7.9,8.4,6.5,7.0,7.5,7.4,,6.3,Unknown or Mixed GERMANY,7.7,8.0,9.0,8.1,6.2,8.6,7.4,7.2,8.4,6.8,7.6,7.1,7.2,9.1,7.1,Civil Law (Germanic) SWITZERLAND,7.6,8.3,,8.5,7.3,9.0,7.8,9.0,,6.6,6.7,8.8,6.5,4.8,6.8,Civil Law (Germanic) JAPAN,7.6,7.8,7.7,8.1,7.1,8.1,7.7,8.7,7.8,6.5,7.3,8.3,6.7,8.2,6.2,Civil Law (Asian) AUSTRIA,7.6,7.7,8.5,8.4,6.3,7.5,7.3,8.6,7.2,6.2,7.7,8.2,7.2,,7.6,Civil Law (Germanic) UNITED STATES,7.5,6.7,6.8,7.7,4.9,7.2,7.2,7.6,6.6,7.5,8.6,7.8,8.1,9.6,8.8,Common Law UNITED KINGDOM,7.5,7.6,8.2,7.8,6.0,8.2,7.1,7.5,7.6,6.3,7.7,7.6,6.5,9.5,7.3,Common Law CANADA,7.4,8.0,9.1,8.1,6.5,8.3,7.2,7.7,7.8,6.0,7.0,7.4,7.6,6.8,6.1,Common Law IRELAND,7.4,8.0,8.9,8.1,6.8,8.3,6.8,7.9,7.7,4.8,7.4,7.7,7.8,8.0,6.0,Unknown or Mixed BELGIUM,7.3,7.6,8.6,7.7,6.2,8.0,7.0,7.9,7.2,5.8,7.3,8.4,7.0,,6.6,Civil Law (Latin) ICELAND,7.1,8.0,,8.4,7.5,8.1,7.1,8.2,,5.9,6.2,7.6,5.9,,5.2,Unknown or Mixed FRANCE,7.0,6.9,7.2,7.4,5.7,7.5,6.5,7.0,7.0,5.5,7.6,7.8,6.1,9.3,7.1,Civil Law (Latin) TAIWAN,6.7,7.1,,7.5,6.5,7.3,7.3,7.6,,7.0,5.7,7.2,6.3,3.6,,Unknown or Mixed SOUTH KOREA,6.7,6.8,7.2,7.3,6.1,6.5,6.5,6.7,7.4,5.5,6.8,6.0,6.3,8.6,6.1,Civil Law (Asian) CZECH REPUBLIC,6.5,7.0,7.8,7.2,6.6,6.3,6.0,6.2,6.1,5.7,6.6,6.5,7.2,,6.2,Unknown or Mixed SPAIN,6.4,6.2,6.3,6.6,5.5,6.4,6.0,6.3,6.4,5.4,7.0,6.3,7.2,7.7,6.6,Civil Law (Latin) URUGUAY,6.4,7.5,7.9,6.5,7.2,8.2,6.0,6.8,6.1,5.0,5.7,6.2,4.8,,5.9,Civil Law (Latin) QATAR,6.4,6.8,,6.8,6.9,6.6,7.2,7.4,,7.0,5.1,7.5,4.1,,3.7,Unknown or Mixed LITHUANIA,6.3,7.0,8.0,7.1,6.3,6.5,6.0,6.2,7.2,4.6,6.0,5.9,6.5,,5.7,Unknown or Mixed PORTUGAL,6.3,6.9,7.3,7.2,6.7,6.5,5.3,6.5,4.7,4.8,6.7,6.9,6.3,,7.0,Civil Law (Latin) ISRAEL,6.3,5.3,,6.9,2.4,6.6,6.8,7.4,,6.2,6.8,7.6,6.6,6.6,6.6,Hybrid MALAYSIA,6.2,5.5,5.1,6.1,5.3,5.5,6.5,7.5,5.4,6.7,6.5,7.3,6.2,6.5,6.2,Unknown or Mixed UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,6.2,6.4,5.2,6.7,6.4,7.3,7.1,7.8,6.8,6.6,5.0,7.6,4.7,3.3,4.5,Unknown or Mixed LATVIA,6.1,6.7,7.7,6.8,6.0,6.4,5.8,6.2,6.2,5.0,5.9,6.1,4.9,,6.7,Unknown or Mixed OMAN,6.1,5.7,,6.0,6.1,5.1,6.9,7.7,,6.0,5.7,7.6,4.7,,4.8,Unknown or Mixed MALTA,6.1,6.6,7.4,6.6,6.8,5.5,5.7,6.8,5.2,5.0,5.9,6.2,6.4,,5.3,Unknown or Mixed SLOVENIA,6.1,6.4,5.7,6.9,6.4,6.5,5.8,6.1,5.9,5.4,6.0,6.3,5.7,,6.1,Unknown or Mixed ITALY,6.0,6.3,7.7,5.6,5.8,6.1,4.9,5.6,5.3,3.8,6.8,6.0,6.7,7.0,7.3,Civil Law (Latin) CYPRUS,5.9,6.4,7.6,6.1,5.8,5.8,5.8,6.6,6.1,4.7,5.7,6.3,5.2,,5.4,Unknown or Mixed CHILE,5.9,6.4,7.1,6.4,5.2,6.9,5.9,7.2,5.3,5.2,5.4,6.2,7.2,3.0,5.4,Civil Law (Latin) SAUDI ARABIA,5.8,5.2,,5.6,4.3,5.7,7.0,7.9,,6.2,5.3,7.2,4.4,4.7,4.9,Islamic COSTA RICA,5.8,6.4,7.0,5.9,6.9,5.9,5.6,6.6,5.8,4.3,5.5,6.0,5.5,5.0,5.5,Unknown or Mixed SLOVAKIA,5.8,6.2,7.1,6.2,5.9,5.4,5.5,5.7,5.5,5.3,5.8,5.6,5.9,,6.0,Unknown or Mixed ROMANIA,5.7,6.1,5.8,6.0,5.0,5.1,6.1,4.8,4.4,6.5,6.1,6.3,,,7.0,Civil Law (East European) BAHRAIN,5.7,5.1,,5.9,4.2,5.3,6.8,7.8,,5.8,5.2,7.0,3.5,,5.3,Unknown or Mixed BOTSWANA,5.6,6.5,6.6,5.9,7.2,6.3,5.3,6.5,5.0,4.4,4.9,5.2,4.8,,4.6,Unknown or Mixed BRUNEI DARUSSALAM,5.5,7.2,,6.9,7.5,7.3,5.3,5.5,,5.0,4.1,5.5,4.1,2.2,4.6,Unknown or Mixed JORDAN,5.5,5.2,5.8,5.4,4.4,5.1,6.0,6.7,5.3,6.1,5.1,6.4,5.8,2.8,5.6,Islamic POLAND,5.4,5.6,4.5,5.9,6.0,6.0,5.0,5.1,4.9,4.9,5.7,5.2,6.3,4.5,6.9,Civil Law (East European) RWANDA,5.3,5.4,5.0,5.3,5.1,6.1,5.7,6.6,5.2,5.2,4.9,6.1,4.7,,4.1,Unknown or Mixed HUNGARY,5.3,5.0,3.2,5.8,6.3,4.8,4.5,4.9,3.7,5.0,6.3,5.2,6.7,6.3,7.3,Civil Law (East European) JAMAICA,5.3,5.7,7.3,4.9,5.8,5.0,4.9,5.7,4.5,4.5,5.2,5.5,4.5,,5.7,Unknown or Mixed CHINA,5.3,3.9,1.7,4.9,4.1,5.0,5.5,6.0,4.7,5.7,6.5,5.8,7.0,4.3,8.6,Civil Law (Asian) MOROCCO,5.2,4.1,3.3,4.6,4.4,4.3,5.5,7.2,4.3,5.0,6.1,6.5,6.3,5.3,6.1,Islamic ARMENIA,5.2,4.4,,4.7,3.4,5.1,5.8,6.4,,5.2,5.5,5.4,4.6,,6.5,Unknown or Mixed CROATIA,5.2,5.6,5.1,5.7,6.2,5.3,4.5,4.6,4.7,4.1,5.6,4.6,5.5,,6.6,Unknown or Mixed KUWAIT,5.2,5.2,4.5,5.6,5.6,5.3,5.6,5.7,5.4,5.6,4.6,5.2,3.6,4.0,5.8,Unknown or Mixed BULGARIA,5.1,4.9,4.6,4.8,5.5,4.7,4.8,4.9,4.5,5.2,5.7,4.5,6.3,,6.3,Civil Law (East European) GREECE,5.1,5.4,5.7,5.7,5.1,5.1,4.0,5.0,4.4,2.7,5.9,5.0,6.5,6.4,5.9,Unknown or Mixed INDIA,5.1,4.7,5.3,5.2,3.9,4.4,5.5,5.7,4.6,6.1,5.1,5.7,5.7,3.9,,Common Law SOUTH AFRICA,5.1,5.0,6.9,5.0,3.6,4.4,4.9,5.2,5.1,4.4,5.4,6.1,6.5,3.6,5.4,Hybrid PANAMA,5.0,4.3,3.4,4.3,5.6,3.7,5.2,5.8,4.5,5.4,5.6,5.7,6.7,,4.5,Unknown or Mixed AZERBAIJAN,5.0,3.3,,3.8,3.1,2.9,6.5,6.8,,6.1,5.3,7.0,4.1,,4.8,Unknown or Mixed INDONESIA,5.0,4.4,4.7,4.6,4.1,4.1,5.6,6.2,4.9,5.8,5.0,5.9,5.0,4.0,5.0,Hybrid TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,5.0,5.0,5.4,4.7,5.7,4.2,4.5,5.5,4.0,4.0,5.4,4.5,5.7,,6.1,Unknown or Mixed GHANA,4.9,5.2,6.2,4.8,4.9,4.9,5.0,5.2,5.2,4.6,4.6,4.9,5.0,4.3,4.3,Unknown or Mixed GEORGIA,4.9,4.7,3.3,5.3,4.1,6.2,5.1,6.2,4.6,4.6,4.9,4.6,5.0,,5.1,Unknown or Mixed MONTENEGRO,4.9,4.5,3.7,4.7,4.9,4.8,4.9,5.6,3.7,5.4,5.2,4.8,4.4,,6.3,Unknown or Mixed THAILAND,4.8,4.7,5.2,5.1,4.2,4.1,5.0,5.5,3.5,5.9,4.8,4.5,5.4,4.0,5.2,Unknown or Mixed SENEGAL,4.7,4.4,3.5,4.5,4.7,4.9,4.9,5.4,4.8,4.3,4.9,5.7,4.9,,4.0,Unknown or Mixed DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,4.7,4.6,3.7,4.8,5.7,4.1,4.6,5.5,3.1,5.1,5.0,5.5,5.4,3.9,5.2,Unknown or Mixed SRI LANKA,4.7,4.1,4.0,4.9,3.4,4.2,4.6,4.8,3.9,5.2,5.3,4.6,5.4,,6.0,Unknown or Mixed MOLDOVA,4.7,4.1,3.9,4.4,3.7,4.3,4.5,4.8,4.2,4.4,5.5,4.7,4.9,,7.0,Unknown or Mixed TUNISIA,4.7,4.3,4.2,4.8,3.8,4.5,4.5,5.6,4.0,4.0,5.1,4.5,5.0,,5.9,Unknown or Mixed KENYA,4.6,3.9,4.8,4.4,3.1,3.5,4.8,5.6,3.9,4.9,5.2,5.2,5.8,4.3,5.5,Common Law KAZAKHSTAN,4.6,4.1,3.6,4.1,4.3,4.6,4.9,5.6,4.5,4.5,4.9,5.2,3.7,,5.9,Unknown or Mixed ESWATINI,4.6,4.0,,3.8,4.5,3.7,5.0,6.0,,4.1,4.9,4.1,5.2,,5.4,Unknown or Mixed SERBIA,4.6,4.0,2.5,4.8,4.7,4.1,4.5,4.9,3.9,4.9,5.4,4.4,4.8,,6.8,Unknown or Mixed MEXICO,4.6,3.4,3.8,3.3,3.6,3.0,4.4,5.2,3.4,4.5,6.0,5.2,6.3,5.4,7.0,Civil Law (Latin) NORTH MACEDONIA,4.6,4.5,3.6,4.8,5.2,4.4,4.1,4.3,4.2,3.9,5.1,3.8,5.3,,6.3,Unknown or Mixed COLOMBIA,4.6,4.2,4.8,4.1,3.7,4.3,4.7,5.1,4.0,4.8,4.8,4.7,5.5,3.3,5.7,Civil Law (Latin) BRAZIL,4.5,4.4,5.1,4.5,4.3,3.9,4.2,4.9,3.4,4.2,5.0,4.6,5.7,3.8,6.0,Civil Law (Latin) TANZANIA,4.5,4.2,3.9,4.1,4.5,4.3,4.5,5.3,3.3,4.8,4.9,5.2,4.7,,5.0,Unknown or Mixed ALBANIA,4.5,4.3,3.0,4.7,5.2,4.2,4.2,3.8,3.9,4.8,5.1,3.5,5.2,,6.6,Unknown or Mixed MALAWI,4.5,4.9,6.7,4.6,4.7,3.8,4.3,5.4,4.5,2.9,4.3,4.2,4.1,,4.7,Unknown or Mixed PHILIPPINES,4.4,3.6,3.0,4.0,3.6,3.9,4.9,5.8,3.9,4.8,4.8,5.8,5.9,3.3,4.2,Hybrid VIETNAM,4.4,4.3,3.0,4.7,4.9,4.4,4.4,5.0,3.9,4.4,4.5,4.4,6.1,2.5,5.1,Civil Law (Asian) PARAGUAY,4.3,3.8,3.5,3.8,5.1,2.8,4.7,5.3,3.9,4.9,4.5,4.0,5.0,,4.6,Unknown or Mixed EGYPT,4.3,3.5,3.1,4.5,2.9,3.6,4.9,6.9,2.4,5.4,4.5,4.7,4.8,2.3,6.3,Islamic ZAMBIA,4.3,4.3,4.0,4.0,5.2,3.9,4.2,5.2,4.0,3.4,4.5,4.4,4.6,,4.4,Unknown or Mixed PERU,4.3,4.0,4.4,3.9,4.1,3.4,4.0,4.2,3.4,4.4,5.0,3.7,6.1,4.6,5.6,Civil Law (Latin) EL SALVADOR,3.7,3.0,3.5,4.7,3.7,4.3,4.4,4.2,4.4,4.7,3.6,6.3,,,4.4,Unknown or Mixed UGANDA,4.3,3.5,3.6,4.2,3.4,2.9,4.6,5.1,4.0,4.8,4.6,4.0,5.5,,4.3,Unknown or Mixed TURKEY,4.3,3.1,1.3,4.1,2.9,4.1,4.4,5.4,2.9,5.0,5.3,4.8,5.9,3.6,6.7,Unknown or Mixed BENIN,4.3,3.9,2.8,3.8,4.3,4.8,4.2,4.8,3.9,4.0,4.7,5.1,4.6,,4.3,Unknown or Mixed ARGENTINA,4.2,4.3,3.9,4.0,5.0,4.1,3.9,4.6,4.4,2.7,4.4,4.9,5.7,2.3,4.6,Civil Law (Latin) NEPAL,4.1,4.2,4.2,4.1,4.5,3.9,4.8,5.1,4.5,4.8,3.5,4.0,3.0,,3.3,Unknown or Mixed BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA,4.1,4.0,3.7,4.4,4.1,3.6,4.1,3.8,4.4,4.1,4.4,3.2,3.7,,6.3,Unknown or Mixed ALGERIA,4.1,3.4,3.1,3.3,3.5,3.7,4.8,5.1,4.7,4.7,4.2,5.0,4.1,2.2,5.4,Unknown or Mixed ECUADOR,4.1,4.0,4.0,3.8,4.5,3.7,4.2,4.5,3.8,4.4,4.2,4.4,5.9,2.5,4.1,Unknown or Mixed BURKINA FASO,4.1,3.8,5.0,3.8,1.4,4.8,3.9,4.9,3.7,3.0,4.6,4.9,4.6,,4.4,Unknown or Mixed CÔTE D’IVOIRE,4.1,3.6,2.0,4.0,4.0,4.3,4.1,4.9,4.9,2.4,4.5,4.8,4.8,,4.0,Unknown or Mixed HONDURAS,4.0,3.1,2.3,3.0,3.9,3.0,4.3,5.2,2.9,5.0,4.6,4.9,5.0,3.6,4.9,Unknown or Mixed UKRAINE,3.8,2.8,3.1,3.2,1.0,3.7,4.2,3.9,4.7,3.9,4.5,3.9,5.7,2.6,5.9,Civil Law (East European) RUSSIA,3.8,2.6,1.6,2.6,3.2,3.0,4.2,4.5,4.4,3.8,4.5,4.7,6.5,0.0,7.0,Civil Law (East European) GABON,3.8,3.3,1.9,3.3,5.1,2.9,3.6,4.2,4.1,2.6,4.3,3.8,4.8,,4.4,Unknown or Mixed MOZAMBIQUE,3.8,3.0,3.2,3.0,2.4,3.3,3.7,3.9,3.8,3.4,4.6,3.3,5.0,,5.5,Unknown or Mixed PAKISTAN,3.7,3.2,4.4,3.7,1.2,3.4,4.2,5.1,2.6,4.9,3.9,5.0,3.7,1.8,4.9,Common Law BURUNDI,3.7,2.3,,2.4,2.6,2.0,4.8,5.6,,4.0,4.1,4.7,3.7,,3.8,Unknown or Mixed BANGLADESH,3.7,3.2,3.1,3.8,2.8,2.8,4.0,4.9,2.6,4.4,3.8,3.7,3.2,,4.6,Unknown or Mixed CAMEROON,3.6,2.4,1.8,2.9,2.3,2.7,3.9,4.9,3.3,3.6,4.6,5.2,4.8,,3.6,Unknown or Mixed LEBANON,2.5,2.6,2.8,2.1,2.7,4.7,5.1,4.4,4.7,3.6,3.8,3.1,,,3.9,Unknown or Mixed NICARAGUA,3.6,2.4,0.4,2.4,4.3,2.4,3.5,4.3,2.3,3.9,4.9,3.7,5.7,,5.4,Unknown or Mixed MADAGASCAR,3.6,3.2,2.9,3.1,3.9,3.0,3.7,3.7,3.6,3.9,3.8,3.5,3.6,,4.4,Unknown or Mixed IRAN,3.6,2.7,3.3,3.0,1.8,2.7,4.0,4.2,4.6,3.1,4.0,2.9,3.7,,5.4,Islamic MALI,3.5,2.4,3.3,3.0,0.0,3.2,4.1,4.3,4.2,3.9,4.1,4.1,4.6,,3.6,Unknown or Mixed NIGERIA,3.5,2.9,4.4,3.2,1.4,2.8,3.7,4.4,3.6,3.0,4.0,3.3,4.3,4.3,4.0,Common Law ZIMBABWE,3.4,2.7,2.5,2.5,3.2,2.5,3.2,3.1,3.2,3.3,4.5,4.2,4.8,,4.3,Unknown or Mixed BOLIVIA,3.4,2.9,1.6,2.4,4.4,3.2,3.6,2.8,3.0,5.1,3.5,2.5,3.3,,4.9,Unknown or Mixed MAURITANIA,3.2,3.3,2.1,3.7,4.0,3.4,2.3,2.1,2.8,2.1,4.1,3.9,5.2,,3.2,Unknown or Mixed ANGOLA,3.2,3.4,3.0,3.0,3.7,3.8,3.3,3.7,4.1,2.1,3.0,2.9,2.8,0.0,3.3,Unknown or Mixed ETHIOPIA,3.2,2.8,2.5,3.8,0.9,4.1,3.5,3.8,2.9,3.9,3.2,3.5,2.2,,3.8,Unknown or Mixed CHAD,3.0,2.1,,2.3,2.0,2.0,3.0,3.5,,2.6,3.9,3.6,4.6,,3.6,Unknown or Mixed REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO,1.8,2.5,1.7,1.0,1.9,3.2,3.5,3.7,2.6,4.0,3.1,4.8,,,4.0,Unknown or Mixed HAITI,2.6,2.2,2.1,2.2,2.2,2.1,2.1,2.3,1.8,2.1,3.5,2.3,3.7,,4.4,Unknown or Mixed YEMEN,2.4,1.0,,1.3,0.0,1.6,2.7,3.2,,2.3,3.4,2.3,3.7,,4.2,Unknown or Mixed VENEZUELA,1.9,1.3,0.4,0.6,2.5,1.7,1.5,1.0,0.6,2.9,3.0,1.4,4.1,2.3,4.2,Civil Law (Latin)