2007 International Property Rights Index

A new international index show that the property rights (both real and intellectual) promote economic growth: countries with strong property rights on average have faster growth, while those with weaker property rights grow more slowly. Countries with the weakest property rights are also the poorest. The International Property Rights Index (IPRI) measures seventy countries’ performance in the protection of land, copyrights, trademarks and patents, showing the direct effect of these institutions on economic well-being.