Barbados vs Singapore: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)
Barbados
8.56 % change on previous year
in 2017
Singapore
8.33 % change on previous year
in 2025
Barbados rank
76th
Singapore rank
79th
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) over time
- Barbados
- Singapore
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 8.56 % change on previous year against 8.33 % change on previous year in Singapore, a difference of 0.23 % change on previous year.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 76th and Singapore ranks 79th of 167 countries.
Singapore has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.71 % change on previous year | 34.94 % change on previous year | 23.23 % change on previous year | Singapore |
| 2000s | 8.06 % change on previous year | 12.94 % change on previous year | 4.88 % change on previous year | Singapore |
| 2010s | -6.62 % change on previous year | 3.07 % change on previous year | 9.7 % change on previous year | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current), Barbados or Singapore?
- Barbados, at 8.56 % change on previous year against 8.33 % change on previous year in Singapore as of 2017.
- What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Barbados and Singapore?
- 0.23 % change on previous year, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Singapore?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2017.
- How do Barbados and Singapore rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
- Barbados ranks 76th and Singapore ranks 79th of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.