India vs Upper middle income: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) over time
- India
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Upper middle income currently reports 85.50 billion BoP, current US$ against 18.76 billion BoP, current US$ in India, a difference of 66.73 billion BoP, current US$.
That makes Upper middle income's figure about 4.6 times India's.
Across all 50 years both countries report, Upper middle income has been ahead every year.
India ranks 12th and Upper middle income ranks 14th of 171 countries.
Upper middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16.84 million BoP, current US$ | 512.21 million BoP, current US$ | 495.37 million BoP, current US$ | Upper middle income |
| 1980s | 43.93 million BoP, current US$ | 891.38 million BoP, current US$ | 847.44 million BoP, current US$ | Upper middle income |
| 1990s | 123.47 million BoP, current US$ | 2.71 billion BoP, current US$ | 2.59 billion BoP, current US$ | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 817.26 million BoP, current US$ | 16.07 billion BoP, current US$ | 15.26 billion BoP, current US$ | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 5.08 billion BoP, current US$ | 49.45 billion BoP, current US$ | 44.37 billion BoP, current US$ | Upper middle income |
| 2020s | 12.61 billion BoP, current US$ | 79.62 billion BoP, current US$ | 67.01 billion BoP, current US$ | Upper middle income |
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), India or Upper middle income?
- Upper middle income, at 85.50 billion BoP, current US$ against 18.76 billion BoP, current US$ in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between India and Upper middle income?
- 66.73 billion BoP, current US$, with Upper middle income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Upper middle income?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2025.
- How do India and Upper middle income rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
- India ranks 12th and Upper middle income ranks 14th of 171 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) with 93 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.