Italy vs Lower middle income: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

Italy
8.50 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Lower middle income
21.14 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Italy rank
19th
Lower middle income rank
22nd

Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) over time

  • Italy
  • Lower middle income
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How they compare

Lower middle income currently reports 21.14 billion BoP, current US$ against 8.50 billion BoP, current US$ in Italy, a difference of 12.65 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes Lower middle income's figure about 2.5 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 19th and Lower middle income ranks 22nd of 171 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 4 and Lower middle income in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 85.13 million BoP, current US$ 44.00 million BoP, current US$ 41.13 million BoP, current US$ Italy
1980s 484.53 million BoP, current US$ 106.63 million BoP, current US$ 377.90 million BoP, current US$ Italy
1990s 1.43 billion BoP, current US$ 561.98 million BoP, current US$ 868.13 million BoP, current US$ Italy
2000s 5.14 billion BoP, current US$ 1.72 billion BoP, current US$ 3.43 billion BoP, current US$ Italy
2010s 5.81 billion BoP, current US$ 6.83 billion BoP, current US$ 1.02 billion BoP, current US$ Lower middle income
2020s 6.85 billion BoP, current US$ 14.77 billion BoP, current US$ 7.92 billion BoP, current US$ Lower 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), Italy or Lower middle income?
Lower middle income, at 21.14 billion BoP, current US$ against 8.50 billion BoP, current US$ in Italy as of 2025.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Italy and Lower middle income?
12.65 billion BoP, current US$, with Lower middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Lower middle income?
52 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2025.
How do Italy and Lower middle income rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Italy ranks 19th and Lower middle income ranks 22nd of 171 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), gaps filled
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
218 places, 7,856 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.