North America vs Spain: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

North America
71.84 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Spain
8.88 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
North America rank
15th
Spain rank
18th

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

  • North America
  • Spain
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How they compare

North America currently reports 71.84 billion BoP, current US$ against 8.88 billion BoP, current US$ in Spain, a difference of 62.95 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes North America's figure about 8.1 times Spain's.

Across all 37 years both countries report, North America has been ahead every year.

North America ranks 15th and Spain ranks 18th of 47 groups.

North America has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade North America Spain Difference Ahead
1970s 602.00 million BoP, current US$ 157.69 million BoP, current US$ 444.31 million BoP, current US$ North America
1980s 2.21 billion BoP, current US$ 306.90 million BoP, current US$ 1.90 billion BoP, current US$ North America
1990s 8.41 billion BoP, current US$ 1.27 billion BoP, current US$ 7.15 billion BoP, current US$ North America
2010s 52.14 billion BoP, current US$ 5.29 billion BoP, current US$ 46.85 billion BoP, current US$ North America
2020s 70.00 billion BoP, current US$ 6.67 billion BoP, current US$ 63.33 billion BoP, current US$ North America

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), North America or Spain?
North America, at 71.84 billion BoP, current US$ against 8.88 billion BoP, current US$ in Spain as of 2025.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between North America and Spain?
62.95 billion BoP, current US$, with North America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North America and Spain?
37 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2025.
How do North America and Spain rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
North America ranks 15th and Spain ranks 18th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), 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.