Costa Rica vs Low & middle income: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)
Costa Rica
227 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Low & middle income
15.7 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
23rd
Low & middle income rank
25th
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) over time
- Costa Rica
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 227 BoP, current US$ per person against 15.7 BoP, current US$ per person in Low & middle income, a difference of 211.3 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 14.5 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 49 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 23rd and Low & middle income ranks 25th of 171 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.11 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.1873 BoP, current US$ per person | 1.93 BoP, current US$ per person | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 2.45 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.2716 BoP, current US$ per person | 2.18 BoP, current US$ per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 4.8 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.7169 BoP, current US$ per person | 4.09 BoP, current US$ per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 15.68 BoP, current US$ per person | 3.34 BoP, current US$ per person | 12.33 BoP, current US$ per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 88.33 BoP, current US$ per person | 9.28 BoP, current US$ per person | 79.05 BoP, current US$ per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 163.9 BoP, current US$ per person | 14.24 BoP, current US$ per person | 149.66 BoP, current US$ per person | Costa Rica |
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), Costa Rica or Low & middle income?
- Costa Rica, at 227 BoP, current US$ per person against 15.7 BoP, current US$ per person in Low & middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Costa Rica and Low & middle income?
- 211.3 BoP, current US$ per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Low & middle income?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Low & middle income rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
- Costa Rica ranks 23rd and Low & middle income ranks 25th of 171 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.