East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) vs South Korea: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
26.73 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
South Korea
273.64 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
19th
South Korea rank
20th

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

  • East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
  • South Korea
0100200300197520002025

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 273.64 BoP, current US$ per person against 26.73 BoP, current US$ per person in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 246.91 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes South Korea's figure about 10.2 times East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1976 it was South Korea ahead.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 19th and South Korea ranks 20th of 47 groups.

South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) South Korea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0278 BoP, current US$ per person 0.0478 BoP, current US$ per person 0.02 BoP, current US$ per person South Korea
1980s 0.0618 BoP, current US$ per person 10.06 BoP, current US$ per person 10 BoP, current US$ per person South Korea
1990s 0.457 BoP, current US$ per person 45.68 BoP, current US$ per person 45.23 BoP, current US$ per person South Korea
2000s 4.85 BoP, current US$ per person 94.82 BoP, current US$ per person 89.97 BoP, current US$ per person South Korea
2010s 15.57 BoP, current US$ per person 186.01 BoP, current US$ per person 170.44 BoP, current US$ per person South Korea
2020s 26.02 BoP, current US$ per person 222.01 BoP, current US$ per person 195.99 BoP, current US$ per person South Korea

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), East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) or South Korea?
South Korea, at 273.64 BoP, current US$ per person against 26.73 BoP, current US$ per person in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2025.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and South Korea?
246.91 BoP, current US$ per person, with South Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and South Korea?
50 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2025.
How do East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and South Korea rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 19th and South Korea ranks 20th of 47 groups.
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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Indicator
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), per capita
Unit
BoP, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
218 places, 7,763 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.