Italy vs Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries): Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

Italy
144.22 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
2.07 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Italy rank
38th
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
35th

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

  • Italy
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 144.22 BoP, current US$ per person against 2.07 BoP, current US$ per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 142.15 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Italy's figure about 69.5 times Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 38th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 35th of 171 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) Difference Ahead
1970s 1.01 BoP, current US$ per person 0.3011 BoP, current US$ per person 0.7099 BoP, current US$ per person Italy
1980s 8.56 BoP, current US$ per person 0.4726 BoP, current US$ per person 8.09 BoP, current US$ per person Italy
1990s 25.16 BoP, current US$ per person 0.4916 BoP, current US$ per person 24.67 BoP, current US$ per person Italy
2000s 88.26 BoP, current US$ per person 1.59 BoP, current US$ per person 86.67 BoP, current US$ per person Italy
2010s 96.76 BoP, current US$ per person 2.54 BoP, current US$ per person 94.22 BoP, current US$ per person Italy
2020s 116.06 BoP, current US$ per person 2.11 BoP, current US$ per person 113.95 BoP, current US$ per person Italy

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 Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
Italy, at 144.22 BoP, current US$ per person against 2.07 BoP, current US$ per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2025.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
142.15 BoP, current US$ per person, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)?
56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Italy ranks 38th and Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 35th 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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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.