How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Nigeria?

22 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2025.

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.

Lesotho vs Nigeria: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

Lesotho

1.02 BoP, current US$ per person

in 2025

Nigeria

1.06 BoP, current US$ per person

in 2025

Lesotho rank

136th

Nigeria rank

135th

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

Lesotho
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 1.06 BoP, current US$ per person against 1.02 BoP, current US$ per person in Lesotho, a difference of 0.04 BoP, current US$ per person.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 136th and Nigeria ranks 135th of 171 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.3853 BoP, current US$ per person	0.8358 BoP, current US$ per person	0.4505 BoP, current US$ per person	Nigeria
2010s	1.84 BoP, current US$ per person	1.31 BoP, current US$ per person	0.5287 BoP, current US$ per person	Lesotho
2020s	1.11 BoP, current US$ per person	1.12 BoP, current US$ per person	0.0164 BoP, current US$ per person	Nigeria

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), Lesotho or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 1.06 BoP, current US$ per person against 1.02 BoP, current US$ per person in Lesotho as of 2025.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Lesotho and Nigeria?: 0.04 BoP, current US$ per person, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Nigeria?: 22 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2025.
How do Lesotho and Nigeria rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?: Lesotho ranks 136th and Nigeria ranks 135th 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: 24 September 2026

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.