Malta vs Singapore: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)
Malta
1,931 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Singapore
3,386 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Malta rank
7th
Singapore rank
4th
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) over time
- Malta
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 3,386 BoP, current US$ per person against 1,931 BoP, current US$ per person in Malta, a difference of 1,455 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.8 times Malta's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Singapore ahead.
Malta ranks 7th and Singapore ranks 4th of 171 countries.
Singapore has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 30.13 BoP, current US$ per person | 624.66 BoP, current US$ per person | 594.53 BoP, current US$ per person | Singapore |
| 2000s | 739.02 BoP, current US$ per person | 1,931 BoP, current US$ per person | 1,192 BoP, current US$ per person | Singapore |
| 2010s | 1,742 BoP, current US$ per person | 3,458 BoP, current US$ per person | 1,716 BoP, current US$ per person | Singapore |
| 2020s | 1,814 BoP, current US$ per person | 2,938 BoP, current US$ per person | 1,124 BoP, current US$ per person | Singapore |
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), Malta or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 3,386 BoP, current US$ per person against 1,931 BoP, current US$ per person in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Malta and Singapore?
- 1,455 BoP, current US$ per person, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Singapore?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1995 to 2024.
- How do Malta and Singapore rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
- Malta ranks 7th and Singapore ranks 4th 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.