Malta vs Sweden: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)
Malta
1,931 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Sweden
2,157 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Malta rank
7th
Sweden rank
6th
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) over time
- Malta
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 2,157 BoP, current US$ per person against 1,931 BoP, current US$ per person in Malta, a difference of 226 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Sweden ahead.
Malta ranks 7th and Sweden ranks 6th of 171 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.35 BoP, current US$ per person | 15.59 BoP, current US$ per person | 12.24 BoP, current US$ per person | Sweden |
| 1980s | 6.2 BoP, current US$ per person | 41.46 BoP, current US$ per person | 35.26 BoP, current US$ per person | Sweden |
| 1990s | 19.47 BoP, current US$ per person | 97.81 BoP, current US$ per person | 78.34 BoP, current US$ per person | Sweden |
| 2000s | 739.02 BoP, current US$ per person | 159.33 BoP, current US$ per person | 579.7 BoP, current US$ per person | Malta |
| 2010s | 1,742 BoP, current US$ per person | 380.07 BoP, current US$ per person | 1,362 BoP, current US$ per person | Malta |
| 2020s | 1,814 BoP, current US$ per person | 1,283 BoP, current US$ per person | 530.18 BoP, current US$ per person | Malta |
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 Sweden?
- Sweden, at 2,157 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 Sweden?
- 226 BoP, current US$ per person, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Sweden?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
- How do Malta and Sweden rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
- Malta ranks 7th and Sweden ranks 6th 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.