Samoa vs Zambia: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)
Samoa
1.72 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Zambia
1.53 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2024
Samoa rank
129th
Zambia rank
131st
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) over time
- Samoa
- Zambia
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 1.72 BoP, current US$ per person against 1.53 BoP, current US$ per person in Zambia, a difference of 0.19 BoP, current US$ per person.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 129th and Zambia ranks 131st of 171 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2406 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.0103 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.2303 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 2000s | 0.3397 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.0649 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.2748 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 2010s | 5.93 BoP, current US$ per person | 0.4025 BoP, current US$ per person | 5.52 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
| 2020s | 3.79 BoP, current US$ per person | 1.18 BoP, current US$ per person | 2.62 BoP, current US$ per person | Samoa |
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), Samoa or Zambia?
- Samoa, at 1.72 BoP, current US$ per person against 1.53 BoP, current US$ per person in Zambia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Samoa and Zambia?
- 0.19 BoP, current US$ per person, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Zambia?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Zambia rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
- Samoa ranks 129th and Zambia ranks 131st 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.