Africa Eastern and Southern vs Costa Rica: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

Africa Eastern and Southern
146.69 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica
16,030 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Africa Eastern and Southern rank
33rd
Costa Rica rank
34th

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

  • Africa Eastern and Southern
  • Costa Rica
05.0k10.0k15.0k196119922023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 16,030 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 146.69 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Africa Eastern and Southern, a difference of 15,883 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 109.3 times Africa Eastern and Southern's.

Across all 47 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 33rd and Costa Rica ranks 34th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Eastern and Southern Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1970s 15.23 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 94.01 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 78.78 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica
1980s 16.71 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 132.59 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 115.88 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica
1990s 24.16 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 338.28 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 314.12 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica
2000s 94.63 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,309 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,214 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica
2010s 157.75 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 8,360 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 8,202 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica
2020s 130.38 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 13,744 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 13,613 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica

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), Africa Eastern and Southern or Costa Rica?
Costa Rica, at 16,030 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 146.69 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Africa Eastern and Southern as of 2023.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Africa Eastern and Southern and Costa Rica?
15,883 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Eastern and Southern and Costa Rica?
47 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2023.
How do Africa Eastern and Southern and Costa Rica rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 33rd and Costa Rica ranks 34th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. 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$), per square kilometre
Unit
BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 7,369 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.