El Salvador vs United States: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

El Salvador
6,617 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
United States
5,750 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
47th
United States rank
50th

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

  • El Salvador
  • United States
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 6,617 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 5,750 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in United States, a difference of 867 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.2 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1981 it was United States ahead.

El Salvador ranks 47th and United States ranks 50th of 168 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and United States in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador United States Difference Ahead
1980s 112.99 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 159.15 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 46.17 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre United States
1990s 214.8 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 693.68 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 478.88 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre United States
2000s 1,180 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,422 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,242 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre United States
2010s 3,852 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 4,155 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 302.63 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre United States
2020s 5,676 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 5,622 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 54.35 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador

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), El Salvador or United States?
El Salvador, at 6,617 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 5,750 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in United States as of 2023.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between El Salvador and United States?
867 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and United States?
41 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and United States rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
El Salvador ranks 47th and United States ranks 50th of 168 countries.
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.