South Korea vs North America: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

South Korea
117,764 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
North America
4,052 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
South Korea rank
13th
North America rank
14th

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

  • South Korea
  • North America
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k197019962023

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 117,764 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 4,052 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in North America, a difference of 113,712 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes South Korea's figure about 29.1 times North America's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1976 it was North America ahead.

South Korea ranks 13th and North America ranks 14th of 168 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, South Korea averaged higher in 5 and North America in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Korea North America Difference Ahead
1970s 18.14 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 34.9 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 16.76 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre North America
1980s 4,315 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 121.95 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 4,193 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre South Korea
1990s 21,343 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 506.29 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 20,837 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre South Korea
2000s 47,319 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,575 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 45,745 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre South Korea
2010s 97,009 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,734 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 94,275 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre South Korea
2020s 108,870 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,809 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 105,061 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre South Korea

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), South Korea or North America?
South Korea, at 117,764 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 4,052 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in North America as of 2023.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between South Korea and North America?
113,712 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with South Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and North America?
48 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2023.
How do South Korea and North America rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
South Korea ranks 13th and North America ranks 14th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

South Korea vs North America: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current). Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 28 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/charges-for-the-use-of-intellectual-property-payments-bop-current-us-per-square-kilometre/korea-rep/north-america/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/charges-for-the-use-of-intellectual-property-payments-bop-current-us-per-square-kilometre/korea-rep/north-america/">South Korea vs North America: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.