Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Portugal: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
99.26 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Portugal
11,048 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
38th
Portugal rank
40th

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

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Portugal
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k197519992023

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 11,048 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 99.26 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 10,949 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Portugal's figure about 111.3 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 48 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 38th and Portugal ranks 40th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 3.18 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 209.77 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 206.59 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal
1980s 2.51 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 529.88 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 527.37 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal
1990s 29.57 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,285 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,255 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal
2000s 39.55 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 4,202 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 4,162 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal
2010s 76.47 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 7,705 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 7,629 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal
2020s 93.37 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 9,922 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 9,829 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal

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), Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Portugal?
Portugal, at 11,048 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 99.26 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Portugal?
10,949 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Portugal?
48 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2023.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Portugal rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 38th and Portugal ranks 40th 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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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
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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.