Nigeria vs Samoa: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

Nigeria
277.61 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Samoa
220.31 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria rank
112th
Samoa rank
113th

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

  • Nigeria
  • Samoa
0200400600800198020012023

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 277.61 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 220.31 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Samoa, a difference of 57.3 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 112th and Samoa ranks 113th of 168 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Samoa Difference Ahead
2000s 175.38 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 22.66 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 152.71 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Nigeria
2010s 270.43 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 425.78 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 155.34 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Samoa
2020s 277.61 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 121.02 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 156.59 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Nigeria

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), Nigeria or Samoa?
Nigeria, at 277.61 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 220.31 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Samoa as of 2023.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Nigeria and Samoa?
57.3 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Samoa?
18 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and Samoa rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Nigeria ranks 112th and Samoa ranks 113th 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.