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

Afghanistan
0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2020
Samoa
0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Afghanistan rank
135th
Samoa rank
136th

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

  • Afghanistan
  • Samoa
-0.00100.0010.0020.003199420092025

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Samoa, a difference of 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Samoa ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 135th and Samoa ranks 136th of 170 countries.

Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Samoa Difference Ahead
2000s 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Samoa
2010s 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Samoa
2020s 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Samoa

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), Afghanistan or Samoa?
Afghanistan, at 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Samoa as of 2020.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Afghanistan and Samoa?
0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Samoa?
13 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2020.
How do Afghanistan and Samoa rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Afghanistan ranks 135th and Samoa ranks 136th of 170 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. 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$), per unit of GDP
Unit
BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
217 places, 7,741 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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