Costa Rica vs Thailand: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

Costa Rica
0.0114 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Thailand
0.0121 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
13th
Thailand rank
11th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Thailand
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How they compare

Thailand currently reports 0.0121 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0114 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 13th and Thailand ranks 11th of 170 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Thailand in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Thailand Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
1980s 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
1990s 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0035 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Thailand
2000s 0.0031 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0082 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Thailand
2010s 0.0077 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0097 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Thailand
2020s 0.0102 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0112 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Thailand

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), Costa Rica or Thailand?
Thailand, at 0.0121 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0114 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica as of 2025.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Costa Rica and Thailand?
0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Thailand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Thailand?
49 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2025.
How do Costa Rica and Thailand rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Costa Rica ranks 13th and Thailand ranks 11th 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.