Eswatini vs Lower middle income: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

Eswatini
0.0104 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Lower middle income
0.0029 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Eswatini rank
14th
Lower middle income rank
17th

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

  • Eswatini
  • Lower middle income
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How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 0.0104 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0029 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income, a difference of 0.0075 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 3.6 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 14th and Lower middle income ranks 17th of 170 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 5 and Lower middle income in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Eswatini
1980s 0.004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0039 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Eswatini
1990s 0.0136 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Eswatini
2000s 0.0322 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0313 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Eswatini
2010s 0.001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lower middle income
2020s 0.0075 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0054 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Eswatini

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), Eswatini or Lower middle income?
Eswatini, at 0.0104 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0029 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Eswatini and Lower middle income?
0.0075 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Lower middle income?
47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Eswatini and Lower middle income rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Eswatini ranks 14th and Lower middle income ranks 17th 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
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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.