Japan vs Malawi: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)
Japan
0.0078 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Malawi
0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Japan rank
21st
Malawi rank
19th
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) over time
- Japan
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0078 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Japan, a difference of 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 21st and Malawi ranks 19th of 170 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Malawi in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.0029 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0028 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.0038 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0031 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.0063 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0065 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Malawi |
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), Japan or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0078 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Japan and Malawi?
- 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malawi?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Malawi rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
- Japan ranks 21st and Malawi ranks 19th of 170 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.