Latin America & Caribbean vs Malawi: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

Latin America & Caribbean
0.0038 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Malawi
0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Latin America & Caribbean rank
16th
Malawi rank
19th

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

  • Latin America & Caribbean
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0038 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean, a difference of 0.0042 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Malawi's figure about 2.1 times Latin America & Caribbean's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Latin America & Caribbean ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean ranks 16th and Malawi ranks 19th of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean averaged higher in 3 and Malawi in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean Malawi Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Latin America & Caribbean
2000s 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Latin America & Caribbean
2010s 0.0028 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Latin America & Caribbean
2020s 0.0033 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0065 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0033 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), Latin America & Caribbean or Malawi?
Malawi, at 0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0038 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean as of 2024.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Latin America & Caribbean and Malawi?
0.0042 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean and Malawi?
31 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.
How do Latin America & Caribbean and Malawi rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 16th and Malawi ranks 19th of 47 groups.
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.