Lesotho vs Nigeria: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

Lesotho
0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Nigeria
0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Lesotho rank
112th
Nigeria rank
114th

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

  • Lesotho
  • Nigeria
00.0010.0020.003198020022025

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Nigeria, a difference of 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 112th and Nigeria ranks 114th of 170 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Nigeria Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Nigeria
2010s 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lesotho
2020s 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lesotho

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), Lesotho or Nigeria?
Lesotho, at 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Nigeria as of 2025.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Lesotho and Nigeria?
0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Nigeria?
22 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2025.
How do Lesotho and Nigeria rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Lesotho ranks 112th and Nigeria ranks 114th 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.