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

Lower middle income
0.0029 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Malawi
0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
17th
Malawi rank
19th

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

  • Lower middle income
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0029 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Lower middle income, a difference of 0.0051 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Malawi's figure about 2.8 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Lower middle income ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 17th and Malawi ranks 19th of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 3 and Malawi in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Malawi Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lower middle income
2000s 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lower middle income
2010s 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Lower middle income
2020s 0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0065 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0045 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), Lower middle income or Malawi?
Malawi, at 0.008 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 Lower middle income and Malawi?
0.0051 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Malawi?
31 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.
How do Lower middle income and Malawi rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Lower middle income ranks 17th 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.