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

Malawi
0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Middle income
0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Malawi rank
19th
Middle income rank
20th

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

  • Malawi
  • Middle income
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle income, a difference of 0.0054 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Malawi's figure about 3.1 times Middle income's.

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

Malawi ranks 19th and Middle income ranks 20th of 170 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Malawi Middle income Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Middle income
2000s 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Middle income
2010s 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Middle income
2020s 0.0065 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.004 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), Malawi or Middle income?
Malawi, at 0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Malawi and Middle income?
0.0054 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Middle income?
31 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Middle income rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Malawi ranks 19th and Middle income ranks 20th 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.