Saint Lucia vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

Saint Lucia
0.0063 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Saint Lucia rank
27th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
30th

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

  • Saint Lucia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Saint Lucia currently reports 0.0063 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0051 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 5.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 33 years both countries report, Saint Lucia has been ahead every year.

Saint Lucia ranks 27th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 170 countries.

Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Saint Lucia Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Saint Lucia
2000s 0.0057 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0015 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0042 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Saint Lucia
2010s 0.0055 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0015 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Saint Lucia
2020s 0.0061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0049 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Saint Lucia

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), Saint Lucia or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Saint Lucia, at 0.0063 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Saint Lucia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.0051 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Saint Lucia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Saint Lucia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
33 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Saint Lucia and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Saint Lucia ranks 27th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 30th 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.