Sweden vs Switzerland: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)

Sweden
0.0342 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Switzerland
0.0366 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Sweden rank
7th
Switzerland rank
4th

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

  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
00.010.020.030.04197019972025

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 0.0366 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0342 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sweden, a difference of 0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

Across all 26 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.

Sweden ranks 7th and Switzerland ranks 4th of 170 countries.

Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sweden Switzerland Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0038 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0135 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0097 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Switzerland
2010s 0.007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0322 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0252 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Switzerland
2020s 0.0248 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0378 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Switzerland

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), Sweden or Switzerland?
Switzerland, at 0.0366 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0342 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sweden as of 2025.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) between Sweden and Switzerland?
0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Switzerland?
26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
How do Sweden and Switzerland rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
Sweden ranks 7th and Switzerland ranks 4th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Sweden vs Switzerland: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current). Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 28 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/charges-for-the-use-of-intellectual-property-payments-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/sweden/switzerland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/charges-for-the-use-of-intellectual-property-payments-bop-current-us-per-unit-of-gdp/sweden/switzerland/">Sweden vs Switzerland: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.