Barbados vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current)

Barbados
49.97 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.3182 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Barbados rank
35th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
35th

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

  • Barbados
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 49.97 BoP, current US$ per person against 0.3182 BoP, current US$ per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 49.65 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes Barbados's figure about 157.0 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 35th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 35th of 154 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 0.196 BoP, current US$ per person 0.0288 BoP, current US$ per person 0.1672 BoP, current US$ per person Barbados
1980s 3.87 BoP, current US$ per person 0.0577 BoP, current US$ per person 3.81 BoP, current US$ per person Barbados
1990s 14.65 BoP, current US$ per person 0.1357 BoP, current US$ per person 14.51 BoP, current US$ per person Barbados
2000s 21.85 BoP, current US$ per person 0.3512 BoP, current US$ per person 21.5 BoP, current US$ per person Barbados
2010s 56.12 BoP, current US$ per person 0.2452 BoP, current US$ per person 55.87 BoP, current US$ per person Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (bop, current), Barbados or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Barbados, at 49.97 BoP, current US$ per person against 0.3182 BoP, current US$ per person in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2017.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (bop, current) between Barbados and Sub-Saharan Africa?
49.65 BoP, current US$ per person, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sub-Saharan Africa?
44 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2017.
How do Barbados and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (bop, current)?
Barbados ranks 35th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 35th of 154 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$), per capita. 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, receipts (BoP, current US$), per capita
Unit
BoP, current US$ per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
201 places, 6,433 data points, 1962–2025
Last refreshed

Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.