South Korea vs Low & middle income: Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current)

South Korea
193.18 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
Low & middle income
2.72 BoP, current US$ per person
in 2025
South Korea rank
22nd
Low & middle income rank
25th

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

  • South Korea
  • Low & middle income
050100150200196219932025

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 193.18 BoP, current US$ per person against 2.72 BoP, current US$ per person in Low & middle income, a difference of 190.46 BoP, current US$ per person.

That makes South Korea's figure about 70.9 times Low & middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Low & middle income ahead.

South Korea ranks 22nd and Low & middle income ranks 25th of 154 countries.

South Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South Korea Low & middle income Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0634 BoP, current US$ per person 0.0429 BoP, current US$ per person 0.0205 BoP, current US$ per person South Korea
1980s 0.3388 BoP, current US$ per person 0.0267 BoP, current US$ per person 0.3121 BoP, current US$ per person South Korea
1990s 4.28 BoP, current US$ per person 0.0875 BoP, current US$ per person 4.2 BoP, current US$ per person South Korea
2000s 36.03 BoP, current US$ per person 0.2708 BoP, current US$ per person 35.76 BoP, current US$ per person South Korea
2010s 113.15 BoP, current US$ per person 0.8438 BoP, current US$ per person 112.3 BoP, current US$ per person South Korea
2020s 166.58 BoP, current US$ per person 2.41 BoP, current US$ per person 164.16 BoP, current US$ per person South Korea

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), South Korea or Low & middle income?
South Korea, at 193.18 BoP, current US$ per person against 2.72 BoP, current US$ per person in Low & middle income as of 2025.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (bop, current) between South Korea and Low & middle income?
190.46 BoP, current US$ per person, with South Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Low & middle income?
49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2025.
How do South Korea and Low & middle income rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (bop, current)?
South Korea ranks 22nd and Low & middle income ranks 25th 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.