Africa Eastern and Southern vs Samoa: Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current)

Africa Eastern and Southern
0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Samoa
0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Africa Eastern and Southern rank
35th
Samoa rank
37th

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

  • Africa Eastern and Southern
  • Samoa
00.0010.0010.0020.0020.003196219932025

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Africa Eastern and Southern, a difference of 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Samoa's figure about 11.8 times Africa Eastern and Southern's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 16 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Samoa ahead.

Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 35th and Samoa ranks 37th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Eastern and Southern Samoa Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Samoa
2010s 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Samoa
2020s 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Samoa

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), Africa Eastern and Southern or Samoa?
Samoa, at 0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Africa Eastern and Southern as of 2025.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (bop, current) between Africa Eastern and Southern and Samoa?
0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Eastern and Southern and Samoa?
16 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Africa Eastern and Southern and Samoa rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (bop, current)?
Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 35th and Samoa ranks 37th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (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, receipts (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
200 places, 6,418 data points, 1962–2025
Last refreshed

Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (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.