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

Barbados
0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa
0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Barbados rank
32nd
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
33rd

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 0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Barbados's figure about 12.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

Barbados ranks 32nd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 33rd of 153 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 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Barbados
1980s 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Barbados
1990s 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Barbados
2000s 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Barbados
2010s 0.0028 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 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 0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 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?
0.0022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, 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 32nd and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 33rd of 153 countries.
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.