Costa Rica vs Namibia: Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current)

Costa Rica
0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Namibia
0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
84th
Namibia rank
81st

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Namibia ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 84th and Namibia ranks 81st of 153 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Namibia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Namibia Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Namibia
2010s 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Costa Rica
2020s 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Namibia

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), Costa Rica or Namibia?
Namibia, at 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (bop, current) between Costa Rica and Namibia?
0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Namibia?
22 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Namibia rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (bop, current)?
Costa Rica ranks 84th and Namibia ranks 81st 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.