Italy vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current)

Italy
0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Italy rank
33rd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
32nd

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

  • Italy
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Italy 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 (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Italy's figure about 12.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Italy ranks 33rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 32nd of 153 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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 Italy
1980s 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Italy
1990s 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Italy
2000s 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Italy
2010s 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Italy
2020s 0.0023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Italy

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), Italy or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Italy, at 0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (bop, current) between Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
0.0022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Italy and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (bop, current)?
Italy ranks 33rd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 32nd 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.