Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs Spain: Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current)

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Spain
0.0042 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
in 2025
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank
27th
Spain rank
24th

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

  • Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
  • Spain
00.0010.0020.0030.004196819962025

How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.0042 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 0.0039 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

That makes Spain's figure about 12.6 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.

Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 27th and Spain ranks 24th of 47 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) Spain Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
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 Spain
1990s 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Spain
2010s 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0015 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Spain
2020s 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0029 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP Spain

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), Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or Spain?
Spain, at 0.0042 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP against 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (bop, current) between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Spain?
0.0039 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Spain?
37 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2025.
How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and Spain rank globally for charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (bop, current)?
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 27th and Spain ranks 24th 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.