Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), per capita by country
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
171
Highest
33,956 BoP, current US$ per person
Ireland
Lowest
0 BoP, current US$ per person
Sudan
Median
21.43 BoP, current US$ per person
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
7,763
What the numbers show
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), per capita is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 33,956 BoP, current US$ per person in Ireland; the lowest is 0 BoP, current US$ per person in Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 21.43 BoP, current US$ per person, and the mean is 470.44 BoP, current US$ per person.
Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 13,786.5%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 100.0%).
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 33,956 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 174.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 19,448 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 450.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4,199 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Singapore | 3,386 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 5 | Netherlands | 2,355 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Sweden | 2,157 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 398.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Malta | 1,931 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Cayman Islands | 1,357 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 9 | Cyprus | 853.35 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 476.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Canada | 484.86 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Australia | 448.03 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 180.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Macao | 441.61 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 427.25 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 126.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Denmark | 425.44 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 15 | Israel | 362.73 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 186.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Germany | 361.06 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 191.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Belgium | 289.14 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 18 | Austria | 284.02 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 19 | Japan | 281.93 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 110.4% | rising |
| 20 | South Korea | 273.64 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Hong Kong | 244.07 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 22 | France | 243.8 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 227 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 120.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Czechia | 225.03 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 25 | New Zealand | 210.45 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 26 | Finland | 196.79 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Iceland | 193.03 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 28 | Faroe Islands | 186.99 BoP, current US$ per person | 2011 | up 182.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Maldives | 186.11 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 2,072.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Hungary | 181.62 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 179.95 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 84.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Slovenia | 173.04 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Curacao | 168.5 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 34 | Poland | 164.1 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 156.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Serbia | 155.83 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 513.1% | volatile |
| 36 | United States | 151.09 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Slovakia | 147.41 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Italy | 144.22 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Croatia | 134.8 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 106.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Antigua and Barbuda | 132.6 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 285.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Andorra | 129.74 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 3,648.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Dominica | 125.46 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 1,213.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Norway | 106.61 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Grenada | 106.44 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Estonia | 104.25 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 214.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Lithuania | 101.76 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 512.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Thailand | 97.32 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 66.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Portugal | 93.98 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 49 | North Macedonia | 93.45 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 218.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Saint Lucia | 92.95 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 83.92 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 54.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Chile | 81.27 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Romania | 75.68 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Uruguay | 75.09 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 145.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Malaysia | 74.54 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 65.59 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 146.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 61.95 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 58 | Aruba | 59.5 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 59 | Brazil | 57.94 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 111.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Oman | 55.19 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 304.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Mexico | 53.79 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 65.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Barbados | 51.97 BoP, current US$ per person | 2017 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Turkey | 50 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 128.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Brunei | 47.5 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Saudi Arabia | 45.96 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 66 | Belize | 45.3 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 290.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Argentina | 43.95 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Seychelles | 43.55 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Bahamas | 42.14 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Greece | 41.12 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Eswatini | 40.6 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 2,446.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Colombia | 39.45 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 37.68 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Botswana | 36.56 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Latvia | 36.1 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 107.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Bermuda | 35.87 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 79.1% | falling |
| 77 | Georgia | 35.53 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 1,794.8% | volatile |
| 78 | China | 33.15 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Montenegro | 29.57 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 436.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Guatemala | 29.29 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 240.6% | volatile |
| 81 | South Africa | 26.94 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Belarus | 26.73 BoP, current US$ per person | 2021 | up 183.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 25.44 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 198.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 23.16 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 664.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Kazakhstan | 22.95 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 178.4% | volatile |
| 86 | El Salvador | 21.43 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Moldova | 21.34 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 229.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Ecuador | 20.03 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 349.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Peru | 19.08 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Ghana | 18.22 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 1,143.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Albania | 18.18 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 102.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Jamaica | 17.88 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Russia | 17.11 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Ukraine | 14.92 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 95 | Honduras | 13.77 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 115.5% | volatile |
| 96 | India | 12.82 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 239.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Suriname | 11.99 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 98 | French Polynesia | 11.94 BoP, current US$ per person | 2016 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 10.68 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 1,165.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.84 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 211.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Indonesia | 8.69 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 102 | Mongolia | 8.54 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 94.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Venezuela | 8.39 BoP, current US$ per person | 2016 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 104 | Namibia | 8.08 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 116.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Morocco | 7.97 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 188.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Cambodia | 7.24 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 807.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Mauritius | 6.56 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 108 | New Caledonia | 6.45 BoP, current US$ per person | 2016 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 109 | Yemen | 6.38 BoP, current US$ per person | 2016 | up 1,533.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Panama | 5.4 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Cape Verde | 4.66 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Algeria | 4.59 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | 4.3 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 770.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Malawi | 4.17 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 2,225.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.08 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 92.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Kosovo | 3.74 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 293.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 3.74 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 293.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Philippines | 3.27 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Jordan | 2.83 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 938.5% | rising |
| 120 | Comoros | 2.78 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | up 534.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Tunisia | 2.74 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Egypt | 2.69 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 123 | Solomon Islands | 2.63 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Angola | 2.57 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Cameroon | 2.14 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 489.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Lebanon | 1.87 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Fiji | 1.79 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Paraguay | 1.73 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Samoa | 1.72 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Syria | 1.63 BoP, current US$ per person | 2010 | up 190.9% | rising |
| 131 | Zambia | 1.53 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 1,187.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Bolivia | 1.49 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Guyana | 1.17 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Kenya | 1.16 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Nigeria | 1.06 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 136 | Lesotho | 1.02 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 0.9521 BoP, current US$ per person | 2022 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Sierra Leone | 0.8944 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 492.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Pakistan | 0.8071 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Zimbabwe | 0.8009 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Myanmar | 0.6174 BoP, current US$ per person | 2019 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 142 | South Sudan | 0.5878 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | up 2,453.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.5618 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 245.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.556 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 371.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Bangladesh | 0.525 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 243.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Mauritania | 0.4516 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 83.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Bhutan | 0.4261 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Tanzania | 0.3786 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 1,635.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Madagascar | 0.3697 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Togo | 0.3148 BoP, current US$ per person | 2017 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Uganda | 0.2787 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Iraq | 0.2498 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 812.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Nicaragua | 0.2024 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 0.1564 BoP, current US$ per person | 2020 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Haiti | 0.1561 BoP, current US$ per person | 2015 | up 253.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1369 BoP, current US$ per person | 2014 | up 283.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Tonga | 0.1288 BoP, current US$ per person | 2021 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Mali | 0.1267 BoP, current US$ per person | 2010 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 159 | Palestine | 0.1219 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Mozambique | 0.0986 BoP, current US$ per person | 2018 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Guinea | 0.0568 BoP, current US$ per person | 2012 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Burundi | 0.0409 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 13,786.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Benin | 0.0307 BoP, current US$ per person | 2020 | down 89.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Rwanda | 0.0208 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 165 | Ethiopia | 0.0198 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Burkina Faso | 0.0164 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Senegal | 0.0156 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Tajikistan | 0.0034 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Niger | 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per person | 2018 | down 95.1% | volatile |
| 170 | East Timor | 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Sudan | 0 BoP, current US$ per person | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Post-demographic dividend 297 BoP, current US$ per person
- European Union 271.62 BoP, current US$ per person
- High income 250.72 BoP, current US$ per person
- Euro area 245.57 BoP, current US$ per person
- OECD members 241.01 BoP, current US$ per person
- Europe & Central Asia 210.07 BoP, current US$ per person
- North America 187.31 BoP, current US$ per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 137.13 BoP, current US$ per person
- Other small states 109.78 BoP, current US$ per person
- Small states 74.77 BoP, current US$ per person
- East Asia & Pacific 58.44 BoP, current US$ per person
- World 56.43 BoP, current US$ per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 43.5 BoP, current US$ per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 42.52 BoP, current US$ per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 40.3 BoP, current US$ per person
- Late-demographic dividend 36.78 BoP, current US$ per person
- Upper middle income 27.77 BoP, current US$ per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 27.35 BoP, current US$ per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 26.73 BoP, current US$ per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 26.4 BoP, current US$ per person
- IBRD only 23.63 BoP, current US$ per person
- Caribbean Small States 19.77 BoP, current US$ per person
- Middle income 17.7 BoP, current US$ per person
- IDA & IBRD total 17.16 BoP, current US$ per person
- Low & middle income 15.7 BoP, current US$ per person
- Early-demographic dividend 11.44 BoP, current US$ per person
- South Asia 11.14 BoP, current US$ per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 11.14 BoP, current US$ per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 9.3 BoP, current US$ per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 7.49 BoP, current US$ per person
- Lower middle income 7.18 BoP, current US$ per person
- Arab World 4.62 BoP, current US$ per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 2.34 BoP, current US$ per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 2.07 BoP, current US$ per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 2.07 BoP, current US$ per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.07 BoP, current US$ per person
- Africa Western and Central 1.68 BoP, current US$ per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 1.11 BoP, current US$ per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 1.1 BoP, current US$ per person
- IDA blend 0.9986 BoP, current US$ per person
How this figure is calculated
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.