Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP by country

Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (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.

Countries reporting
170
Highest
0.3008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Ireland
Lowest
0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Sudan
Median
0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
7,741

What the numbers show

Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 0.3008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Ireland; the lowest is 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.0065 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 76 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 15,008.6%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 100.0%).

Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ireland 0.3008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 39.0% rising
2 Luxembourg 0.1321 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 294.4% volatile
3 Malta 0.0439 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 6.1% volatile
4 Switzerland 0.0366 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 8.6% rising
5 Netherlands 0.0349 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 32.5% volatile
6 Singapore 0.0343 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 45.6% flat
7 Sweden 0.0342 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 304.3% volatile
8 Cyprus 0.0284 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 213.1% volatile
9 Maldives 0.0139 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1,351.6% volatile
10 Cayman Islands 0.013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 21.3% flat
11 Thailand 0.0121 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 17.6% volatile
12 Dominica 0.0114 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 889.8% volatile
13 Costa Rica 0.0114 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 29.4% volatile
14 Eswatini 0.0104 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 2,356.7% volatile
15 Serbia 0.0102 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 133.8% rising
16 North Macedonia 0.0089 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 59.7% volatile
17 Grenada 0.0088 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 6.4% volatile
18 Canada 0.0087 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 26.2% rising
19 Malawi 0.008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 2,257.2% volatile
20 Curacao 0.0079 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 18.0% rising
21 Japan 0.0078 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 108.8% rising
22 South Korea 0.0076 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 15.6% rising
23 United Kingdom 0.0074 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 78.0% rising
24 Hungary 0.007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 56.2% volatile
25 Australia 0.0069 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 145.2% rising
26 Yemen 0.0065 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2016 up 1,256.0% volatile
27 Saint Lucia 0.0063 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 46.3% rising
28 Malaysia 0.0063 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 49.0% rising
29 Czechia 0.0063 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 3.5% volatile
30 Macao 0.0061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 65.3% volatile
31 Israel 0.006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 71.5% volatile
32 Denmark 0.006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 24.7% rising
33 Germany 0.006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 102.0% volatile
34 Poland 0.0058 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 14.0% rising
35 Belize 0.0058 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 205.2% volatile
36 Croatia 0.0056 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 22.0% rising
37 Ghana 0.0056 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 738.4% volatile
38 Brazil 0.0054 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 76.7% volatile
39 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0053 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 149.8% rising
40 Slovakia 0.0052 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 11.8% rising
41 France 0.005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 22.4% volatile
42 Hong Kong 0.0048 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 34.3% rising
43 Botswana 0.0048 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 42.1% volatile
44 Guatemala 0.0048 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 104.3% volatile
45 Belgium 0.0048 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 34.2% rising
46 India 0.0047 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 99.2% volatile
47 Spain 0.0047 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 24.3% volatile
48 Slovenia 0.0046 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 10.7% rising
49 Colombia 0.0046 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 0.5% volatile
50 Chile 0.0045 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 33.0% volatile
51 Austria 0.0045 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 15.9% falling
52 Kyrgyzstan 0.0042 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 536.5% volatile
53 New Zealand 0.0042 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 9.7% falling
54 South Africa 0.0041 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 13.7% rising
55 Mexico 0.0039 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 19.0% volatile
56 Honduras 0.0038 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 36.0% volatile
57 El Salvador 0.0037 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 24.1% volatile
58 Georgia 0.0037 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 699.0% volatile
59 Faroe Islands 0.0036 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2011 up 36.0% rising
60 Belarus 0.0036 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2021 up 147.1% volatile
61 Finland 0.0035 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 1.8% rising
62 Romania 0.0034 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 28.4% volatile
63 Italy 0.0033 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 19.7% volatile
64 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0033 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 24.6% rising
65 Bulgaria 0.0032 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 11.8% rising
66 Portugal 0.0032 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 11.6% rising
67 Turkey 0.0031 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 75.8% volatile
68 Azerbaijan 0.0031 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 672.8% volatile
69 Lithuania 0.0031 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 165.3% volatile
70 Estonia 0.003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 62.0% rising
71 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 23.0% volatile
72 Uruguay 0.003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 66.9% volatile
73 Ukraine 0.003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 28.4% volatile
74 Argentina 0.003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 19.4% rising
75 Ecuador 0.0028 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 277.1% falling
76 Oman 0.0027 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 361.3% volatile
77 Andorra 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 3,033.6% volatile
78 Cambodia 0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 389.0% volatile
79 Barbados 0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2017 down 55.1% volatile
80 Moldova 0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 5.1% rising
81 China 0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 22.5% rising
82 Seychelles 0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 19.5% volatile
83 Jamaica 0.0023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 36.9% volatile
84 Dominican Republic 0.0023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 83.6% rising
85 Venezuela 0.0023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2016 up 63.1% rising
86 Montenegro 0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 132.3% falling
87 Peru 0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 11.3% volatile
88 Iceland 0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 58.5% falling
89 Namibia 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 158.7% volatile
90 Indonesia 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 10.5% falling
91 Aruba 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 51.0% rising
92 Suriname 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 55.9% volatile
93 Morocco 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 94.0% volatile
94 United States 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 12.7% volatile
95 Greece 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 12.4% volatile
96 Comoros 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 up 494.7% volatile
97 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 up 18.3% rising
98 Kazakhstan 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 93.2% rising
99 Brunei 0.0015 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 39.7% volatile
100 Albania 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 34.7% rising
101 Latvia 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 5.0% rising
102 Solomon Islands 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 65.1% volatile
103 Saudi Arabia 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 31.5% rising
104 Zambia 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1,751.6% volatile
105 Mongolia 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 18.9% volatile
106 Cameroon 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 431.5% volatile
107 Norway 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 66.1% flat
108 Sierra Leone 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 720.6% volatile
109 Uzbekistan 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 595.6% volatile
110 Bahamas 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 39.0% falling
111 Russia 0.001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 76.8% volatile
112 Lesotho 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 34.9% volatile
113 Egypt 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 34.4% volatile
114 Nigeria 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 69.5% rising
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 40.0% rising
116 Angola 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 68.2% volatile
117 Cape Verde 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 82.5% volatile
118 Algeria 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 32.5% volatile
119 Philippines 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 60.8% volatile
120 Madagascar 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 38.4% volatile
121 Tunisia 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 69.4% volatile
122 French Polynesia 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2016 up 126.0% rising
123 Syria 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2010 up 30.0% rising
124 Jordan 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 843.7% rising
125 Mauritius 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 53.2% rising
126 Kenya 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 74.8% volatile
127 Lebanon 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 10.3% volatile
128 Pakistan 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 15.7% rising
129 Kosovo 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 75.4% volatile
129 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 75.4% volatile
131 Myanmar 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2019 down 90.4% volatile
132 Togo 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2017 down 73.8% volatile
133 Tanzania 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 1,390.6% volatile
134 Zimbabwe 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 66.5% volatile
135 Afghanistan 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2020 down 82.4% volatile
136 Samoa 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 89.8% volatile
137 Bolivia 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 88.6% volatile
138 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2014 up 68.1% volatile
139 Fiji 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 57.3% volatile
140 Panama 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 73.3% volatile
141 Bermuda 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 84.0% falling
142 Vanuatu 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2022 down 10.2% volatile
143 Uganda 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 30.8% volatile
144 Paraguay 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 51.9% volatile
145 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 92.3% volatile
146 Mauritania 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 86.7% volatile
147 New Caledonia 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2016 down 3.5% falling
148 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 244.0% volatile
149 Bangladesh 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 61.8% rising
150 Mozambique 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2018 up 29.2% volatile
151 Burundi 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 up 15,008.6% volatile
152 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 47.0% volatile
153 Mali 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2010 down 57.7% volatile
154 Haiti 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2015 up 94.4% rising
155 Bhutan 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 68.3% volatile
156 Guinea 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2012 down 54.1% volatile
157 Nicaragua 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 29.6% volatile
158 Guyana 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 99.6% volatile
159 Iraq 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 up 839.3% volatile
160 Palestine 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 38.8% volatile
161 Tonga 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2021 down 91.9% volatile
162 Benin 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2020 down 91.5% volatile
163 Rwanda 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 1.3% flat
164 Ethiopia 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 55.6% volatile
165 Burkina Faso 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 7.1% volatile
166 Senegal 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2023 down 85.6% volatile
167 Tajikistan 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2025 down 82.2% volatile
168 Niger 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2018 down 96.0% volatile
169 East Timor 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2024 down 99.3% volatile
170 Sudan 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP 2020 down 100.0% volatile

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Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (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.

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Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP
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BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
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Statizoid (derived)
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Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
217 places, 7,741 data points, 1960–2025
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Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (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.