Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) was 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025. ▲ Rising
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) in Caribbean Small States, 1974–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) in Caribbean Small States is 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 16.7% on the previous year and down 66.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) in Caribbean Small States peaked at 0.0032 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1974.
Caribbean Small States ranks 35th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1975 | 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +265.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +44.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +68.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 0.001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -20.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +29.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -16.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +35.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0015 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +14.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +22.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -40.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -15.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +34.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -23.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +20.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +58.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -21.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +25.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -14.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +24.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -19.0% |
| 2006 | 0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -13.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +24.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -23.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0027 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +64.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0032 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +21.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0027 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -15.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0029 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0027 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -16.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -17.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +15.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -28.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -10.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2025 | 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -16.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) in Caribbean Small States changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +265.1% | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0023 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0032 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
- 32 Denmark 0.006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 33 Germany 0.006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 34 Poland 0.0058 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 35 Belize 0.0058 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 36 Croatia 0.0056 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 37 Ghana 0.0056 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 38 Brazil 0.0054 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
More economy & growth data for Caribbean Small States
- GDP per capita 20,053 constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) 78.02 billion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- GDP 95.14 billion current US$ (2025)
- GDP 91.37 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 0.3699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industry (including construction), value added (current US$), per 7,369 current US$ per person (2024)
- GDP per capita 20,880 current US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.3684 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- GNI 87.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- GNI, Atlas method 88.41 billion current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) in Caribbean Small States?
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) in Caribbean Small States was 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0032 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2013.
- What is the lowest charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1974.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 35th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.