Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) in Europe & Central Asia
Europe & Central Asia: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) was 0.0061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) in Europe & Central Asia, 1967–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia recorded 0.0061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 56.0% on the previous year and down 50.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) in Europe & Central Asia peaked at 0.0138 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, in 1967.
Europe & Central Asia ranks 2nd of 47 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) in Europe & Central Asia, year by year
| Year | BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | — |
| 1968 | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +7.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +25.1% |
| 1970 | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +294.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +76.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +46.2% |
| 1976 | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 0.001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +11.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0015 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +9.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -27.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0015 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +47.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0027 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0027 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +52.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0056 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +39.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0056 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0055 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +12.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0063 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0067 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0069 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0068 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0076 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0088 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +15.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0122 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +39.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0107 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -12.5% |
| 2017 | 0.011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0113 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0119 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +5.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0125 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0133 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0133 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0132 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0138 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | +4.5% |
| 2025 | 0.0061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | -56.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current) in Europe & Central Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +294.8% | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP |
| 1971 | +76.9% | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP |
| 2025 | -56.0% | 0.0138 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP |
| 2004 | +52.0% | 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP |
| 1999 | +47.2% | 0.0017 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP |
| 1975 | +46.2% | 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 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 | 3 |
| 1970s | 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0025 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0044 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0063 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0094 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0067 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0122 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 0.0138 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 6 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia
- 1 Ireland 0.3008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 2 Luxembourg 0.1321 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 3 Malta 0.0439 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 4 Switzerland 0.0366 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
- 5 Netherlands 0.0349 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP compare
More economy & growth data for Europe & Central Asia
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1522 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.4257 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 363.14 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 2.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 18,580 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.5369 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 170.66 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 10.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 5,268 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 10.89 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) in Europe & Central Asia?
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) in Europe & Central Asia was 0.0061 BoP, current US$ 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 Europe & Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0138 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 2024.
- What is the lowest charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) recorded in Europe & Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in 1967.
- How does Europe & Central Asia rank for charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current)?
- Europe & Central Asia ranks 2nd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (bop, current) rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia 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$)
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- Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.