Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$), per capita by country
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) 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
154
Highest
3,861 BoP, current US$ per person
Switzerland
Lowest
-0.1296 BoP, current US$ per person
Guinea
Median
2.14 BoP, current US$ per person
Years covered
64
1962–2025
Data points
6,433
What the numbers show
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$), per capita is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 3,861 BoP, current US$ per person in Switzerland; the lowest is -0.1296 BoP, current US$ per person in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.14 BoP, current US$ per person, and the mean is 195.69 BoP, current US$ per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29,801.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania (up 80,317.1%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 472.4%).
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 3,861 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 3,543 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Ireland | 3,506 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 123.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3,445 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 123.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Singapore | 2,566 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Cyprus | 2,442 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 1,544.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Denmark | 1,440 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 225.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Sweden | 1,130 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Finland | 794.67 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 782.8 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 145.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Germany | 601.59 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 104.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Iceland | 594.1 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 13 | United States | 553.4 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Japan | 442 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Belgium | 432.23 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 52.1% | rising |
| 16 | Israel | 428.75 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 227.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Malta | 377.43 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 18 | France | 304.68 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia | 263.23 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 446.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Austria | 250.64 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 105.9% | rising |
| 21 | New Zealand | 207.09 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 158.5% | volatile |
| 22 | South Korea | 193.18 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Canada | 187.41 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Hungary | 175.78 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Kiribati | 167.87 BoP, current US$ per person | 1994 | up 414.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Spain | 163.75 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 371.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Norway | 110.77 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Italy | 102.64 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Czechia | 95.12 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 115.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 94.21 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 31 | Slovenia | 87.85 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 211.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Estonia | 70.93 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 684.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 65.51 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 814.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Poland | 52.01 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 376.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Barbados | 49.97 BoP, current US$ per person | 2017 | up 3,349.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Cayman Islands | 46.41 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 64.7% | falling |
| 37 | Croatia | 42.25 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 579.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Serbia | 39.68 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 521.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Uruguay | 39.53 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 254.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Curacao | 30.68 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 41 | Paraguay | 25.52 BoP, current US$ per person | 1994 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 42 | Faroe Islands | 24.37 BoP, current US$ per person | 2011 | up 5,583.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Portugal | 18.73 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 177.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Maldives | 15.47 BoP, current US$ per person | 2010 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 13.51 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 179.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Belarus | 13.31 BoP, current US$ per person | 2021 | up 452.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Seychelles | 12.51 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Slovakia | 12.45 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 157.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Samoa | 11.98 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 3,249.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Georgia | 11.43 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 7,412.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Latvia | 11.02 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 227.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Romania | 10.24 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 123.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Malaysia | 9.78 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 295.4% | volatile |
| 54 | China | 9.29 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 1,082.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 9.28 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Belize | 7.64 BoP, current US$ per person | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.46 BoP, current US$ per person | 2022 | up 2,232.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Argentina | 7.42 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Turkey | 6.48 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 410.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 6.11 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 61 | Brazil | 5.47 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 89.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.31 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Ghana | 5.29 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Chile | 5.1 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 119.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Thailand | 4.89 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 307.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 4.73 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 5,129.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Greece | 4.67 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 52.8% | rising |
| 68 | Lebanon | 4.42 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Russia | 4.42 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Lithuania | 4.3 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Colombia | 4.25 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 97.1% | volatile |
| 72 | South Africa | 3.63 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Mexico | 3.09 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Haiti | 2.83 BoP, current US$ per person | 2015 | up 470.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Bermuda | 2.72 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | up 1,760.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Albania | 2.26 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 217.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Jamaica | 2.15 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.12 BoP, current US$ per person | 2013 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Jordan | 1.96 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 59.1% | falling |
| 80 | Moldova | 1.86 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 1.77 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 3,520.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Ukraine | 1.77 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Montenegro | 1.75 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.63 BoP, current US$ per person | 2009 | — | rising |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 1.63 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 54,109.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Tunisia | 1.62 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 87 | New Caledonia | 1.56 BoP, current US$ per person | 2016 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.56 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 554.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Vanuatu | 1.5 BoP, current US$ per person | 2022 | up 115.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Tuvalu | 1.36 BoP, current US$ per person | 2012 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 91 | Peru | 1.29 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 187.7% | volatile |
| 92 | South Sudan | 1.25 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Namibia | 1.24 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Kosovo | 1.19 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 589.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 1.19 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 589.6% | volatile |
| 96 | India | 1.19 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 237.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Guatemala | 0.9894 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Mongolia | 0.8181 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 99 | French Polynesia | 0.8023 BoP, current US$ per person | 2016 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Indonesia | 0.7612 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 282.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Saint Lucia | 0.7481 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Kenya | 0.7359 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Tanzania | 0.6388 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 80,317.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Sierra Leone | 0.5378 BoP, current US$ per person | 2015 | up 152.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritius | 0.4997 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Guyana | 0.4272 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Grenada | 0.4226 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 242.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Aruba | 0.4204 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | up 59,092.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Ecuador | 0.4146 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Senegal | 0.4036 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | up 207.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Cambodia | 0.3879 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 970.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Botswana | 0.3838 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 344.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Morocco | 0.3631 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 279.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Myanmar | 0.3213 BoP, current US$ per person | 2019 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 0.2314 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 604.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Cape Verde | 0.221 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 321.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Malawi | 0.2102 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 164.9% | rising |
| 118 | Philippines | 0.2032 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Fiji | 0.1883 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Eswatini | 0.1801 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 644.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Zimbabwe | 0.1625 BoP, current US$ per person | 2016 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Egypt | 0.1555 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | up 1,419.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Panama | 0.1235 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Madagascar | 0.0892 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Solomon Islands | 0.0856 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 126 | El Salvador | 0.0832 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Benin | 0.0785 BoP, current US$ per person | 2021 | up 37,951.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Lesotho | 0.0682 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 36.8% | flat |
| 129 | Uganda | 0.0512 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Pakistan | 0.0509 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Rwanda | 0.0475 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 234.4% | rising |
| 132 | Cameroon | 0.0324 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 245.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Algeria | 0.0294 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 190.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Iraq | 0.0288 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | up 198.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Burkina Faso | 0.0288 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 136 | Suriname | 0.0275 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 79.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0117 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Bangladesh | 0.0067 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Mozambique | 0.005 BoP, current US$ per person | 2012 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Palestine | 0.0038 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 266.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Mali | 0.0025 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Dominica | 0.0011 BoP, current US$ per person | 2020 | down 99.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Bolivia | 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Niger | 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 2,597.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Angola | 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Togo | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per person | 2020 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Burundi | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per person | 2025 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 149 | Tajikistan | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per person | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Sudan | 0 BoP, current US$ per person | 2015 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Ethiopia | 0 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Afghanistan | 0 BoP, current US$ per person | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Bhutan | -0.0108 BoP, current US$ per person | 2024 | down 224.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Guinea | -0.1296 BoP, current US$ per person | 2013 | down 472.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 513.56 BoP, current US$ per person
- Post-demographic dividend 433.19 BoP, current US$ per person
- High income 352.55 BoP, current US$ per person
- OECD members 343.69 BoP, current US$ per person
- Euro area 289.51 BoP, current US$ per person
- Other small states 282.2 BoP, current US$ per person
- European Union 267.35 BoP, current US$ per person
- Europe & Central Asia 227.38 BoP, current US$ per person
- Small states 180.92 BoP, current US$ per person
- World 63.35 BoP, current US$ per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 56.14 BoP, current US$ per person
- East Asia & Pacific 42.76 BoP, current US$ per person
- Late-demographic dividend 9.43 BoP, current US$ per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 7.75 BoP, current US$ per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 6.46 BoP, current US$ per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 6.38 BoP, current US$ per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 5.57 BoP, current US$ per person
- Upper middle income 5.37 BoP, current US$ per person
- IBRD only 4.33 BoP, current US$ per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.76 BoP, current US$ per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 3.68 BoP, current US$ per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 3.5 BoP, current US$ per person
- IDA & IBRD total 3.13 BoP, current US$ per person
- Middle income 3.07 BoP, current US$ per person
- Low & middle income 2.72 BoP, current US$ per person
- Early-demographic dividend 2.18 BoP, current US$ per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 1.74 BoP, current US$ per person
- South Asia 1.03 BoP, current US$ per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 1.03 BoP, current US$ per person
- Pacific island small states 0.9531 BoP, current US$ per person
- Lower middle income 0.6739 BoP, current US$ per person
- Arab World 0.5131 BoP, current US$ per person
- Africa Western and Central 0.3486 BoP, current US$ per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.3183 BoP, current US$ per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.3182 BoP, current US$ per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.3182 BoP, current US$ per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.2978 BoP, current US$ per person
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.1923 BoP, current US$ per person
- IDA only 0.1529 BoP, current US$ per person
- IDA total 0.1109 BoP, current US$ per person
How this figure is calculated
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts 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, receipts (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.