Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre by country
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
151
Highest
24.29 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
-5.9 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
Guinea
Median
149.28 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
Years covered
62
1962–2023
Data points
6,099
What the numbers show
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 24.29 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is -5.9 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 149.28 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, and the mean is 203,697 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 3,880,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 569.8%).
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 24.29 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 403.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Netherlands | 1.71 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 955,995 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 340.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Switzerland | 742,964 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 676,183 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 6 | Malta | 605,288 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Ireland | 239,954 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 162.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Cyprus | 223,842 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,188,970.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Denmark | 171,458 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 196.3% | rising |
| 10 | Israel | 149,681 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 221.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Belgium | 146,318 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 12 | Japan | 142,393 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Germany | 137,496 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 174.0% | volatile |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 131,078 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 15 | South Korea | 94,951 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 112.4% | volatile |
| 16 | France | 33,046 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Barbados | 32,558 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2017 | up 3,462.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Sweden | 23,330 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Austria | 21,903 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 19,276 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Maldives | 18,610 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2010 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Hungary | 18,029 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Kiribati | 16,584 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 1994 | up 519.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Cayman Islands | 16,546 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.1% | rising |
| 25 | United States | 16,202 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Czechia | 12,379 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 145.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 11,666 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Finland | 11,520 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Curacao | 10,686 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 30 | Slovenia | 8,723 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 211.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Spain | 8,386 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 257.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Poland | 4,473 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 340.4% | volatile |
| 33 | New Zealand | 4,095 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 226.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Iceland | 3,760 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 308.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Bulgaria | 3,390 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,277.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Bermuda | 3,255 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,793.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Seychelles | 3,220 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Estonia | 3,121 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,245.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Lebanon | 2,495 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Croatia | 2,473 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 478.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Serbia | 2,442 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 380.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Portugal | 2,064 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 318.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,986 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | up 2,285.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Slovakia | 1,640 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 197.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Norway | 1,207 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 46 | China | 1,162 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,130.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Haiti | 1,079 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2015 | up 562.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Canada | 960.85 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Malaysia | 858.25 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 156.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Faroe Islands | 847.55 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2011 | up 5,815.9% | volatile |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 815.04 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 124.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Turkey | 778.3 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 487.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Australia | 682.34 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 544.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Uruguay | 646.44 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 176.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Thailand | 637.06 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 424.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Belarus | 610.21 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2021 | up 443.1% | volatile |
| 57 | India | 513.37 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 242.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Tuvalu | 494.3 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2012 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 59 | Romania | 442.24 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Jamaica | 391.97 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 384.49 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2013 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Greece | 384.33 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 373.58 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Paraguay | 287.19 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 1994 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 65 | Aruba | 250.75 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60,035.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Lithuania | 232.78 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Georgia | 229.01 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 376.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Mexico | 222.05 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Saint Lucia | 209.38 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Colombia | 205.02 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Mauritius | 165.21 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Guatemala | 165.06 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Jordan | 161.79 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.4% | falling |
| 74 | Egypt | 157.01 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Latvia | 156.28 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 149.28 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,880,400.0% | volatile |
| 77 | South Africa | 138.34 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Grenada | 125.16 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Tunisia | 122.1 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Indonesia | 112.8 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 307.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Albania | 112.78 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 160.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Brazil | 110.19 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Belize | 109.6 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Cambodia | 109.6 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 706.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Chile | 107.14 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Moldova | 102.3 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Philippines | 102.19 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 924.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Ukraine | 98.38 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Argentina | 90.82 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Ghana | 87.96 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Uzbekistan | 70.86 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 112.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Montenegro | 69.17 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 65.62 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | rising |
| 94 | French Polynesia | 64.53 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2016 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Eswatini | 61.61 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15,179.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Kenya | 53.82 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Sierra Leone | 52.44 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2015 | up 232.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 51 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14,955.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 47.86 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2009 | — | rising |
| 100 | Ecuador | 42.04 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 84.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Panama | 39.92 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Vanuatu | 38.47 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2022 | up 171.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Russia | 38.4 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Malawi | 38.04 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | rising |
| 105 | Senegal | 37.9 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 304.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Peru | 32.12 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 756.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Tanzania | 29.13 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 962,728.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Fiji | 26.68 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 784.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Myanmar | 25.91 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2019 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Rwanda | 25.11 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | rising |
| 111 | New Caledonia | 24.19 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2016 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 112 | South Sudan | 22.72 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 22.69 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 114 | El Salvador | 20.44 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Morocco | 19.58 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 744.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 18.6 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 476.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Pakistan | 14.27 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Kazakhstan | 11.71 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11,754.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Cape Verde | 9.52 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5,402.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Uganda | 9.46 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Benin | 9.34 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2021 | up 51,995.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Samoa | 7.82 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 401.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Zimbabwe | 6.13 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2016 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Palestine | 5.54 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 722.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Lesotho | 5.14 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 126 | Namibia | 4.82 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 485.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Iraq | 2.99 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 333.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Burkina Faso | 2.55 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 2.53 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Guyana | 1.67 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Bolivia | 1.47 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Botswana | 1.07 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 544.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Mongolia | 1.04 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Madagascar | 0.8304 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Angola | 0.4139 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2019 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Cameroon | 0.3636 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Algeria | 0.325 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Bhutan | 0.2283 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Mozambique | 0.1553 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2012 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1348 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Dominica | 0.0948 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2020 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Burundi | 0.0559 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Mali | 0.0492 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Suriname | 0.0461 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Niger | 0.0203 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,701.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0181 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | — | rising |
| 147 | Togo | 0.0128 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2020 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Tajikistan | 0.0048 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Afghanistan | 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2020 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Ethiopia | 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Guinea | -5.9 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 2013 | down 569.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 58,354 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- European Union 46,621 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Post-demographic dividend 15,068 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- OECD members 13,410 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Other small states 10,107 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- High income 9,616 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia 9,086 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- North America 8,734 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Central Europe and the Baltics 4,516 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific 3,985 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- World 3,965 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Small states 3,697 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Late-demographic dividend 854.31 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 742.06 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 736.5 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 567.01 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- South Asia 463.96 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 463.96 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Upper middle income 333.87 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Arab World 284.21 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- IBRD only 271.39 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Middle income 261.91 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Low & middle income 212.85 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Early-demographic dividend 203.63 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- IDA & IBRD total 202 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 168.74 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 156.79 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 105.77 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean 105.56 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 101.43 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Lower middle income 92.62 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Africa Eastern and Southern 17.06 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- IDA blend 15.35 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 11.79 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 11.79 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 11.73 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Pacific island small states 9.04 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 8.03 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 8.02 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
- IDA total 7.99 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.