Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP by country
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
153
Highest
0.2003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Kiribati
Lowest
-0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Guinea
Median
0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
Years covered
64
1962–2025
Data points
6,418
What the numbers show
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$), per unit of GDP is currently reported for 153 countries. The highest value is 0.2003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Kiribati; the lowest is -0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.0045 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,157.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania (up 68,978.3%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 381.8%).
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiribati | 0.2003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 1994 | up 141.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Cyprus | 0.0812 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 900.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Netherlands | 0.0511 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Switzerland | 0.0336 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 5 | Ireland | 0.0311 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Singapore | 0.026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 0.0241 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Denmark | 0.0203 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 186.5% | rising |
| 9 | Sweden | 0.0179 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Paraguay | 0.0145 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 1994 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 11 | Finland | 0.0142 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 0.0136 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 92.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Japan | 0.0123 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Germany | 0.0099 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Malta | 0.0086 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Belgium | 0.0071 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 17 | Israel | 0.0071 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 96.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Hungary | 0.0068 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 19 | France | 0.0062 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 20 | United States | 0.0061 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 21 | Iceland | 0.006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 53.9% | rising |
| 22 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0058 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2009 | — | rising |
| 23 | South Korea | 0.0053 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Spain | 0.0042 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 216.9% | volatile |
| 25 | New Zealand | 0.0042 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Australia | 0.004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 378.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Austria | 0.004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 28 | Canada | 0.0034 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 0.0032 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 227.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Czechia | 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Serbia | 0.0026 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 137.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Barbados | 0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2017 | up 2,748.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Italy | 0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Slovenia | 0.0024 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Maldives | 0.0022 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2010 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Estonia | 0.0021 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 303.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Samoa | 0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2,229.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Haiti | 0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2015 | up 213.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Hong Kong | 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 40 | Poland | 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 111.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Belarus | 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2021 | up 381.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Croatia | 0.0018 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 300.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Ghana | 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Uruguay | 0.0016 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 140.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Curacao | 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 46 | Belize | 0.0014 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 47 | North Macedonia | 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 48 | Lebanon | 0.0013 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Georgia | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 3,067.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Norway | 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 51 | Malaysia | 0.0008 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 266.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Seychelles | 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 53 | China | 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 597.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Portugal | 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 109.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 229.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Thailand | 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 187.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Sierra Leone | 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2015 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Tanzania | 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 68,978.3% | volatile |
| 59 | South Africa | 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 61 | Brazil | 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Argentina | 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 83.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Colombia | 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Faroe Islands | 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2011 | up 2,639.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Romania | 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Cayman Islands | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 73.7% | falling |
| 67 | India | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 98.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Slovakia | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Latvia | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Turkey | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 292.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Vanuatu | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 72 | Malawi | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 194.5% | rising |
| 73 | Tunisia | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 74 | Jordan | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 44.6% | falling |
| 75 | Tuvalu | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2012 | down 71.5% | falling |
| 76 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 2,185.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Ukraine | 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Kenya | 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 60.5% | falling |
| 79 | Chile | 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Jamaica | 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Namibia | 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Russia | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 53.5% | rising |
| 83 | Senegal | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 149.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2,967.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Myanmar | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2019 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Mexico | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 54,732.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Moldova | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Greece | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 58.9% | rising |
| 91 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 92 | Albania | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Madagascar | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Guatemala | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Kosovo | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 207.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 207.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Indonesia | 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 148.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Cambodia | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 476.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Peru | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 85.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Lithuania | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 76.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Mongolia | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 2,412.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Montenegro | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Zimbabwe | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2013 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 106 | Morocco | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 155.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Lesotho | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 34.9% | flat |
| 108 | Benin | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2021 | up 27,984.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 463.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Ecuador | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Saint Lucia | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 112 | New Caledonia | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Egypt | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 1,359.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Botswana | 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 314.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Philippines | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Uganda | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Eswatini | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 617.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Rwanda | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 159.8% | rising |
| 119 | Solomon Islands | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 96.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Mauritius | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 121 | French Polynesia | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2016 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Cape Verde | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 162.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Grenada | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | up 145.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Pakistan | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Burkina Faso | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 51.4% | rising |
| 126 | Fiji | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Guyana | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Bermuda | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 1,323.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Cameroon | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 211.4% | volatile |
| 130 | El Salvador | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Aruba | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 43,684.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Mozambique | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2012 | down 97.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Panama | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Algeria | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 208.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Iraq | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Suriname | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Bangladesh | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Mali | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Palestine | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 248.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Niger | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1,694.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Burundi | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Bolivia | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Dominica | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Angola | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2025 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Togo | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 149 | Afghanistan | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Ethiopia | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Sudan | 0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2015 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Bhutan | -0 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 183.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Guinea | -0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP | 2013 | down 381.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Other small states 0.0161 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Small states 0.0109 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Post-demographic dividend 0.0073 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- OECD members 0.0066 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Europe & Central Asia 0.0066 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- High income 0.0065 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- North America 0.006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Euro area 0.0058 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- European Union 0.0057 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- World 0.0044 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- East Asia & Pacific 0.003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Late-demographic dividend 0.0007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0006 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- IBRD only 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Upper middle income 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Early-demographic dividend 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- IDA & IBRD total 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Middle income 0.0005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Low & middle income 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- South Asia 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.0004 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Lower middle income 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Africa Western and Central 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Pacific island small states 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- IDA only 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- IDA total 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
- Arab World 0.0001 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP
How this figure is calculated
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (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, receipts (BoP, current US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts 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, receipts (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.