Maptheory
economic2025

Intellectual property payments

Compare intellectual property payments across 89 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2025 official-source slice.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•89 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
5,208,877,624.3current US$
Median: 381,864,486.5current US$
Countries Covered
89
with available data
Highest
United States of America
51,640,000,000.0current US$
Lowest
Tajikistan
36,960.0current US$
Top 5 Countries
1United States of America51,640,000,000.0current US$
2People's Republic of China46,629,335,623.4current US$
3Switzerland38,180,395,872.3current US$
4Japan34,780,573,547.3current US$
5Germany30,145,537,080.8current US$
By Region
Key Findings
  • •89 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2025 observation.
  • •United States of America has the highest published value (51640000000 current US$).
  • •Tajikistan has the lowest published value (36960 current US$).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (36,960.0current US$)High (51,640,000,000.0current US$)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 5,208,877,624.3current US$)

About This Statistic

Charges for the use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, franchises), and charges for licenses to reproduce or distribute (or both) intellectual property embodied in produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and explicit source slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies and conflicting duplicates are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.

Methodology

Charges for the use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, franchises), and charges for licenses to reproduce or distribute (or both) intellectual property embodied in produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1United States of America51,640,000,000.0current US$
2People's Republic of China46,629,335,623.4current US$
3Switzerland38,180,395,872.3current US$
4Japan34,780,573,547.3current US$
5Germany30,145,537,080.8current US$
6United Kingdom29,688,725,019.0current US$
7Sweden22,862,106,728.6current US$
8Singapore20,692,034,112.2current US$
9Canada20,195,169,601.7current US$
10India18,764,908,516.9current US$
11France16,754,185,730.1current US$
12South Korea14,142,900,000.0current US$
13Luxembourg13,360,098,178.0current US$
14Australia12,372,225,135.4current US$
15Brazil12,330,577,067.6current US$
16Spain8,881,307,974.0current US$
17Italy8,496,527,883.6current US$
18Mexico7,097,730,885.0current US$
19Thailand6,969,994,205.0current US$
20Poland5,979,000,000.0current US$
21Israel3,671,800,000.0current US$
22Belgium3,452,865,713.7current US$
23Austria2,615,302,429.7current US$
24Indonesia2,484,141,605.3current US$
25Russian Federation2,455,620,000.0current US$
26Czech Republic2,449,817,162.1current US$
27Colombia2,107,594,381.4current US$
28Argentina2,015,355,652.1current US$
29South Africa1,744,508,544.1current US$
30Hungary1,727,983,343.4current US$
31Saudi Arabia1,699,268,154.8current US$
32Chile1,614,021,136.0current US$
33Romania1,439,446,286.0current US$
34Cyprus1,169,732,852.0current US$
35Costa Rica1,169,710,197.7current US$
36New Zealand1,120,565,125.6current US$
37Finland1,111,181,730.0current US$
38Serbia1,020,572,706.4current US$
39Slovakia798,025,043.9current US$
40Peru659,727,782.4current US$
41Ghana638,936,071.1current US$
42Norway598,157,182.7current US$
43Kazakhstan478,395,215.7current US$
44Bulgaria421,990,000.0current US$
45Philippines381,864,486.5current US$
46Slovenia368,745,558.0current US$
47Ecuador366,321,474.0current US$
48Egypt318,600,000.0current US$
49Morocco306,313,023.6current US$
50Lithuania293,963,974.8current US$
51Dominican Republic293,100,000.0current US$
52Uruguay254,170,416.6current US$
53Nigeria252,840,000.0current US$
54Azerbaijan237,346,000.0current US$
55Pakistan206,000,000.0current US$
56The Republic of North Macedonia170,159,671.3current US$
57Uzbekistan159,434,975.1current US$
58Honduras151,540,591.3current US$
59Estonia142,452,819.7current US$
60Georgia139,843,580.2current US$
61El Salvador136,419,813.2current US$
62Cambodia129,265,222.2current US$
63Angola100,398,901.2current US$
64Bangladesh92,244,110.1current US$
65Iceland75,743,865.5current US$
66Latvia66,707,710.3current US$
67Moldova, Republic of50,371,120.4current US$
68Albania42,712,625.6current US$
69Bosnia and Herzegovina27,762,544.9current US$
70Panama24,679,718.8current US$
71Brunei Darussalam22,150,443.4current US$
72Belize19,158,806.5current US$
73Bolivia18,688,697.7current US$
74Montenegro18,427,163.3current US$
75Saint Lucia16,745,167.4current US$
76Antigua and Barbuda12,492,088.9current US$
77Grenada12,485,217.4current US$
78Paraguay12,112,960.0current US$
79Dominica8,264,032.6current US$
80Suriname7,672,541.6current US$
81Armenia5,713,982.0current US$
82Trinidad and Tobago5,579,092.2current US$
83Saint Kitts and Nevis3,937,811.1current US$
84Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3,765,259.6current US$
85Cape Verde2,457,790.7current US$
86Lesotho2,401,470.8current US$
87Burundi588,732.7current US$
88Samoa376,667.7current US$
89Tajikistan36,960.0current US$
Showing 89 of 89 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2025).

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