Maptheory
technology2025

Intellectual property receipts

Compare intellectual property receipts across 77 countries and territories using the World Bank's official 2025 fixed-year API slice.

Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)•77 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
current US$6,759,022,562.4
Median: current US$194,751,559.6
Countries Covered
77
with available data
Highest
United States of America
current US$189,145,000,000.0
Lowest
Burundi
current US$1,260.6
Top 5 Countries
1United States of Americacurrent US$189,145,000,000.0
2Japancurrent US$54,528,374,130.3
3United Kingdomcurrent US$54,394,204,697.3
4Germanycurrent US$50,227,662,041.7
5Switzerlandcurrent US$35,105,116,365.4
By Region
Key Findings
  • •Coverage: 77 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2025.
  • •Published range: 1260.55154390797 to 189145000000 current US$.
  • •Discovery motivation: GitHub Trending highlighted software, AI and open-research repositories, motivating a comparison of cross-border receipts for intellectual-property use.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (current US$1,260.6)High (current US$189,145,000,000.0)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: current US$6,759,022,562.4)

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 uses only finite 2025 observations mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric country codes. Aggregates, missing values and other years are excluded without estimation. Discovery motivation: GitHub Trending highlighted software, AI and open-research repositories, motivating a comparison of cross-border receipts for intellectual-property use.

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 Americacurrent US$189,145,000,000.0
2Japancurrent US$54,528,374,130.3
3United Kingdomcurrent US$54,394,204,697.3
4Germanycurrent US$50,227,662,041.7
5Switzerlandcurrent US$35,105,116,365.4
6Francecurrent US$20,937,572,332.4
7Singaporecurrent US$15,680,446,671.0
8People's Republic of Chinacurrent US$13,069,938,163.4
9Swedencurrent US$11,973,672,230.1
10South Koreacurrent US$9,984,400,000.0
11Spaincurrent US$8,081,778,909.9
12Canadacurrent US$7,805,806,336.3
13Australiacurrent US$7,268,893,196.3
14Italycurrent US$6,047,404,060.6
15Belgiumcurrent US$5,161,594,482.5
16Finlandcurrent US$4,487,073,088.0
17Israelcurrent US$4,340,200,000.0
18Cypruscurrent US$3,347,188,050.4
19Luxembourgcurrent US$2,434,031,032.9
20Austriacurrent US$2,307,922,931.2
21Polandcurrent US$1,895,000,000.0
22Indiacurrent US$1,737,079,880.2
23Hungarycurrent US$1,672,421,855.1
24Brazilcurrent US$1,164,138,662.4
25New Zealandcurrent US$1,102,677,630.0
26Czech Republiccurrent US$1,035,614,017.0
27Russian Federationcurrent US$634,390,000.0
28Norwaycurrent US$621,513,046.5
29Bulgariacurrent US$421,430,000.0
30Mexicocurrent US$407,079,079.0
31Thailandcurrent US$350,358,979.2
32Argentinacurrent US$340,108,780.5
33Serbiacurrent US$259,853,274.9
34South Africacurrent US$234,711,140.5
35Icelandcurrent US$233,127,409.6
36Colombiacurrent US$226,908,502.7
37Saudi Arabiacurrent US$225,902,022.1
38Indonesiacurrent US$217,484,630.5
39Romaniacurrent US$194,751,559.6
40Sloveniacurrent US$187,213,833.6
41Ghanacurrent US$185,610,945.0
42Uruguaycurrent US$133,801,085.3
43Chilecurrent US$101,245,148.6
44Estoniacurrent US$96,923,956.4
45Slovakiacurrent US$67,416,227.2
46Georgiacurrent US$44,981,661.6
47Perucurrent US$44,694,710.3
48Kazakhstancurrent US$36,961,850.0
49The Republic of North Macedoniacurrent US$24,599,000.0
50Costa Ricacurrent US$24,362,601.7
51Philippinescurrent US$23,737,003.6
52Latviacurrent US$20,367,812.6
53Armeniacurrent US$19,520,296.0
54Egyptcurrent US$18,400,000.0
55Azerbaijancurrent US$16,732,000.0
56Bosnia and Herzegovinacurrent US$16,683,756.9
57Moroccocurrent US$13,953,188.6
58Pakistancurrent US$13,000,000.0
59Lithuaniacurrent US$12,422,510.6
60Uzbekistancurrent US$8,573,963.0
61Ecuadorcurrent US$7,583,038.2
62Cambodiacurrent US$6,923,079.1
63Albaniacurrent US$5,318,304.0
64Moldova, Republic ofcurrent US$4,384,961.1
65Samoacurrent US$2,626,530.4
66Bangladeshcurrent US$1,179,147.2
67Montenegrocurrent US$1,092,171.2
68Panamacurrent US$564,535.0
69El Salvadorcurrent US$529,445.8
70Lesothocurrent US$161,142.5
71Saint Luciacurrent US$134,767.4
72Cape Verdecurrent US$116,536.6
73Grenadacurrent US$49,567.4
74Surinamecurrent US$17,582.8
75Angolacurrent US$12,605.0
76Boliviacurrent US$11,888.2
77Burundicurrent US$1,260.6
Showing 77 of 77 countries

Topics

#trending-statistics-research#daily-10#international intellectual-property receipts#bx.gsr.royl.cd

Data Source

This data comes from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) (2025).

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