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Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•178 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
3,994,367,433.7current US$
Median: 76,428,303.2current US$
Countries Covered
178
with available data
Highest
Ireland
183,217,233,946.9current US$
Lowest
Timor-Leste
638.0current US$
Top 5 Countries
1Ireland183,217,233,946.9current US$
2United States of America51,640,000,000.0current US$
3People's Republic of China46,629,335,623.4current US$
4Netherlands42,371,808,963.0current US$
5Switzerland38,180,395,872.3current US$
By Region
North America19,867,993,686.7current US$(4 countries)
Europe13,210,988,287.6current US$(32 countries)
Asia7,244,686,843.0current US$(22 countries)
Oceania6,746,395,130.5current US$(2 countries)
South America2,763,966,844.3current US$(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (638.0current US$)High (183,217,233,946.9current US$)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 3,994,367,433.7current US$)

North America (4)
Europe (32)
Asia (22)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Other (102)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2025. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Ireland183,217,233,946.9current US$
2United States of America51,640,000,000.0current US$
3People's Republic of China46,629,335,623.4current US$
4Netherlands42,371,808,963.0current US$
5Switzerland38,180,395,872.3current US$
6Japan34,780,573,547.3current US$
7Germany30,145,537,080.8current US$
8United Kingdom29,688,725,019.0current US$
9Sweden22,862,106,728.6current US$
10Singapore20,692,034,112.2current US$
11Canada20,195,169,601.7current US$
12India18,764,908,516.9current US$
13France16,754,185,730.1current US$
14South Korea14,142,900,000.0current US$
15Luxembourg13,360,098,178.0current US$
16Australia12,372,225,135.4current US$
17Brazil12,330,577,067.6current US$
18Spain8,881,307,974.0current US$
19Italy8,496,527,883.6current US$
20Mexico7,097,730,885.0current US$
21Thailand6,969,994,205.0current US$
22Poland5,979,000,000.0current US$
23Türkiye4,276,000,000.0current US$
24Israel3,671,800,000.0current US$
25United Arab Emirates3,485,364,193.3current US$
26Belgium3,452,865,713.7current US$
27Malaysia2,650,488,174.8current US$
28Austria2,615,302,429.7current US$
29Denmark2,542,874,195.1current US$
30Indonesia2,484,141,605.3current US$
31Russian Federation2,455,620,000.0current US$
32Czech Republic2,449,817,162.1current US$
33Colombia2,107,594,381.4current US$
34Argentina2,015,355,652.1current US$
35Hong Kong1,839,323,657.2current US$
36South Africa1,744,508,544.1current US$
37Hungary1,727,983,343.4current US$
38Saudi Arabia1,699,268,154.8current US$
39Chile1,614,021,136.0current US$
40Romania1,439,446,286.0current US$
41Cyprus1,169,732,852.0current US$
42Costa Rica1,169,710,197.7current US$
43New Zealand1,120,565,125.6current US$
44Finland1,111,181,730.0current US$
45Malta1,098,372,020.5current US$
46Serbia1,020,572,706.4current US$
47Portugal1,005,084,386.4current US$
48Slovakia798,025,043.9current US$
49Peru659,727,782.4current US$
50Ghana638,936,071.1current US$
51Norway598,157,182.7current US$
52Ukraine565,000,000.0current US$
53Guatemala539,074,260.0current US$
54Croatia521,163,447.2current US$
55Kazakhstan478,395,215.7current US$
56Greece427,887,418.8current US$
57Bulgaria421,990,000.0current US$
58Philippines381,864,486.5current US$
59Slovenia368,745,558.0current US$
60Ecuador366,321,474.0current US$
61Egypt318,600,000.0current US$
62Morocco306,313,023.6current US$
63Macao303,385,277.3current US$
64Lithuania293,963,974.8current US$
65Dominican Republic293,100,000.0current US$
66Oman291,506,707.0current US$
67Venezuela258,000,000.0current US$
68Uruguay254,170,416.6current US$
69Nigeria252,840,000.0current US$
70Belarus248,656,400.0current US$
71Azerbaijan237,346,000.0current US$
72Algeria215,013,353.2current US$
73Pakistan206,000,000.0current US$
74Yemen204,945,510.0current US$
75The Republic of North Macedonia170,159,671.3current US$
76Uzbekistan159,434,975.1current US$
77Honduras151,540,591.3current US$
78Sri Lanka148,436,036.2current US$
79Estonia142,452,819.7current US$
80Georgia139,843,580.2current US$
81El Salvador136,419,813.2current US$
82Cambodia129,265,222.2current US$
83Cayman Islands101,068,317.1current US$
84Angola100,398,901.2current US$
85Maldives98,227,712.6current US$
86Bangladesh92,244,110.1current US$
87Botswana92,181,973.9current US$
88Malawi90,387,042.4current US$
89Kyrgyzstan77,112,741.0current US$
90Iceland75,743,865.5current US$
91Latvia66,707,710.3current US$
92Kenya65,477,566.4current US$
93Cameroon62,282,428.7current US$
94Jamaica50,755,510.2current US$
95Eswatini50,455,171.3current US$
96Moldova, Republic of50,371,120.4current US$
97Albania42,712,625.6current US$
98Syrian Arab Republic36,553,806.3current US$
99Tunisia33,668,127.4current US$
100Jordan32,676,056.3current US$
101Zambia32,540,734.1current US$
102Myanmar32,501,769.0current US$
103Mongolia30,091,144.7current US$
104Bosnia and Herzegovina27,762,544.9current US$
105Curaçao26,059,230.4current US$
106United Republic of Tanzania25,959,549.1current US$
107Panama24,679,718.8current US$
108Namibia24,477,910.2current US$
109Brunei Darussalam22,150,443.4current US$
110Belize19,158,806.5current US$
111Bolivia18,688,697.7current US$
112Montenegro18,427,163.3current US$
113Cote d'Ivoire17,755,559.5current US$
114Bahamas16,908,553.8current US$
115Saint Lucia16,745,167.4current US$
116Barbados14,559,782.0current US$
117Uganda13,939,942.0current US$
118Zimbabwe13,322,099.8current US$
119Antigua and Barbuda12,492,088.9current US$
120Grenada12,485,217.4current US$
121Paraguay12,112,960.0current US$
122Madagascar11,816,750.9current US$
123Iraq11,500,000.0current US$
124Lebanon10,805,527.6current US$
125Democratic Republic of the Congo10,736,427.2current US$
126Andorra10,630,610.6current US$
127Nepal10,417,563.4current US$
128Faroe Islands9,076,741.9current US$
129Dominica8,264,032.6current US$
130Mauritius8,173,931.0current US$
131Sierra Leone7,729,495.3current US$
132Suriname7,672,541.6current US$
133South Sudan6,750,000.0current US$
134Aruba6,387,729.0current US$
135Afghanistan6,111,813.8current US$
136Armenia5,713,982.0current US$
137Republic of the Congo5,676,872.6current US$
138Trinidad and Tobago5,579,092.2current US$
139Seychelles5,284,431.2current US$
140Saint Kitts and Nevis3,937,811.1current US$
141Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3,765,259.6current US$
142French Polynesia3,333,941.2current US$
143Mozambique2,862,442.8current US$
144Sint Maarten (Dutch part)2,648,419.3current US$
145Ethiopia2,617,874.9current US$
146Cape Verde2,457,790.7current US$
147Lesotho2,401,470.8current US$
148Comoros2,364,246.8current US$
149Mauritania2,334,510.6current US$
150Bermuda2,320,473.7current US$
151Togo2,306,009.5current US$
152Solomon Islands2,155,806.4current US$
153Mali2,021,042.0current US$
154New Caledonia1,826,701.8current US$
155Fiji1,661,444.3current US$
156Haiti1,642,260.0current US$
157Nicaragua1,400,000.0current US$
158Libya1,300,000.0current US$
159Guyana964,060.0current US$
160State of Palestine644,519.0current US$
161Guinea620,000.0current US$
162Burundi588,732.7current US$
163Benin401,153.0current US$
164Burkina Faso387,343.2current US$
165Samoa376,667.7current US$
166Bhutan337,284.9current US$
167Vanuatu298,052.9current US$
168Rwanda297,222.0current US$
169Senegal281,203.9current US$
170Eritrea281,121.1current US$
171Papua New Guinea138,587.3current US$
172Sao Tome and Principe132,313.0current US$
173Tajikistan36,960.0current US$
174Niger19,803.9current US$
175Tonga13,585.7current US$
176Guinea-Bissau2,367.1current US$
177Sudan1,642.3current US$
178Timor-Leste638.0current US$
Showing 178 of 178 countries

Topics

#social#current us$#charges#for#the#use#intellectual#property#payments#bop#current

Data Source

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

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