Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) - Country Ranking
Definition: Charges for the use of intellectual property are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of 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). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
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| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 96,918,870,000.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | United States | 42,984,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 42,767,670,000.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | China | 37,781,730,000.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Japan | 28,218,280,000.00 | 2020 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 26,418,340,000.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Singapore | 17,812,730,000.00 | 2021 |
| 8 | Canada | 16,333,140,000.00 | 2021 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 16,043,020,000.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Germany | 16,026,250,000.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | France | 12,273,150,000.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Korea | 11,128,700,000.00 | 2021 |
| 13 | Sweden | 9,199,175,000.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | India | 7,241,107,000.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Russia | 6,809,070,000.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 6,174,011,000.00 | 2021 |
| 17 | Brazil | 5,173,241,000.00 | 2021 |
| 18 | Spain | 5,122,068,000.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Thailand | 4,503,700,000.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Italy | 4,096,757,000.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Australia | 3,589,166,000.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Poland | 3,534,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Belgium | 3,211,793,000.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Turkey | 2,646,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 25 | Malaysia | 2,589,659,000.00 | 2021 |
| 26 | Israel | 2,172,500,000.00 | 2021 |
| 27 | Indonesia | 1,785,430,000.00 | 2021 |
| 28 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1,759,724,000.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Denmark | 1,654,793,000.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Austria | 1,582,482,000.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Chile | 1,492,195,000.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Czech Republic | 1,390,319,000.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Colombia | 1,303,461,000.00 | 2021 |
| 34 | Malta | 1,291,451,000.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Hungary | 1,268,742,000.00 | 2020 |
| 36 | Argentina | 1,248,257,000.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | South Africa | 1,197,536,000.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Finland | 1,145,445,000.00 | 2021 |
| 39 | Romania | 886,842,400.00 | 2020 |
| 40 | Portugal | 886,755,600.00 | 2021 |
| 41 | New Zealand | 833,809,100.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Norway | 737,273,800.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | Ukraine | 735,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 44 | Slovak Republic | 646,719,700.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 623,796,700.00 | 2020 |
| 46 | Philippines | 622,929,500.00 | 2021 |
| 47 | Peru | 348,376,600.00 | 2020 |
| 48 | Serbia | 348,262,100.00 | 2020 |
| 49 | Mexico | 329,131,600.00 | 2020 |
| 50 | Greece | 320,133,700.00 | 2020 |
| 51 | Croatia | 310,919,500.00 | 2020 |
| 52 | Slovenia | 302,916,500.00 | 2021 |
| 53 | Egypt | 297,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 54 | Pakistan | 268,000,000.00 | 2021 |
| 55 | Belarus | 260,285,100.00 | 2021 |
| 56 | Guatemala | 259,562,200.00 | 2020 |
| 57 | Venezuela | 258,000,000.00 | 2016 |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 254,120,000.00 | 2020 |
| 59 | Nigeria | 252,840,000.00 | 2020 |
| 60 | Cyprus | 235,854,500.00 | 2020 |
| 61 | Yemen | 204,945,500.00 | 2016 |
| 62 | North Macedonia | 167,142,000.00 | 2021 |
| 63 | Ghana | 156,694,900.00 | 2020 |
| 64 | Morocco | 151,547,200.00 | 2020 |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 146,184,000.00 | 2020 |
| 66 | Ecuador | 139,640,400.00 | 2020 |
| 67 | Macao SAR, China | 139,035,600.00 | 2020 |
| 68 | Algeria | 133,392,700.00 | 2020 |
| 69 | Angola | 129,608,200.00 | 2020 |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 112,682,400.00 | 2020 |
| 71 | Uruguay | 109,351,100.00 | 2020 |
| 72 | El Salvador | 97,726,350.00 | 2020 |
| 73 | Lithuania | 77,947,220.00 | 2020 |
| 74 | Estonia | 76,699,200.00 | 2021 |
| 75 | Kenya | 76,192,110.00 | 2020 |
| 76 | Cayman Islands | 74,938,820.00 | 2019 |
| 77 | Iceland | 72,205,460.00 | 2020 |
| 78 | Botswana | 67,123,640.00 | 2020 |
| 79 | Bangladesh | 63,322,480.00 | 2021 |
| 80 | Honduras | 62,388,060.00 | 2020 |
| 81 | Georgia | 54,890,640.00 | 2020 |
| 82 | Jamaica | 50,756,620.00 | 2020 |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 49,700,000.00 | 2020 |
| 84 | Bolivia | 44,528,280.00 | 2020 |
| 85 | Albania | 38,609,320.00 | 2020 |
| 86 | Latvia | 37,741,490.00 | 2021 |
| 87 | Trinidad and Tobago | 36,904,010.00 | 2020 |
| 88 | Syrian Arab Republic | 36,553,810.00 | 2010 |
| 89 | Eswatini | 32,785,510.00 | 2020 |
| 90 | Myanmar | 32,501,770.00 | 2019 |
| 91 | Moldova | 26,640,000.00 | 2020 |
| 92 | Jordan | 24,507,040.00 | 2020 |
| 93 | Mongolia | 24,429,070.00 | 2020 |
| 94 | Cambodia | 20,900,820.00 | 2020 |
| 95 | Paraguay | 18,500,000.00 | 2020 |
| 96 | Panama | 17,899,920.00 | 2020 |
| 97 | Tunisia | 17,707,560.00 | 2020 |
| 98 | Zambia | 14,573,360.00 | 2020 |
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13,746,880.00 | 2020 |
| 100 | Mauritius | 13,497,980.00 | 2020 |
| 101 | Barbados | 13,120,860.00 | 2016 |
| 102 | Brunei | 12,307,990.00 | 2020 |
| 103 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11,428,530.00 | 2020 |
| 104 | Grenada | 11,166,960.00 | 2020 |
| 105 | Madagascar | 10,053,480.00 | 2020 |
| 106 | Senegal | 8,752,959.00 | 2018 |
| 107 | St. Lucia | 8,716,317.00 | 2020 |
| 108 | The Bahamas | 6,359,971.00 | 2020 |
| 109 | Fiji | 6,117,036.00 | 2020 |
| 110 | Afghanistan | 6,111,814.00 | 2020 |
| 111 | Kyrgyz Republic | 5,652,904.00 | 2020 |
| 112 | Belize | 5,598,606.00 | 2020 |
| 113 | Malawi | 5,047,331.00 | 2020 |
| 114 | Lebanon | 5,018,811.00 | 2020 |
| 115 | Iraq | 4,900,000.00 | 2020 |
| 116 | Montenegro | 4,688,292.00 | 2021 |
| 117 | Suriname | 4,316,404.00 | 2020 |
| 118 | Congo | 3,762,174.00 | 2016 |
| 119 | Cabo Verde | 3,695,372.00 | 2020 |
| 120 | Zimbabwe | 3,629,088.00 | 2020 |
| 121 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,324,041.00 | 2020 |
| 122 | Tanzania | 3,299,197.00 | 2020 |
| 123 | Lesotho | 2,907,129.00 | 2021 |
| 124 | Solomon Islands | 2,890,611.00 | 2020 |
| 125 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,560,889.00 | 2020 |
| 126 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2,433,624.00 | 2020 |
| 127 | Guyana | 2,426,130.00 | 2020 |
| 128 | Ethiopia | 2,325,743.00 | 2020 |
| 129 | Cameroon | 2,099,252.00 | 2020 |
| 130 | Seychelles | 1,982,431.00 | 2020 |
| 131 | New Caledonia | 1,826,702.00 | 2016 |
| 132 | Sierra Leone | 1,266,143.00 | 2020 |
| 133 | Dominica | 1,042,035.00 | 2020 |
| 134 | Namibia | 942,148.40 | 2020 |
| 135 | Guinea | 620,000.00 | 2012 |
| 136 | Comoros | 606,170.60 | 2020 |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 600,000.00 | 2020 |
| 138 | São Tomé and Principe | 461,472.70 | 2020 |
| 139 | Burkina Faso | 460,912.90 | 2020 |
| 140 | Benin | 401,153.00 | 2020 |
| 141 | Mauritania | 338,541.80 | 2020 |
| 142 | Vanuatu | 298,497.10 | 2020 |
| 143 | Samoa | 293,841.70 | 2020 |
| 144 | Eritrea | 281,121.10 | 2000 |
| 145 | Andorra | 264,666.20 | 2019 |
| 146 | Rwanda | 190,494.20 | 2020 |
| 147 | Bhutan | 102,284.30 | 2020 |
| 148 | Tajikistan | 22,670.00 | 2020 |
| 149 | Burundi | 4,711.49 | 2018 |
| 150 | Tonga | 3,740.01 | 2020 |
| 151 | Sudan | 1,642.29 | 2020 |
| 152 | Uganda | 102.10 | 2020 |
| 153 | Timor-Leste | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 153 | Chad | 0.00 | 1994 |
| 153 | Togo | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 153 | Central African Republic | 0.00 | 1992 |
| 153 | Bahrain | 0.00 | 1990 |
| 153 | Lao PDR | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 153 | Iran | 0.00 | 2000 |
| 153 | Liberia | 0.00 | 1987 |
| 153 | Qatar | 0.00 | 2015 |
| 153 | Mali | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 153 | Nepal | 0.00 | 1994 |
| 153 | Nauru | 0.00 | 2018 |
| 153 | Oman | 0.00 | 1993 |
| 153 | Haiti | 0.00 | 2021 |
| 153 | Kiribati | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 153 | Kuwait | 0.00 | 2004 |
| 153 | Libya | 0.00 | 2013 |
| 153 | Sri Lanka | 0.00 | 2007 |
| 153 | The Gambia | 0.00 | 1994 |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.00 | 2018 |
| 153 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.00 | 1988 |
| 153 | Gabon | 0.00 | 1994 |
| 153 | Armenia | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 153 | Azerbaijan | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 153 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 153 | Saudi Arabia | 0.00 | 2004 |
| 153 | Mozambique | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 153 | Niger | 0.00 | 2020 |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 0.00 | 1995 |
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Aggregation method: Sum
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.
