Economy > Royalty and license fees > Payments > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Royalty and license fees are payments and receipts between residents and nonresidents for the authorized use of intangible, nonproduced, nonfinancial assets and proprietary rights (such as patents, copyrights, trademarks, industrial processes, and franchises) and for the use, through licensing agreements, of produced originals of prototypes (such as films and manuscripts). Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 million $ gross domestic product.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 6.7 million BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 2 | Cyprus | 3.46 million BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 3 | Slovakia | 2.79 million BoP $ per $1 million of | 2003 | ||
| 4 | The Bahamas | 2.65 million BoP $ per $1 million of | 2003 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 1.68 million BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | |||
| 5 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.41 million BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 6 | Togo | 1.06 million BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 7 | Senegal | 946,107.27 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 8 | India | 699,177.41 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2003 | ||
| 9 | Benin | 569,638.13 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 10 | Namibia | 567,445.39 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 11 | Lesotho | 217,452.53 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2001 | ||
| 12 | Niger | 160,590.25 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 13 | Cameroon | 125,476.79 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2003 | ||
| 14 | Mali | 124,662.21 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 15 | Burkina Faso | 120,231.01 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2001 | ||
| 16 | Ireland | 96,256.16 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Singapore | 74,052.54 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Guinea | 51,893.88 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 19 | Swaziland | 32,129.41 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Guyana | 24,653.31 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 21 | Guinea-Bissau | 14,027.56 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 22 | Guatemala | 10,847.98 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 23 | Malaysia | 10,509.45 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Hungary | 9,781.07 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Thailand | 9,477.95 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Barbados | 9,399.66 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 8,706.52 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | 6,922.82 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 6,507.93 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2002 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 6,497.45 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| 27 | Canada | 5,969.83 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Netherlands | 5,914.5 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 29 | Finland | 5,815.5 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 30 | South Korea | 5,583.62 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Ukraine | 5,079.86 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 32 | New Zealand | 5,077.27 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 33 | Croatia | 4,999.3 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 34 | South Africa | 4,469.4 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 35 | Austria | 4,358.58 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 36 | Israel | 4,346.47 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 37 | Sweden | 4,188.44 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 38 | United Kingdom | 4,124.43 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4,079.8 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Luxembourg | 3,573.01 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 41 | Argentina | 3,464.5 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Poland | 3,416.56 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Indonesia | 3,345.45 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 44 | Slovenia | 3,291.1 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Japan | 3,231.93 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Malta | 3,224.57 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 3,144.28 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| 47 | Belgium | 2,986.22 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 2,978.35 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| 48 | Bulgaria | 2,955.97 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 2,896.81 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| 49 | Saint Lucia | 2,886 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Costa Rica | 2,840.83 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 51 | Chile | 2,791.98 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 2,759.24 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| 52 | Panama | 2,728.44 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Philippines | 2,675.97 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Honduras | 2,617.31 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 55 | China | 2,381.62 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Germany | 2,357.65 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 57 | Spain | 2,346.68 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Australia | 2,245.22 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Russia | 2,086.12 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 60 | Egypt | 2,036.49 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 61 | United States | 1,973.26 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 62 | Kenya | 1,970.06 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 63 | Greece | 1,961.42 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 64 | Estonia | 1,901.35 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Norway | 1,848.73 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 66 | El Salvador | 1,790.97 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 67 | Portugal | 1,787.16 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 68 | Aruba | 1,783.1 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2002 | ||
| 69 | Brazil | 1,764.32 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 70 | Romania | 1,755.89 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 71 | Czech Republic | 1,738.37 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 1,729.52 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1995 | |||
| 72 | Venezuela | 1,704.81 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 73 | Grenada | 1,664.32 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 74 | France | 1,518.62 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 75 | Vanuatu | 1,368.66 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 76 | Turkey | 1,211.03 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 1,204.86 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| 77 | Bolivia | 1,199.97 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 78 | Botswana | 1,194.69 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 79 | Cambodia | 1,176.18 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Ecuador | 1,160.16 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 81 | Jamaica | 1,144.14 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Italy | 1,101.93 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 1,044 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 84 | Pakistan | 993.39 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 990.52 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Colombia | 963.81 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Tonga | 913.74 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1992 | ||
| 88 | Latvia | 909.89 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 89 | Morocco | 879.65 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 876.04 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1994 | ||
| 91 | Peru | 871.75 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 92 | Georgia | 832.04 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 93 | New Caledonia | 823.26 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2000 | ||
| 94 | Lithuania | 806.03 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Moldova | 798.77 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Mozambique | 797.03 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 97 | Seychelles | 786.37 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 98 | Mauritius | 749.82 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 698.4 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Belarus | 659.55 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 101 | Antigua and Barbuda | 640.23 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 102 | Yemen | 610.67 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Madagascar | 601.92 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Kazakhstan | 537.5 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 105 | Albania | 501.68 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 106 | Netherlands Antilles | 473.98 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1985 | ||
| 107 | Nigeria | 457.44 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 108 | Syria | 455.93 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 109 | French Polynesia | 450.66 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2000 | ||
| 110 | Eritrea | 443.69 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2000 | ||
| 111 | Suriname | 432.52 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1995 | ||
| 112 | Belize | 353.34 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 113 | Dominica | 287.35 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 114 | Samoa | 273.7 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 115 | Tunisia | 268.71 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 116 | Uruguay | 256.97 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 117 | Macau | 253.75 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2002 | ||
| 118 | Iceland | 222.59 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 119 | Nicaragua | 217.94 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1983 | ||
| 120 | Solomon Islands | 186.91 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1999 | ||
| 121 | Uganda | 167.75 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Tajikistan | 145.15 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Mexico | 144.45 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 124 | Rwanda | 138.18 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2002 | ||
| 125 | Ghana | 128.66 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1994 | ||
| 126 | Zambia | 123.54 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2000 | ||
| 127 | Paraguay | 122.82 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 128 | Malawi | 121.18 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2002 | ||
| 129 | Angola | 103.02 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 130 | Papua New Guinea | 71.14 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1978 | ||
| 131 | Cape Verde | 69.09 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 132 | Ethiopia | 51.51 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 133 | Bangladesh | 45.72 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 34.15 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1998 | ||
| 135 | Burundi | 26.61 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1996 | ||
| 136 | Algeria | 21.59 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1990 | ||
| 137 | Tanzania | 18.16 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 138 | Sudan | 8.09 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2000 | ||
| 139 | Lebanon | 4.56 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 140 | Azerbaijan | 3.66 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 141 | Sierra Leone | 2.43 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 |
