Economy > Royalty and license fees > Receipts > 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.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiribati | 338,024.44 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1994 | ||
| 2 | Guyana | 44,985.94 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Paraguay | 26,761.5 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 4 | Lesotho | 12,465.61 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 5 | Sweden | 9,291.97 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Luxembourg | 7,862.06 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Hungary | 7,634.53 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Finland | 6,246.18 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Netherlands | 6,194.26 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 10 | United Kingdom | 6,050.1 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Israel | 4,941.93 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Singapore | 4,662.98 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 13 | United States | 4,623.68 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Japan | 3,894 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 3,364.93 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| 15 | Maldives | 3,321.81 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Canada | 3,116.5 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Belgium | 2,984.91 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Ireland | 2,918.99 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 19 | France | 2,785.84 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 2,700.38 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 2,673.37 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | 2,485.97 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| 20 | Germany | 2,442.82 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 21 | South Korea | 2,319.38 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 2,238.24 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 2,042.49 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| 22 | Croatia | 1,899.71 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 23 | Egypt | 1,521.78 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Slovakia | 1,520.67 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2003 | ||
| 25 | Angola | 1,506.52 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Georgia | 1,453.45 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Jamaica | 1,321.48 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Hong Kong | 1,313.94 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 29 | Norway | 1,231.13 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Namibia | 1,219.89 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2002 | ||
| 31 | Cyprus | 1,145.45 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 32 | Mongolia | 1,104.31 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1999 | ||
| 33 | Seychelles | 1,085.78 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1985 | ||
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 1,063.97 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,052.49 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1996 | ||
| 36 | Kenya | 934.38 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 37 | New Zealand | 928.56 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Indonesia | 916.83 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Kyrgyzstan | 912.93 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Uganda | 850.92 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 41 | Samoa | 780.93 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1994 | ||
| 42 | Australia | 693.7 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Italy | 641.61 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 44 | Latvia | 625.55 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Rwanda | 613.69 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1998 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 590.75 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| 46 | Austria | 578.39 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Barbados | 550.07 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Moldova | 545.08 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 49 | Malta | 544.42 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Libya | 519.73 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2002 | ||
| 51 | Czech Republic | 507.66 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 52 | Spain | 499.08 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Tajikistan | 499.04 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Romania | 487.09 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 55 | Tunisia | 483.68 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Slovenia | 476.48 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 57 | Chile | 468.72 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 436.57 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | |||
| 58 | Estonia | 415.29 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Russia | 340.7 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 60 | Mozambique | 331.99 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Portugal | 328.52 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 62 | Argentina | 295.7 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 63 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 294.17 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2003 | ||
| 64 | Nigeria | 277.74 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1984 | ||
| 65 | Greece | 267.45 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Ukraine | 265.46 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 67 | Morocco | 246.43 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 68 | Malaysia | 207.49 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 69 | Bolivia | 205.71 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 70 | Poland | 201.17 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 71 | Bulgaria | 189.5 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 72 | South Africa | 189.12 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 186.91 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1999 | ||
| 74 | Belize | 178.32 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1993 | ||
| 75 | Madagascar | 151.07 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 76 | Eritrea | 148.54 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2000 | ||
| 77 | Suriname | 144.17 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1995 | ||
| 78 | Netherlands Antilles | 142.19 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1985 | ||
| 79 | El Salvador | 141.39 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Pakistan | 135.46 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 81 | Iceland | 128.63 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 82 | Brazil | 127.7 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 83 | French Polynesia | 123.53 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2000 | ||
| 84 | Belarus | 104.85 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Dominica | 95.61 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2000 | ||
| 86 | Thailand | 95.27 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Cape Verde | 93 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2003 | ||
| 88 | Mexico | 91.61 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 89 | Aruba | 87.69 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2002 | ||
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 87.63 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1994 | ||
| 91 | Guinea | 84.85 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2003 | ||
| 92 | Colombia | 81.25 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 93 | Lithuania | 75.62 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 94 | China | 70.45 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Cambodia | 65.22 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Philippines | 60.59 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 97 | Albania | 60.3 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 98 | Botswana | 44.8 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 99 | New Caledonia | 44.1 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2000 | ||
| 100 | India | 41.8 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2003 | ||
| 101 | Senegal | 40.31 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2002 | ||
| 102 | Mali | 36.51 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 103 | Costa Rica | 27.61 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 104 | Benin | 24.66 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2003 | ||
| 105 | Tanzania | 22.24 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2001 | ||
| 106 | Peru | 21.48 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Sudan | 17.78 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1998 | ||
| 108 | Niger | 17.53 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2001 | ||
| 109 | Cameroon | 11.85 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2003 | ||
| 110 | Swaziland | 11.52 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 111 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11.01 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 112 | Mauritius | 5.35 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 113 | Bangladesh | 4.34 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 114 | Guatemala | 3.88 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2004 | ||
| 115 | Burkina Faso | 2.74 BoP $ per $1 million of | 1986 | ||
| 116 | Uruguay | 2.01 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 117 | Togo | 1.03 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2001 | ||
| 118 | Azerbaijan | 0.478 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 119 | Ethiopia | 0.413 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 | ||
| 120 | Kazakhstan | 0.373 BoP $ per $1 million of | 2005 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Economy > Royalty and license fees > Receipts > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP
- Sweden ranked first for royalty and license fees > receipts > boP > current US$ > per $ GDP amongst European Union in 2005.
- Hungary ranked first for royalty and license fees > receipts > boP > current US$ > per $ GDP amongst Emerging markets in 2005.
- United Kingdom ranked first for royalty and license fees > receipts > boP > current US$ > per $ GDP amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2005.
- Luxembourg ranked first for royalty and license fees > receipts > boP > current US$ > per $ GDP amongst NATO countries in 2005.
- All of the top 2 countries by royalty and license fees > receipts > boP > current US$ > per $ GDP are Hot countries.
- Paraguay ranked first for royalty and license fees > receipts > boP > current US$ > per $ GDP amongst Christian countries in 2005.
- Finland ranked third for royalty and license fees > receipts > boP > current US$ > per $ GDP amongst High income OECD countries in 2005.
- Kiribati has had the highest royalty and license fees > receipts > boP > current US$ > per $ GDP since 1990.
- Greece ranked last for royalty and license fees > receipts > boP > current US$ > per $ GDP amongst Eurozone in 2005.
- China ranked second last for royalty and license fees > receipts > boP > current US$ > per $ GDP amongst Non-religious countries in 2005.