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.
Economy Statistics > Royalty and license fees, payments > BoP, current US$ (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
United States :
24,501,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#2
Ireland :
19,426,120,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#3
Japan :
14,653,470,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#4
United Kingdom :
9,068,751,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#5
Singapore :
8,646,649,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#6
Canada :
6,649,260,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#7
Germany :
6,589,454,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#8
China :
5,321,254,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#9
Korea, South :
4,397,800,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#10
Netherlands :
3,691,846,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#11
France :
3,229,537,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#12
Spain :
2,639,171,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#13
Italy :
1,942,166,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#14
Thailand :
1,674,124,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#15
Australia :
1,644,625,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#16
Russia :
1,593,210,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#17
Sweden :
1,498,134,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#18
Brazil :
1,404,494,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#19
Malaysia :
1,369,656,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#20
Austria :
1,334,044,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#21
Finland :
1,123,322,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#22
Hong Kong :
1,111,347,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#23
Belgium :
1,107,361,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#24
South Africa :
1,070,615,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#25
Hungary :
1,068,474,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#26
Poland :
1,036,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#27
Indonesia :
960,870,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#28
Argentina :
634,674,200 BoP $
2005 ...
#29
New Zealand :
554,902,500 BoP $
2005 ...
#30
Norway :
546,323,100 BoP $
2005 ...
#31
Israel :
536,500,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#32
Greece :
441,724,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#33
Turkey :
439,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#34
Ukraine :
421,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#35
India :
420,767,900 BoP $
2003 ...
#36
Portugal :
327,595,700 BoP $
2005 ...
#37
Chile :
321,769,900 BoP $
2005 ...
#38
Philippines :
265,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#39
Venezuela :
239,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#40
Czech Republic :
216,191,500 BoP $
2005 ...
#41
Croatia :
192,500,600 BoP $
2005 ...
#42
Egypt :
182,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#43
Romania :
173,070,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#44
Luxembourg :
130,303,200 BoP $
2005 ...
#45
Colombia :
117,882,500 BoP $
2005 ...
#46
Slovenia :
113,061,600 BoP $
2005 ...
#47
Mexico :
111,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#48
Pakistan :
110,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#49
Slovakia :
91,220,660 BoP $
2003 ...
#50
Swaziland :
87,729,390 BoP $
2005 ...
#51
Bulgaria :
78,770,980 BoP $
2005 ...
#52
Peru :
69,198,370 BoP $
2005 ...
#53
Costa Rica :
56,875,640 BoP $
2005 ...
#54
Morocco :
45,408,250 BoP $
2005 ...
#55
Nigeria :
45,264,100 BoP $
2005 ...
#56
Cyprus :
44,655,060 BoP $
2005 ...
#57
Ecuador :
42,332,910 BoP $
2005 ...
#58
Panama :
42,200,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#59
Kenya :
36,900,040 BoP $
2005 ...
#60
Dominican Republic :
30,800,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#61
Kazakhstan :
30,703,830 BoP $
2005 ...
#62
El Salvador :
30,400,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#63
Barbados :
29,050,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#64
Estonia :
24,910,070 BoP $
2005 ...
#65
Côte d'Ivoire :
21,853,740 BoP $
2004 ...
#66
Honduras :
21,700,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#67
Lithuania :
20,654,350 BoP $
2005 ...
#68
Belarus :
19,500,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#69
Guyana :
19,400,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#70
Malta :
17,959,710 BoP $
2005 ...
#71
Bahamas, The :
16,100,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#72
Latvia :
14,400,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#73
Botswana :
12,326,240 BoP $
2005 ...
#74
Syria :
12,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#75
Bolivia :
11,200,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#76
Jamaica :
10,954,140 BoP $
2005 ...
#77
Macedonia, Republic of :
10,351,750 BoP $
2005 ...
#78
Yemen :
9,200,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#79
Tunisia :
7,707,525 BoP $
2005 ...
#80
Cambodia :
7,277,620 BoP $
2005 ...
#81
Senegal :
7,215,805 BoP $
2004 ...
#82
Aruba :
7,206,704 BoP $
2005 ...
#83
Zimbabwe :
6,036,531 BoP $
1994 ...
#84
Netherlands Antilles :
5,854,749 BoP $
2005 ...
#85
Georgia :
5,320,755 BoP $
2005 ...
#86
Mozambique :
5,289,343 BoP $
2005 ...
#87
Mauritius :
4,716,069 BoP $
2005 ...
#88
Uruguay :
4,314,748 BoP $
2005 ...
#89
Albania :
4,204,268 BoP $
2005 ...
#90
Iceland :
3,520,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#91
Angola :
3,380,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#92
Namibia :
3,241,378 BoP $
2004 ...
#93
Faroe Islands :
3,150,000 BoP $
2003 ...
#94
Madagascar :
3,033,671 BoP $
2005 ...
#95
Macau :
2,790,028 BoP $
2004 ...
#96
Bangladesh :
2,744,868 BoP $
2005 ...
#97
Saint Lucia :
2,381,482 BoP $
2005 ...
#98
Moldova :
2,330,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#99
Benin :
2,305,575 BoP $
2004 ...
#100
Togo :
2,188,214 BoP $
2004 ...
#101
New Caledonia :
1,917,525 BoP $
2005 ...
#102
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,848,148 BoP $
2005 ...
#103
Cameroon :
1,709,221 BoP $
2003 ...
#104
Kyrgyzstan :
1,704,637 BoP $
2005 ...
#105
French Polynesia :
1,490,251 BoP $
2005 ...
#106
Uganda :
1,463,500 BoP $
2005 ...
#107
Algeria :
1,339,658 BoP $
1990 ...
#108
Paraguay :
900,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#109
Grenada :
788,888.9 BoP $
2005 ...
#110
Ghana :
700,000 BoP $
1994 ...
#111
Mali :
607,626.8 BoP $
2004 ...
#112
Nicaragua :
600,000 BoP $
1983 ...
#113
Ethiopia :
575,608.1 BoP $
2005 ...
#114
Antigua and Barbuda :
560,681.1 BoP $
2005 ...
#115
Seychelles :
545,454.6 BoP $
2005 ...
#116
Niger :
490,265.8 BoP $
2004 ...
#117
Vanuatu :
466,050 BoP $
2005 ...
#118
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
425,925.9 BoP $
2005 ...
#119
Zambia :
400,000 BoP $
2000 ...
#120
Belize :
390,409.3 BoP $
2005 ...
#121
Burkina Faso :
338,317.8 BoP $
2001 ...
#122
Tajikistan :
335,600 BoP $
2005 ...
#123
Suriname :
300,000 BoP $
1995 ...
#124
Guatemala :
297,225.2 BoP $
2004 ...
#125
Eritrea :
281,121.1 BoP $
2000 ...