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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.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
United States :
57,410,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#2
Japan :
17,655,250,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#3
United Kingdom :
13,302,890,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#4
Germany :
6,827,509,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#5
France :
5,924,442,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#6
Netherlands :
3,866,473,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#7
Canada :
3,471,187,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#8
Sweden :
3,323,575,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#9
Korea, South :
1,826,800,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#10
Finland :
1,206,513,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#11
Italy :
1,130,848,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#12
Belgium :
1,106,879,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#13
Hungary :
833,989,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#14
Israel :
610,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#15
Ireland :
589,100,500 BoP $
2005 ...
#16
Spain :
561,280,800 BoP $
2005 ...
#17
Singapore :
544,466,600 BoP $
2005 ...
#18
Australia :
508,132,400 BoP $
2005 ...
#19
Norway :
363,816,200 BoP $
2005 ...
#20
Luxembourg :
286,719,300 BoP $
2005 ...
#21
Indonesia :
263,330,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#22
Russia :
260,200,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#23
Hong Kong :
217,905,400 BoP $
2004 ...
#24
Paraguay :
196,100,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#25
Austria :
177,031,100 BoP $
2005 ...
#26
China :
157,401,800 BoP $
2005 ...
#27
Egypt :
136,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#28
Brazil :
101,660,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#29
New Zealand :
101,484,100 BoP $
2005 ...
#30
Croatia :
73,149,380 BoP $
2005 ...
#31
Mexico :
70,400,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#32
Czech Republic :
63,135,180 BoP $
2005 ...
#33
Poland :
61,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#34
Greece :
60,230,800 BoP $
2005 ...
#35
Portugal :
60,218,610 BoP $
2005 ...
#36
Argentina :
54,171,250 BoP $
2005 ...
#37
Chile :
54,019,210 BoP $
2005 ...
#38
Slovakia :
49,673,070 BoP $
2003 ...
#39
Angola :
49,430,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#40
Romania :
48,010,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#41
South Africa :
45,302,060 BoP $
2005 ...
#42
Guyana :
35,400,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#43
Malaysia :
27,040,750 BoP $
2005 ...
#44
India :
25,155,980 BoP $
2003 ...
#45
Ukraine :
22,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#46
Lesotho :
18,079,290 BoP $
2005 ...
#47
Kenya :
17,501,230 BoP $
2005 ...
#48
Thailand :
16,827,360 BoP $
2005 ...
#49
Slovenia :
16,368,910 BoP $
2005 ...
#50
Cyprus :
15,104,740 BoP $
2005 ...
#51
Pakistan :
15,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#52
Tunisia :
13,873,550 BoP $
2005 ...
#53
Kiribati :
13,433,000 BoP $
1994 ...
#54
Morocco :
12,720,770 BoP $
2005 ...
#55
Jamaica :
12,652,020 BoP $
2005 ...
#56
Libya :
10,000,000 BoP $
2002 ...
#57
Colombia :
9,937,480 BoP $
2005 ...
#58
Latvia :
9,900,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#59
Georgia :
9,294,601 BoP $
2005 ...
#60
Nigeria :
7,827,509 BoP $
1984 ...
#61
Uganda :
7,423,808 BoP $
2005 ...
#62
Philippines :
6,000,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#63
Estonia :
5,440,794 BoP $
2005 ...
#64
Bulgaria :
5,049,810 BoP $
2005 ...
#65
Namibia :
3,808,376 BoP $
2002 ...
#66
Macedonia, Republic of :
3,126,633 BoP $
2005 ...
#67
Belarus :
3,100,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#68
Malta :
3,032,216 BoP $
2005 ...
#69
Maldives :
2,543,120 BoP $
2005 ...
#70
El Salvador :
2,400,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#71
Kyrgyzstan :
2,228,265 BoP $
2005 ...
#72
Mozambique :
2,203,171 BoP $
2005 ...
#73
Lithuania :
1,937,840 BoP $
2005 ...
#74
Bolivia :
1,920,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#75
Peru :
1,705,440 BoP $
2005 ...
#76
Barbados :
1,700,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#77
Iceland :
1,680,000 BoP $
2004 ...
#78
Moldova :
1,590,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#79
Rwanda :
1,220,846 BoP $
1998 ...
#80
Tajikistan :
1,153,800 BoP $
2005 ...
#81
Sierra Leone :
1,140,001 BoP $
2004 ...
#82
Mongolia :
1,000,000 BoP $
1999 ...
#83
Madagascar :
761,409.3 BoP $
2005 ...
#84
Zimbabwe :
603,801 BoP $
1994 ...
#85
French Polynesia :
521,066.7 BoP $
2005 ...
#86
Costa Rica :
512,407 BoP $
2004 ...
#87
Albania :
505,314.5 BoP $
2005 ...
#88
Botswana :
462,231 BoP $
2005 ...
#89
Cambodia :
403,577.8 BoP $
2005 ...
#90
Guinea :
308,640 BoP $
2003 ...
#91
New Caledonia :
302,218.7 BoP $
2005 ...
#92
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
296,296.3 BoP $
1996 ...
#93
Netherlands Antilles :
279,329.6 BoP $
2005 ...
#94
Bangladesh :
260,666.5 BoP $
2005 ...
#95
Tanzania :
210,000 BoP $
2001 ...
#96
Senegal :
200,864.2 BoP $
2002 ...
#97
Sudan :
200,000 BoP $
1998 ...
#98
Seychelles :
183,374.5 BoP $
1985 ...
#99
Mali :
177,934.3 BoP $
2004 ...
#100
Côte d'Ivoire :
170,362.7 BoP $
2004 ...
#101
Aruba :
167,597.8 BoP $
2003 ...
#102
Cameroon :
161,390.1 BoP $
2003 ...
#103
Samoa :
153,843.9 BoP $
1994 ...
#104
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
107,407.4 BoP $
2003 ...
#105
Guatemala :
106,356.5 BoP $
2004 ...
#106
Belize :
100,000 BoP $
1993 ...
#107
Suriname :
100,000 BoP $
1995 ...
#108
Eritrea :
94,115.12 BoP $
2000 ...
#109
Benin :
87,749.44 BoP $
2003 ...
#110
Cape Verde :
74,147.84 BoP $
2003 ...
#111
Solomon Islands :
62,007.28 BoP $
1999 ...
#112
Niger :
34,104.62 BoP $
2001 ...
#113
Uruguay :
33,788 BoP $
2005 ...
#114
Mauritius :
33,649 BoP $
2005 ...
#115
Swaziland :
31,449.86 BoP $
2005 ...
#116
Burma :
29,734.11 BoP $
2001 ...
#117
Dominica :
25,925.93 BoP $
2000 ...
#118
Kazakhstan :
21,330 BoP $
2005 ...
#119
Faroe Islands :
20,000 BoP $
2003 ...
#120
Azerbaijan :
6,000 BoP $
2005 ...
#121
Burkina Faso :
5,775.24 BoP $
1986 ...
#122
Ethiopia :
4,609.57 BoP $
2005 ...
#123
Togo :
1,364.18 BoP $
2001 ...
Total :
124,027,065,909.99 BoP $
Weighted average:
1,008,350,129.3 BoP $
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.
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