Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments
Charges for the use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, franchises), and charges for licenses to reproduce or distribute (or both) intellectual property embodied in 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). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 178
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
International Monetary Fund
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
declared by worldbank in source
Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 2025 | 42.71M | current USD |
| Angola | 2025 | 100.40M | current USD |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2025 | 12.49M | current USD |
| Argentina | 2025 | 2.02B | current USD |
| Armenia | 2025 | 5.71M | current USD |
| Australia | 2025 | 12.37B | current USD |
| Austria | 2025 | 2.62B | current USD |
| Azerbaijan | 2025 | 237.35M | current USD |
| Bangladesh | 2025 | 92.24M | current USD |
| Belgium | 2025 | 3.45B | current USD |
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