Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts

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
172
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.

  1. Produced by

    International Monetary Fund

    Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Albania20255.32Mcurrent USD
Angola202512,605current USD
Argentina2025340.11Mcurrent USD
Armenia202519.52Mcurrent USD
Australia20257.27Bcurrent USD
Austria20252.31Bcurrent USD
Azerbaijan202516.73Mcurrent USD
Bangladesh20251.18Mcurrent USD
Belgium20255.16Bcurrent USD
Bolivia, Plurinational State of202511,888current USD

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