Royalty and license fees, payments (BoP, current US$) - Goods, services & income - Current account - Balance of payments - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators



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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.
Royalty and license fees, payments (BoP, current US$) - Goods, services & income - Current account - Balance of payments - Economic Policy & Debt - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1High income153,223,938,865
2High income: OECD142,163,810,358
3Euro area63,603,494,228
4Low & middle income34,338,573,379
5Middle income34,266,060,821
6Ireland30,081,820,499
7United States26,615,000,000
8Japan18,311,541,939
9Lower middle income17,844,625,738
10Upper middle income16,421,435,083
11East Asia & Pacific15,864,436,377
12Germany11,957,862,831
13High income: nonOECD11,060,128,507
14United Kingdom10,614,536,715
15China10,319,466,356
16Singapore9,147,525,207
17Europe & Central Asia8,804,569,058
18Canada8,765,867,891
19Latin America & Caribbean5,668,923,986
20South Korea5,542,700,000
21North Korea5,542,700,000
22France4,915,997,151
23Russia4,594,540,000
24Netherlands3,529,069,296
25Spain3,251,445,852
26Australia3,026,254,387
27Brazil2,697,171,000
28Thailand2,558,670,054
29Belgium2,133,404,988
30Finland2,047,348,649
31Hungary2,007,220,648
32Sweden2,004,674,841
33Sub-Saharan Africa1,942,251,508
34Italy1,810,832,295
35Poland1,770,000,000
36South Asia1,713,733,828
37South Africa1,675,904,017
38Austria1,597,684,225
39India1,577,866,292
40Indonesia1,327,681,814
41Argentina1,273,603,771
42Malaysia1,267,781,217
43Israel1,107,000,000
44Ukraine754,000,000
45Turkey729,000,000
46Czech Republic726,423,500
47Greece713,335,443
48Norway711,949,803
49New Zealand573,135,981
50Luxembourg543,391,870
51Chile525,670,000
52Portugal495,689,169
53Philippines382,000,000
54Venezuela349,000,000
55Romania346,000,000
56Middle East & North Africa344,658,623
57Egypt321,600,000
58Colombia263,040,000
59Croatia257,459,936
60Slovenia250,469,757
61Serbia192,283,086
62Slovakia182,187,666
63Nigeria178,383,247
64Peru139,558,000
65Pakistan117,000,000
66Macau102,082,142
67Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)98,970,677
68Bulgaria95,115,240
69Kazakhstan86,660,560
70Guatemala80,000,000
71Belarus75,200,000
72Low income72,512,558
73Costa Rica62,206,780
74Estonia49,837,102
75Cyprus48,499,722
76Jamaica48,152,312
77Ecuador46,993,143
78Malta44,454,813
79Panama37,600,000
80Latvia35,900,000
81Lithuania34,354,701
82El Salvador33,700,000
83Dominican Republic32,500,000
84Least developed countries: UN classification29,364,401
85Kenya28,437,310
86Macedonia24,890,350
87Guyana22,510,000
88Bangladesh18,867,536
89Honduras18,000,000
90Bahamas17,890,000
91Bolivia17,806,000
92Cameroon17,295,465
93Morocco15,360,060
94Namibia15,140,087
95Kyrgyzstan14,920,847
96Moldova14,920,000
97Botswana12,694,712
98Tunisia12,498,563
99Albania12,436,563
100Aruba11,577,095
101Bosnia and Herzegovina10,797,197
102Bermuda8,740,382
103Georgia8,403,514
104Uruguay7,633,471
105Brunei Darussalam7,268,023
106Cambodia6,388,500
107Mauritius5,853,887
108Azerbaijan4,827,000
109New Caledonia4,752,090
110Iceland4,434,718
111Grenada2,660,587
112Suriname2,600,000
113Fiji2,448,436
114St. Lucia2,349,923
115Mozambique1,906,091
116Paraguay1,900,000
117Uganda1,797,690
118St. Kitts and Nevis1,782,938
119Ethiopia1,728,786
120French Polynesia1,722,493
121Zambia1,290,000
122St. Vincent and the Grenadines912,067
123Antigua and Barbuda849,744
124Belize743,251
125Sierra Leone728,898
126Angola470,000
127Dominica430,744
128Guinea420,000
129Haiti400,000
130Tajikistan320,000
131Tanzania106,900
132Sudan60,000
133Cape Verde34,418
134Yemen-4,800,000
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