Egypt, Arab Rep.'s charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) was US$18.4 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$18.4 million | 2025 |
| Highest | US$156.3 million | 2022 |
| Lowest | US$1.1 million | 2019 |
| Average since 2019 | US$44.28 million | 2019–2025 |
| First recorded | US$40 million | 1994 |
Since 1994 it is down 54% from US$40 million in 1994 (2.47% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 14 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
In 2025, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) rose 1,315.4% on 2024 (from US$1.3 million to US$18.4 million).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +18.1% and a typical year strayed about 63.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 20.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1,315.4% in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.5% in 2001. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Egypt, Arab Rep. had the 64th highest value of the 95 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | US$18.4 million | 2025 |
| World | US$628.85 billion | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | US$2.04 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Egypt, Arab Rep. in the 2025 ranking
- Latvia — 61st of 95: US$20.37 million
- Tunisia — 62nd of 95: US$19.94 million
- Guatemala — 63rd of 95: US$18.57 million
- Azerbaijan — 65th of 95: US$16.73 million
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 66th of 95: US$16.68 million
- Morocco — 67th of 95: US$13.95 million
What this measures
Charges for the use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, franchises), and charges for licenses to reproduce or distribute (or both) intellectual property embodied in produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 18 values
| Year | Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 18,400,000 |
| 2024 | 1,300,000 |
| 2023 | no data |
| 2022 | 156,300,000 |
| 2021 | no data |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2019 | 1,100,000 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Egypt, Arab Rep.
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$48.88 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$30.71 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$19.89 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 987.6 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$48.08 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 544.5 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 5.45% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Egypt, Arab Rep.'s charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$)?
- US$18.4 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1994?
- It is down 54% from US$40 million in 1994 (2.47% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$156.3 million in 2022 and the lowest US$1.1 million in 2019.
- How does Egypt, Arab Rep. rank?
- 64th highest of 95 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) unusual for Egypt, Arab Rep.?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.ROYL.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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