Suriname's charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) was US$7.67 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 61.07% from US$19.71 million in 2015 (9% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$7.67 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$4.32 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$19.71 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$22.7 million | 2016 |
| Lowest | US$800,000 | 2006 |
| Average since 2016 | US$8.66 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$800,000 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Suriname's charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) rose 11.1% on 2024 (from US$6.91 million to US$7.67 million).
Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +45% and a typical year strayed about 109.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 371.3% in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 44.9% in 2017. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$1.08 million a year. A straight line explains 36% of the movement over 10 observed 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, Suriname had the 105th highest value of the 117 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Suriname | US$7.67 million | 2025 |
| World | US$753.95 billion | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$30.06 billion | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | US$95.94 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Suriname in the 2025 ranking
- Paraguay — 101st of 117: US$12.11 million
- Iraq — 102nd of 117: US$8.6 million
- Dominica — 103rd of 117: US$8.26 million
- Seychelles — 105th of 117: US$6.48 million
- Kosovo — 106th of 117: US$5.9 million
- Trinidad and Tobago — 107th of 117: US$5.58 million
What this measures
Charges for the use of proprietary rights (such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, industrial processes and designs including trade secrets, franchises), and charges for licenses to reproduce or distribute (or both) intellectual property embodied in produced originals or prototypes (such as copyrights on books and manuscripts, computer software, cinematographic works, and sound recordings) and related rights (such as for live performances and television, cable, or satellite broadcast). This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 18 values
| Year | Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,674,099 |
| 2024 | 6,909,114 |
| 2023 | 6,883,098 |
| 2022 | 6,662,934 |
| 2021 | 4,967,128 |
| 2020 | 4,316,404 |
| 2019 | 5,321,674 |
| 2018 | 8,648,843 |
| 2017 | 12,501,501 |
| 2016 | 22,703,601 |
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — US$12.49 million (2025)
- Argentina — US$2.15 billion (2025)
- Aruba — US$6.39 million (2023)
- Bahamas, The — US$16.91 million (2024)
- Barbados — US$14.56 million (2017)
- Belize — US$19.16 million (2025)
- Bolivia — US$18.69 million (2025)
- Brazil — US$12.33 billion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Suriname
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$1.62 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$1.45 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$4.52 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 168.55 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$4.68 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 15.99 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$7,070 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 263,425 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$7,314 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 24,988 (2025)
- GNI (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Suriname's charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$)?
- US$7.67 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2006?
- It is up 859.26% from US$800,000 in 2006 (12.64% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$22.7 million in 2016 and the lowest US$800,000 in 2006.
- How does Suriname rank?
- 105th highest of 117 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) unusual for Suriname?
- In 2025, Suriname's charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) rose 11.1% on 2024 (from US$6.91 million to US$7.67 million). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2024), the average change was +45% and a typical year strayed about 109.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BM.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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