Timor-Leste: Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$)

Key figures

How it compares

In 2024, Timor-Leste had the 20th highest value of the 20 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.

Closest to Timor-Leste in the 2024 ranking

• West Bank and Gaza — 17th of 20: US$644,519
• Burkina Faso — 18th of 20: US$387,343
• Bhutan — 19th of 20: US$337,285

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 11 values

Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies

• Australia — US$12.4 billion (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — US$22.15 million (2025)
• Cambodia — US$129.27 million (2025)
• China — US$46.63 billion (2025)
• Fiji — US$1.66 million (2024)
• French Polynesia — US$3.33 million (2016)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — US$1.65 billion (2024)
• Indonesia — US$2.49 billion (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Timor-Leste

• Short-term debt (% of total external debt) — 0.43% (2024)
• IFC, private nonguaranteed (NFL, current US$) — −US$750,000 (2024)
• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 3.19% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$221.69 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$259.94 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$259.94 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$259.94 million (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Timor-Leste's charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$)?

US$638 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2006?

It is down 91.71% from US$7,692 in 2006 (12.92% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.33 million in 2023 and the lowest US$638 in 2024.

How does Timor-Leste rank?

20th highest of 20 economies with data for 2024.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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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