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

Key figures

Over five years it is down 99.72% from US$4.88 million in 2016 (69.18% a year on average, compounded). Since 1983 it is up 80.25% from US$7,537 in 1983 (1.56% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 28 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Tonga in the 2021 ranking

• Belarus — 1st of 2: US$248.66 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 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 Tonga

• Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$121.36 million (2023)
• Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$9.6 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$129.55 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$129.55 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$129.55 million (2023)
• Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$129.55 million (2023)
• Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$1,239 (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$108.76 million (2023)

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Questions people ask

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

US$13,586 in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1983?

It is up 80.25% from US$7,537 in 1983 (1.56% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$4.88 million in 2016 and the lowest US$182.72 in 2018.

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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