Trinidad and Tobago: Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 122.1% in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 70.6% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$700,003 a year. A straight line explains 44% of the movement over 9 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

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Closest to Trinidad and Tobago in the 2022 ranking

• Vanuatu — 2nd of 2: US$469,007

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, receipts (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies

• Argentina — US$342.44 million (2025)
• Aruba — US$45,134 (2023)
• Barbados — US$14 million (2017)
• Bolivia — US$11,888 (2025)
• Brazil — US$1.16 billion (2025)
• Chile — US$101.25 million (2025)
• Colombia — US$237.06 million (2025)
• Costa Rica — US$24.36 million (2025)
• Curaçao

More economic policy & debt data for Trinidad and Tobago

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$5.37 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$5.1 billion (2025)
• GDP (current US$) — US$25.94 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 175.08 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$22.15 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 153.7 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$18,967 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 128,006 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$16,191 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is Trinidad and Tobago's charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$)?

US$10.19 million in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2011?

It is up 2,256% from US$432,529 in 2011 (33.27% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$10.19 million in 2022 and the lowest US$427,038 in 2012.

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 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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