Antigua and Barbuda's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) was 49.1% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 5 percentage points from 54.1% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 49.1% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 52.47% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 54.1% | 2015 |
| Highest | 59.62% | 2009 |
| Lowest | 1.95% | 1979 |
| Average since 2016 | 52.41% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 13.85% | 1977 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Antigua and Barbuda's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) rose 0.86 percentage points on 2024 (from 48.24% to 49.1%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.51 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above 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 23.54 percentage points in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.14 percentage points in 1978. 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 0.74 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 74% 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, Antigua and Barbuda had the 32nd highest value of the 134 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | 49.1% | 2025 |
| World | 49.27% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 40.01% | 2025 |
| High income | 51.9% | 2025 |
Closest to Antigua and Barbuda in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Communications, computer, information, and other services cover international telecommunications; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; personal, cultural, and recreational services; manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others; and maintenance and repair services and government services not included elsewhere. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 49 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.1 |
| 2024 | 48.24 |
| 2023 | 50.32 |
| 2022 | 52.56 |
| 2021 | 54.58 |
| 2020 | 52.47 |
| 2019 | 53.25 |
| 2018 | 52.6 |
| 2017 | 53.92 |
| 2016 | 57.04 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 35.58% (2025)
- Aruba — 40.74% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 50.42% (2024)
- Barbados — 70.53% (2017)
- Belize — 29.05% (2025)
- Bolivia — 36.11% (2025)
- Brazil — 55.27% (2025)
- Chile — 38.88% (2025)
- Colombia — 33.56% (2025)
- Costa Rica
More economic policy & debt data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 2.25% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$378.52 million (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$378.52 million (2025)
- Trade in services (% of GDP) — 78.09% (2025)
- Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$104.43 million (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$1.41 billion (2025)
- Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) — 10.21% (2025)
- Goods imports (current US$, BoP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Antigua and Barbuda's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 49.1% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1977?
- It is up 35.25 percentage points from 13.85% in 1977. The highest value was 59.62% in 2009 and the lowest 1.95% in 1979.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank?
- 32nd highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Antigua and Barbuda?
- In 2025, Antigua and Barbuda's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) rose 0.86 percentage points on 2024 (from 48.24% to 49.1%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.51 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations above 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.CMCP.ZS, 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.
Want to ask your own questions of data like this? Try AnalyzeIt: upload a file or ask about public data in plain words, and every figure comes with its working.
Legal entity
Devansh Yadav
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Governing law: Courts at Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Phone: +91 8433475698
Legal: legal@analyzeit.in