Australia's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) was 20.53% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 6.52 percentage points from 14% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 20.53% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 24.92% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 14% | 2015 |
| Highest | 34.19% | 2021 |
| Lowest | 11.6% | 1995 |
| Average since 2016 | 20.07% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 20.92% | 1989 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Australia's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) rose 1.56 percentage points on 2024 (from 18.97% to 20.53%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.63 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 10.47 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.5 percentage points in 2023. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 22% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Australia had the 79th highest value of the 133 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 20.53% | 2025 |
| World | 37.19% | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 31.63% | 2025 |
| High income | 37.5% | 2025 |
Closest to Australia in the 2025 ranking
- Bahrain — 76th of 133: 21.47%
- Kazakhstan — 77th of 133: 21.04%
- New Zealand — 78th of 133: 20.54%
- United Kingdom — 80th of 133: 20.5%
- Nigeria — 81st of 133: 19%
- Georgia — 82nd of 133: 18.94%
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 exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 37 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 20.53 |
| 2024 | 18.97 |
| 2023 | 19.39 |
| 2022 | 27.9 |
| 2021 | 34.19 |
| 2020 | 24.92 |
| 2019 | 14.45 |
| 2018 | 13.45 |
| 2017 | 13.31 |
| 2016 | 13.59 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Brunei Darussalam — 11.67% (2025)
- Cambodia — 12.32% (2025)
- China — 30.64% (2025)
- Fiji — 7.85% (2024)
- French Polynesia — 21.06% (2016)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 5.19% (2024)
- Indonesia — 14.77% (2025)
- Japan — 45.09% (2025)
- Kiribati — 31.42% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Australia
- Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$18.94 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$72.63 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$62.12 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$416.34 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 643.28 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$418.83 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 622.17 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 23.15% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Australia's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 20.53% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1989?
- It is down 0.4 percentage points from 20.92% in 1989. The highest value was 34.19% in 2021 and the lowest 11.6% in 1995.
- How does Australia rank?
- 79th highest of 133 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Australia?
- In 2025, Australia's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) rose 1.56 percentage points on 2024 (from 18.97% to 20.53%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.63 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 BX.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.
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