Azerbaijan's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) was 34.45% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 59.1 percentage points from -24.65% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 34.45% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 24.94% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | -24.65% | 2015 |
| Highest | 43.99% | 2010 |
| Lowest | -26.23% | 2016 |
| Average since 2016 | 14.58% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 14.98% | 1995 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Azerbaijan's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) fell 2.62 percentage points on 2024 (from 37.06% to 34.45%).
Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2024), the average change was +0.76 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.71 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below 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 25.92 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 36.8 percentage points in 2006. 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 upward, about 6.23 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 81% 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, Azerbaijan had the 78th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | 34.45% | 2025 |
| World | 49.27% | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 56.18% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 37.71% | 2025 |
Closest to Azerbaijan in the 2025 ranking
- Mexico — 75th of 134: 34.79%
- Trinidad and Tobago — 76th of 134: 34.77%
- Samoa — 77th of 134: 34.63%
- Colombia — 79th of 134: 33.56%
- Ukraine — 80th of 134: 33.42%
- Kazakhstan — 81st of 134: 33.29%
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 31 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.45 |
| 2024 | 37.06 |
| 2023 | 29.24 |
| 2022 | 30.89 |
| 2021 | 5.49 |
| 2020 | 24.94 |
| 2019 | 17.09 |
| 2018 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | -9.5 |
| 2016 | -26.23 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
More economic policy & debt data for Azerbaijan
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 3.9% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$138.93 million (2021)
- Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$8.51 billion (2021)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$11.79 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 20.05 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 15.53% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$45.08 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 76.64 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Azerbaijan's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 34.45% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 19.46 percentage points from 14.98% in 1995. The highest value was 43.99% in 2010 and the lowest -26.23% in 2016.
- How does Azerbaijan rank?
- 78th highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Azerbaijan?
- In 2025, Azerbaijan's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) fell 2.62 percentage points on 2024 (from 37.06% to 34.45%). Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2024), the average change was +0.76 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 15.71 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below 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.
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