Belarus: Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Belarus' communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) rose 2.9 percentage points on 2020 (from 18.3% to 21.19%).

Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2020), the average change was +0.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.23 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 12.98 percentage points in 1998 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.78 percentage points in 1996. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 27% 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

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Closest to Belarus in the 2021 ranking

• Congo, Rep. — 1st of 2: 55.25%

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 29 values

Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies

• Albania — 10.43% (2025)
• Armenia — 14.06% (2025)
• Austria — 52.58% (2025)
• Azerbaijan — 34.45% (2025)
• Belgium — 53.8% (2025)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 6.39% (2025)
• Bulgaria — 37.95% (2025)
• Croatia — 46.59% (2025)
• Cyprus — 52.85% (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Belarus

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.45% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$440.66 million (2021)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$17.65 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 54.18 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$8.15 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 33.41 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 18.9% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Belarus's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)?

21.19% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1993?

It is up 7.45 percentage points from 13.74% in 1993. The highest value was 41.39% in 1999 and the lowest 10.43% in 2014.

Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Belarus?

In 2021, Belarus' communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) rose 2.9 percentage points on 2020 (from 18.3% to 21.19%). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2020), the average change was +0.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.23 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.

Where does this data come from?

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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