Belarus's computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) was 52.52% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 24.8 percentage points from 27.71% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 52.52% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 45.37% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 27.71% | 2011 |
| Highest | 53.18% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 11.42% | 1994 |
| Average since 2012 | 44.14% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 31.64% | 1993 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Belarus' computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) fell 0.66 percentage points on 2020 (from 53.18% to 52.52%).
Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2020), the average change was +0.8 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.72 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 18.31 percentage points in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.22 percentage points in 1994. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.08 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 90% 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.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 61.37% for 2024. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2019 to 2021 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.53%, against 6.43% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
See how every economy compares in the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 52.52% | 2021 |
| World | 50.93% | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 54.01% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 52.58% | 2025 |
Closest to Belarus in the 2021 ranking
- Congo, Rep. — 1st of 2: 59.86%
What this measures
Computer, communications and other services include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.
Limitations: Balance of payments statistics, the main source of information on international trade in services, have many weaknesses. Disaggregation of important components may be limited and varies considerably across countries. There are inconsistencies in the methods used to report items. And the recording of major flows as net items is common (for example, insurance transactions are often recorded as premiums less claims). These factors contribute to a downward bias in the value of the service trade reported in the balance of payments. Efforts are being made to improve the coverage, quality, and consistency of these data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 29 values
| Year | Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.52 |
| 2020 | 53.18 |
| 2019 | 48.2 |
| 2018 | 44.86 |
| 2017 | 44.6 |
| 2016 | 45.37 |
| 2015 | 43.52 |
| 2014 | 40.29 |
| 2013 | 37.64 |
| 2012 | 31.18 |
Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) in nearby economies
- Albania — 20.59% (2025)
- Armenia — 32.63% (2025)
- Austria — 45.59% (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 31.18% (2025)
- Belgium — 64.73% (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 29.7% (2025)
- Bulgaria — 51.93% (2025)
- Croatia — 25.83% (2025)
More private sector & trade data for Belarus
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 96.11% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$48.37 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$41.4 billion (2025)
- Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$7.71 billion (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$) — US$11.86 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.2% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 83.53% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 12.26% (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Belarus's computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports)?
- 52.52% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1993?
- It is up 20.88 percentage points from 31.64% in 1993. The highest value was 53.18% in 2020 and the lowest 11.42% in 1994.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TX.VAL.OTHR.ZS.WT, 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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