Curaçao's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) was 29.27% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 12.73 percentage points from 42% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 29.27% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 33.43% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 42% | 2013 |
| Highest | 60.38% | 2021 |
| Lowest | 24.97% | 2017 |
| Average since 2014 | 37.6% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 43.62% | 2011 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Curaçao's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) fell 4.02 percentage points on 2022 (from 33.29% to 29.27%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was −0.94 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.58 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 18.24 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 27.09 percentage points in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 3% 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 2023, Curaçao had the 5th highest value of the 12 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Curaçao | 29.27% | 2023 |
| World | 49.27% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 40.01% | 2025 |
| High income | 51.9% | 2025 |
Closest to Curaçao in the 2023 ranking
- Senegal — 2nd of 12: 46.16%
- South Sudan — 3rd of 12: 44.93%
- Aruba — 4th of 12: 40.74%
- Tuvalu — 6th of 12: 28.98%
- Lebanon — 7th of 12: 16.68%
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) — 8th of 12: 14.89%
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 13 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 29.27 |
| 2022 | 33.29 |
| 2021 | 60.38 |
| 2020 | 52.57 |
| 2019 | 34.33 |
| 2018 | 33.43 |
| 2017 | 24.97 |
| 2016 | 31.26 |
| 2015 | 33.14 |
| 2014 | 43.32 |
| 2013 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 49.1% (2025)
- 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
More economic policy & debt data for Curaçao
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.86% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$9.93 million (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 17.77 million (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 0.28% (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$103.98 million (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 186.12 million (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Curaçao's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 29.27% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2011?
- It is down 14.35 percentage points from 43.62% in 2011. The highest value was 60.38% in 2021 and the lowest 24.97% in 2017.
- How does Curaçao rank?
- 5th highest of 12 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Curaçao?
- In 2023, Curaçao's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) fell 4.02 percentage points on 2022 (from 33.29% to 29.27%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was −0.94 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.58 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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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