East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD)'s ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) was US$72.78 billion in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 189.56% from US$25.14 billion in 2013 (11.22% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$72.78 billion | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | US$40.9 billion | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | US$25.14 billion | 2013 |
| Highest | US$72.78 billion | 2023 |
| Lowest | US$5.57 billion | 2005 |
| Average since 2014 | US$47.54 billion | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | US$5.57 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2023, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD)'s ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 5.1% on 2022 (from US$69.24 billion to US$72.78 billion).
Across the 17 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2022), the average change was +16.4% and a typical year strayed about 10.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 37.4% in 2007. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$5.07 billion a year. A straight line explains 95% 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 US$82.2 billion for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2021 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$13.59 billion, against US$18.18 billion 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
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD) | US$72.78 billion | 2023 |
| World | US$1.28 trillion | 2024 |
What this measures
Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 19 values
| Year | ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 72,782,410,898 |
| 2022 | 69,241,260,678 |
| 2021 | 62,656,237,274 |
| 2020 | 50,047,436,603 |
| 2019 | 46,321,383,152 |
| 2018 | 40,902,140,639 |
| 2017 | 36,930,505,249 |
| 2016 | 35,398,529,623 |
| 2015 | 32,673,249,128 |
| 2014 | 28,464,488,500 |
ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$54.77 million (2020)
- Algeria — US$77.61 million (2025)
- Bahrain — US$1.42 billion (2025)
- Djibouti — US$80.52 million (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$2.06 billion (2025)
- Iraq — US$96.6 million (2025)
- Israel — US$58.63 billion (2025)
- Jordan — US$48.17 million (2024)
- Kuwait — US$6.25 billion (2025)
- Lebanon — US$140.73 million (2023)
- Libya
More infrastructure data for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 2.79 billion (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 131 (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 185 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 8.7 (2025)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 7.11 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 32,423 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 921.72 million (2023)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 15.03% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD)'s ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)?
- US$72.78 billion in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is up 1,208% from US$5.57 billion in 2005 (15.35% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$72.78 billion in 2023 and the lowest US$5.57 billion in 2005.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.CCIS.CD, 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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