Ethiopia: ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Ethiopia's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) fell 1.56 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.12% to 0.56%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 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 4.28 percentage points in 1993 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.24 percentage points in 2000. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 25% 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 2024, Ethiopia had the 25th highest value of the 28 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.

Closest to Ethiopia in the 2024 ranking

• Marshall Islands — 21st of 28: 1.5%
• Mauritania — 22nd of 28: 1.23%
• Tanzania — 23rd of 28: 1%
• Jordan — 25th of 28: 0.51%
• Fiji — 26th of 28: 0.47%
• Bhutan — 27th of 28: 0.45%

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).

Limitations: Discrepancies may arise in the balance of payments because there is no single source for balance of payments data and therefore no way to ensure that the data are fully consistent. Sources include customs data, monetary accounts of the banking system, external debt records, information provided by enterprises, surveys to estimate service transactions, and foreign exchange records. Differences in collection methods - such as in timing, definitions of residence and ownership, and the exchange rate used to value transactions - contribute to net errors and omissions. In addition, smuggling and other illegal or quasi-legal transactions may be unrecorded or misrecorded.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 33 values

ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies

• Angola — 17.44% (2025)
• Benin — 3.04% (2023)
• Botswana — 1.56% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 14.21% (2024)
• Burundi — 2.88% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 1.17% (2025)
• Cameroon — 10.48% (2024)
• Comoros — 11.69% (2023)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 0.46% (2025)
• Congo, Rep. — 5.46% (2021)

More infrastructure data for Ethiopia

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 765,634 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.58 (2024)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 147,319 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 4,015 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 15.27 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 85.95 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 65.08 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 26.92% (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$42.59 million (2024)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population)

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Questions people ask

What is Ethiopia's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)?

0.56% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1992?

It is down 1.46 percentage points from 2.02% in 1992. The highest value was 9.35% in 1998 and the lowest 0.56% in 2024.

How does Ethiopia rank?

25th highest of 28 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Ethiopia?

In 2024, Ethiopia's ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) fell 1.56 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.12% to 0.56%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.CCIS.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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