European Union's computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) was 56.29% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 4.45 percentage points from 51.84% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 56.29% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 60.43% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 51.84% | 2015 |
| Highest | 60.43% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 31.5% | 1988 |
| Average since 2016 | 55.33% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 35.46% | 1975 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, European Union's computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) rose 0.49 percentage points on 2024 (from 55.8% to 56.29%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.69 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 7.15 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.9 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 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 22% 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
See how every economy compares in the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| European Union | 56.29% | 2025 |
| World | 50.93% | 2025 |
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 51 values
| Year | Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.29 |
| 2024 | 55.8 |
| 2023 | 55.61 |
| 2022 | 54.34 |
| 2021 | 59.24 |
| 2020 | 60.43 |
| 2019 | 53.28 |
| 2018 | 52.95 |
| 2017 | 52.76 |
| 2016 | 52.58 |
Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 74.27% (2020)
- Algeria — 57.56% (2025)
- Bahrain — 21.47% (2025)
- Djibouti — 9.56% (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 14% (2025)
- Iraq — 23.74% (2025)
- Israel — 88.6% (2025)
- Jordan — 4.67% (2024)
More private sector & trade data for European Union
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 70.94% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$7.41 trillion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$7.66 trillion (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports (% of merchandise imports) — 1.16% (2025)
- Food imports (% of merchandise imports) — 11.34% (2025)
- Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) — 9.85% (2025)
- Manufactures imports (% of merchandise imports) — 71.51% (2025)
- Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) — 3.64% (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is European Union's computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports)?
- 56.29% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is up 20.83 percentage points from 35.46% in 1975. The highest value was 60.43% in 2020 and the lowest 31.5% in 1988.
- Is the latest change in computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) unusual for European Union?
- In 2025, European Union's computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) rose 0.49 percentage points on 2024 (from 55.8% to 56.29%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.69 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.8 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 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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