France's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) was 37.59% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 6.38 percentage points from 43.97% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 37.59% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 43.56% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 43.97% | 2015 |
| Highest | 48.02% | 1981 |
| Lowest | 20.47% | 1992 |
| Average since 2016 | 39.48% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 44.78% | 1975 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, France's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) rose 0.65 percentage points on 2024 (from 36.94% to 37.59%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.89 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 8.16 percentage points in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 10.28 percentage points in 1988. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.69 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 57% 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.
How it compares
In 2025, France had the 41st highest value of the 133 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| France | 37.59% | 2025 |
| World | 37.19% | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 40.08% | 2025 |
| High income | 37.5% | 2025 |
Closest to France in the 2025 ranking
- South Africa — 38th of 133: 38.74%
- Belgium — 39th of 133: 37.94%
- Slovak Republic — 40th of 133: 37.71%
- Argentina — 42nd of 133: 36.34%
- Morocco — 43rd of 133: 36.18%
- United States — 44th of 133: 35.87%
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 exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 51 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 37.59 |
| 2024 | 36.94 |
| 2023 | 37.27 |
| 2022 | 34.97 |
| 2021 | 39.79 |
| 2020 | 43.56 |
| 2019 | 39.67 |
| 2018 | 40.89 |
| 2017 | 41.29 |
| 2016 | 42.86 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Albania — 13.97% (2025)
- Armenia — 32.84% (2025)
- Austria — 34.85% (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 30.89% (2025)
- Belarus — 45.39% (2021)
- Belgium — 37.94% (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 28.81% (2025)
- Bulgaria — 40.71% (2025)
- Croatia — 18.89% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for France
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$428.21 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$85.98 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$820.11 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 725.78 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$677.3 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 672.36 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 24.36% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$1.82 trillion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is France's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 37.59% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is down 7.19 percentage points from 44.78% in 1975. The highest value was 48.02% in 1981 and the lowest 20.47% in 1992.
- How does France rank?
- 41st highest of 133 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for France?
- In 2025, France's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) rose 0.65 percentage points on 2024 (from 36.94% to 37.59%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.89 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above 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 BX.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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