IBRD only: Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, IBRD only's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) rose 0.27 percentage points on 2024 (from 39.72% to 39.99%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.26 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 10.29 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.35 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.04 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 38% 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

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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 44 values

Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 16.29% (2020)
• Algeria — 38.04% (2025)
• Bahrain — 19.73% (2025)
• Djibouti — 7.12% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 26.14% (2025)
• Iraq — 14.37% (2025)
• Israel — 61.43% (2025)
• Jordan — 6.11% (2024)
• Kuwait — 5.34% (2025)
• Lebanon

More economic policy & debt data for IBRD only

• Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments (BoP, current US$) — US$129.32 billion (2025)
• Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$11.74 billion (2025)
• Exports of goods and services (current US$) — US$11.25 trillion (2025)
• Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 26.13% (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current US$) — US$10.56 trillion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 24.53% (2025)
• External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) — 1.61% (2025)
• Trade (% of GDP) — 49.3% (2025)
• Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is IBRD only's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)?

39.99% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1982?

It is up 8.54 percentage points from 31.45% in 1982. The highest value was 46.29% in 2020 and the lowest 29.69% in 1991.

Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for IBRD only?

In 2025, IBRD only's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) rose 0.27 percentage points on 2024 (from 39.72% to 39.99%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.26 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

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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