Iraq's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) was 11.32% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 17.4 percentage points from 28.72% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 11.32% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 52.93% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 28.72% | 2015 |
| Highest | 52.93% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 1.06% | 2006 |
| Average since 2016 | 31.87% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 2.31% | 2005 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Iraq's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.17 percentage points on 2024 (from 11.49% to 11.32%).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was +0.48 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.83 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 17.39 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.53 percentage points in 2024. 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 15% 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 2025, Iraq had the 108th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 11.32% | 2025 |
| World | 37.19% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 28.91% | 2025 |
Closest to Iraq in the 2025 ranking
- Zambia — 104th of 133: 11.93%
- Brunei Darussalam — 105th of 133: 11.67%
- Türkiye — 106th of 133: 11.42%
- Montenegro — 108th of 133: 11.19%
- Chile — 109th of 133: 10.9%
- Dominican Republic — 110th of 133: 10.37%
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 21 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.32 |
| 2024 | 11.49 |
| 2023 | 33.01 |
| 2022 | 36.12 |
| 2021 | 46.87 |
| 2020 | 52.93 |
| 2019 | 35.54 |
| 2018 | 34.17 |
| 2017 | 33.1 |
| 2016 | 24.18 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 25.67% (2020)
- Algeria — 41.02% (2025)
- Bahrain — 21.47% (2025)
- Djibouti — 35.07% (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 10.28% (2025)
- Israel — 69.46% (2025)
- Jordan — 1.65% (2024)
- Kuwait — 53.82% (2025)
- Lebanon — 12.01% (2023)
- Libya
More economic policy & debt data for Iraq
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$98.45 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$73.93 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$254.37 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 330.68 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$188.32 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 207.34 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$5,410 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 7.03 million (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$4,005 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 4.41 million (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$254.8 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Iraq's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 11.32% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is up 9.01 percentage points from 2.31% in 2005. The highest value was 52.93% in 2020 and the lowest 1.06% in 2006.
- How does Iraq rank?
- 108th highest of 133 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Iraq?
- In 2025, Iraq's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.17 percentage points on 2024 (from 11.49% to 11.32%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was +0.48 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.83 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 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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