Ireland's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) was 81.26% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 11.32 percentage points from 69.94% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 81.26% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 77.3% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 69.94% | 2015 |
| Highest | 81.26% | 2025 |
| Lowest | 54.19% | 2006 |
| Average since 2016 | 76.24% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 57.95% | 2005 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Ireland's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) rose 2.43 percentage points on 2024 (from 78.83% to 81.26%).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was +1.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.33 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 7.88 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.17 percentage points in 2012. 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 1.33 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 74% 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, Ireland had the 2nd 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 81.26% | 2025 |
| World | 37.19% | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 40.08% | 2025 |
| High income | 37.5% | 2025 |
Closest to Ireland in the 2025 ranking
- Philippines — 2nd of 133: 76.38%
- Pakistan — 3rd of 133: 73.89%
- Honduras — 4th of 133: 71.01%
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 | 81.26 |
| 2024 | 78.83 |
| 2023 | 79.03 |
| 2022 | 77.68 |
| 2021 | 80.76 |
| 2020 | 77.3 |
| 2019 | 75.99 |
| 2018 | 75.2 |
| 2017 | 67.31 |
| 2016 | 69 |
| 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 Ireland
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$13.66 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$11.97 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$721.7 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 638.68 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$572.66 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 535.98 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$131,592 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 116,455 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$104,417 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 97,728 (2025)
- GNI (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Ireland's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 81.26% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is up 23.31 percentage points from 57.95% in 2005. The highest value was 81.26% in 2025 and the lowest 54.19% in 2006.
- How does Ireland rank?
- 2nd highest of 133 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Ireland?
- In 2025, Ireland's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) rose 2.43 percentage points on 2024 (from 78.83% to 81.26%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was +1.1 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.33 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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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