Jamaica's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) was US$127.56 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 4.21% from US$122.41 million in 2015 (0.41% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$127.56 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$127.56 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$122.41 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$315 million | 1999 |
| Lowest | US$97.14 million | 2013 |
| Average since 2016 | US$127.34 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$196.9 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Jamaica's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 0% on 2024 (from US$127.56 million to US$127.56 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.4% and a typical year strayed about 14.6% 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 42.2% in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.1% 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 12% 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, Jamaica had the 90th highest value of the 130 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | US$127.56 million | 2025 |
| World | US$1.28 trillion | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$19.95 billion | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | US$139.94 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Jamaica in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 32 values
| Year | ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 127,564,046 |
| 2024 | 127,564,046 |
| 2023 | 127,564,046 |
| 2022 | 127,564,046 |
| 2021 | 127,564,046 |
| 2020 | 127,564,046 |
| 2019 | 127,564,046 |
| 2018 | 128,017,123 |
| 2017 | 124,852,234 |
| 2016 | 127,564,046 |
| 2015 |
ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — US$6.62 million (2025)
- Argentina — US$2.92 billion (2025)
- Aruba — US$19.77 million (2023)
- Barbados — US$3.44 million (2017)
- Belize — US$123.3 million (2025)
- Bolivia — US$41.65 million (2025)
- Brazil — US$7.44 billion (2025)
- Chile — US$764.07 million (2025)
- Colombia — US$2.29 billion (2025)
- Costa Rica — US$2.67 billion (2025)
- Curaçao
More infrastructure data for Jamaica
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 453,882 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 15.99 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 3.34 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 117.69 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 1,215 (2018)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 0 (2019)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 180,951 (2018)
- Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 310 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 45 (2024)
- Patent applications, nonresidents
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Jamaica's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)?
- US$127.56 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1994?
- It is down 35.21% from US$196.9 million in 1994 (1.39% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$315 million in 1999 and the lowest US$97.14 million in 2013.
- How does Jamaica rank?
- 90th highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) unusual for Jamaica?
- In 2025, Jamaica's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 0% on 2024 (from US$127.56 million to US$127.56 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.4% and a typical year strayed about 14.6% 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.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.CCIS.CD, 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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