Japan's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) was 64.96% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2.92 percentage points from 62.04% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 64.96% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 72.69% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 62.04% | 2015 |
| Highest | 72.9% | 2021 |
| Lowest | 39.06% | 2004 |
| Average since 2016 | 66.85% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 43.58% | 1996 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Japan's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) rose 0.73 percentage points on 2024 (from 64.23% to 64.96%).
Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2024), the average change was +0.74 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.97 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 7.09 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.91 percentage points in 1999. 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 7% 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, Japan had the 6th highest value of the 134 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 64.96% | 2025 |
| World | 49.27% | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 45.13% | 2025 |
| High income | 51.9% | 2025 |
Closest to Japan in the 2025 ranking
- Sweden — 3rd of 134: 73.68%
- Switzerland — 4th of 134: 72.18%
- Eswatini — 5th of 134: 69.42%
- Finland — 7th of 134: 64.48%
- Netherlands — 8th of 134: 62.75%
- India — 9th of 134: 61.7%
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 30 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.96 |
| 2024 | 64.23 |
| 2023 | 67.5 |
| 2022 | 69.88 |
| 2021 | 72.9 |
| 2020 | 72.69 |
| 2019 | 67.07 |
| 2018 | 63.58 |
| 2017 | 62.56 |
| 2016 | 63.17 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Australia — 40.17% (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 41.03% (2025)
- Cambodia — 14.07% (2025)
- China — 36.84% (2025)
- Fiji — 15.28% (2024)
- French Polynesia — 24.2% (2016)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 12.57% (2025)
- Indonesia — 43.18% (2025)
- Kiribati — 17.88% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Japan
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$1.37 trillion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$1.25 trillion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$4.44 trillion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 663.76 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$4.76 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 591.22 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$35,951 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 5.38 million (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$38,619 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 4.79 million (2025)
- GNI (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Japan's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 64.96% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1996?
- It is up 21.38 percentage points from 43.58% in 1996. The highest value was 72.9% in 2021 and the lowest 39.06% in 2004.
- How does Japan rank?
- 6th highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Japan?
- In 2025, Japan's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) rose 0.73 percentage points on 2024 (from 64.23% to 64.96%). Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2024), the average change was +0.74 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.97 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 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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