Kazakhstan's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) was 33.29% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 11.91 percentage points from 45.2% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 33.29% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 57.96% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 45.2% | 2015 |
| Highest | 57.96% | 2020 |
| Lowest | -4.97% | 2006 |
| Average since 2016 | 44.26% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 25.21% | 1995 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Kazakhstan's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) rose 0.55 percentage points on 2024 (from 32.74% to 33.29%).
Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2024), the average change was +0.26 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.64 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 16.09 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 24.85 percentage points in 2006. 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 downward, about 2.03 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 52% 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, Kazakhstan had the 82nd 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 33.29% | 2025 |
| World | 49.27% | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 56.18% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 37.71% | 2025 |
Closest to Kazakhstan in the 2025 ranking
- Azerbaijan — 78th of 134: 34.45%
- Colombia — 79th of 134: 33.56%
- Ukraine — 80th of 134: 33.42%
- Zambia — 82nd of 134: 32.97%
- Macao SAR, China — 83rd of 134: 32.83%
- West Bank and Gaza — 84th of 134: 32.39%
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 31 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.29 |
| 2024 | 32.74 |
| 2023 | 35.21 |
| 2022 | 40.16 |
| 2021 | 48.69 |
| 2020 | 57.96 |
| 2019 | 50.03 |
| 2018 | 50.77 |
| 2017 | 48.85 |
| 2016 | 44.95 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Albania — 10.43% (2025)
- Armenia — 14.06% (2025)
- Austria — 52.58% (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 34.45% (2025)
- Belarus — 21.19% (2021)
- Belgium — 53.8% (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 6.39% (2025)
- Bulgaria — 37.95% (2025)
- Croatia — 46.59% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Kazakhstan
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 3.26% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$11.25 billion (2021)
- Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$15.12 billion (2021)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$12.34 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) — 906.89 billion (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$89.74 billion (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (constant LCU) — 6.82 trillion (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$143.89 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Kazakhstan's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 33.29% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 8.08 percentage points from 25.21% in 1995. The highest value was 57.96% in 2020 and the lowest -4.97% in 2006.
- How does Kazakhstan rank?
- 82nd highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Kazakhstan?
- In 2025, Kazakhstan's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) rose 0.55 percentage points on 2024 (from 32.74% to 33.29%). Across the 29 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2024), the average change was +0.26 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.64 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.
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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