Kenya's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) was 17.88% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 17.19 percentage points from 35.07% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 17.88% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 37.97% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 35.07% | 2015 |
| Highest | 38.17% | 2009 |
| Lowest | 14.73% | 1976 |
| Average since 2016 | 28.57% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 19.91% | 1975 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Kenya's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.98 percentage points on 2024 (from 18.86% to 17.88%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.2 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 13.2 percentage points in 1981 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.51 percentage points in 2023. 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 1.83 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 60% 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, Kenya had the 85th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 17.88% | 2025 |
| World | 37.19% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.35% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 49.33% | 2025 |
Closest to Kenya in the 2025 ranking
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 51 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 17.88 |
| 2024 | 18.86 |
| 2023 | 20.44 |
| 2022 | 27.95 |
| 2021 | 34.84 |
| 2020 | 37.97 |
| 2019 | 31.59 |
| 2018 | 29.33 |
| 2017 | 32.61 |
| 2016 | 34.24 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 31.39% (2025)
- Benin — 6.42% (2023)
- Botswana — 31.8% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 46.89% (2024)
- Burundi — 64.38% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 6.84% (2025)
- Cameroon — 37.06% (2024)
- Comoros — 19.36% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 4.41% (2025)
- Congo, Rep.
More economic policy & debt data for Kenya
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$15.24 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 1.97 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$14.8 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 1.51 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 11.21% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$104.6 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 13.52 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
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Questions people ask
- What is Kenya's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 17.88% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is down 2.03 percentage points from 19.91% in 1975. The highest value was 38.17% in 2009 and the lowest 14.73% in 1976.
- How does Kenya rank?
- 85th highest of 133 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Kenya?
- In 2025, Kenya's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.98 percentage points on 2024 (from 18.86% to 17.88%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.2 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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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