Kuwait's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) was 5.34% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 5.32 percentage points from 10.67% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 5.34% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 2.69% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 10.67% | 2015 |
| Highest | 33.14% | 1978 |
| Lowest | -9.9% | 2018 |
| Average since 2016 | 4.71% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 16.82% | 1975 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Kuwait's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) fell 8.25 percentage points on 2024 (from 13.59% to 5.34%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.87 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.79 percentage points in 1978 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.42 percentage points in 2008. 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 1.45 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 44% 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, Kuwait had the 131st 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 5.34% | 2025 |
| World | 49.27% | 2025 |
| High income | 51.9% | 2025 |
Closest to Kuwait in the 2025 ranking
- Angola — 127th of 134: 9.14%
- Nepal — 128th of 134: 8.87%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 129th of 134: 6.39%
- Tajikistan — 131st of 134: 3.67%
- Lao PDR — 132nd of 134: 0.59%
- Gambia, The — 133rd of 134: -0.19%
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 49 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.34 |
| 2024 | 13.59 |
| 2023 | 11.32 |
| 2022 | 9.41 |
| 2021 | 8.06 |
| 2020 | 2.69 |
| 2019 | 2.47 |
| 2018 | -9.9 |
| 2017 | 0.625 |
| 2016 | 3.49 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 16.29% (2020)
- Algeria — 38.04% (2025)
- Bahrain — 19.73% (2025)
- Djibouti — 7.12% (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 26.14% (2025)
- Iraq — 14.37% (2025)
- Israel — 61.43% (2025)
- Jordan — 6.11% (2024)
- Lebanon — 16.68% (2023)
- Libya
More economic policy & debt data for Kuwait
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$51.74 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$40.65 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$157.21 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 48.18 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$32,312 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 9,902 (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$193.99 billion (2024)
- GNI (current LCU) — 59.49 billion (2024)
- GNI per capita (current LCU) — 12,148 (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$41.5 billion (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Kuwait's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 5.34% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is down 11.47 percentage points from 16.82% in 1975. The highest value was 33.14% in 1978 and the lowest -9.9% in 2018.
- How does Kuwait rank?
- 131st highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Kuwait?
- In 2025, Kuwait's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) fell 8.25 percentage points on 2024 (from 13.59% to 5.34%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.87 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
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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