Kuwait's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) was US$6.25 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 130.93% from US$2.71 billion in 2015 (8.73% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$6.25 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$4.29 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$2.71 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$6.89 billion | 2009 |
| Lowest | US$503.9 million | 2004 |
| Average since 2016 | US$4.23 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$503.9 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Kuwait's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 14.3% on 2024 (from US$5.47 billion to US$6.25 billion).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2024), the average change was +20.5% and a typical year strayed about 51.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 162.4% in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 48.3% in 2010. 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 US$397.41 million a year. A straight line explains 91% 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 33rd 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | US$6.25 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$1.28 trillion | 2024 |
| High income | US$1.08 trillion | 2025 |
Closest to Kuwait in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 22 values
| Year | ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,252,957,274 |
| 2024 | 5,471,545,644 |
| 2023 | 5,172,402,384 |
| 2022 | 4,609,453,876 |
| 2021 | 4,017,049,955 |
| 2020 | 4,292,531,589 |
| 2019 | 4,373,407,734 |
| 2018 | 3,264,433,083 |
| 2017 | 2,284,965,085 |
| 2016 | 2,553,680,300 |
ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$54.77 million (2020)
- Algeria — US$77.61 million (2025)
- Bahrain — US$1.42 billion (2025)
- Djibouti — US$80.52 million (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$2.06 billion (2025)
- Iraq — US$96.6 million (2025)
- Israel — US$58.63 billion (2025)
- Jordan — US$48.17 million (2024)
- Lebanon — US$140.73 million (2023)
- Libya — US$11.9 million (2023)
- Malta
More infrastructure data for Kuwait
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 572,621 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 11.83 (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 68,356 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 331.17 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 9.5 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 8.11 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 167.68 (2023)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 5.96% (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 100% (2025)
- Scientific and technical journal articles
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Kuwait's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)?
- US$6.25 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2004?
- It is up 1,141% from US$503.9 million in 2004 (12.74% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$6.89 billion in 2009 and the lowest US$503.9 million in 2004.
- How does Kuwait rank?
- 33rd highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) unusual for Kuwait?
- In 2025, Kuwait's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 14.3% on 2024 (from US$5.47 billion to US$6.25 billion). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2024), the average change was +20.5% and a typical year strayed about 51.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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.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.
Want to ask your own questions of data like this? Try AnalyzeIt: upload a file or ask about public data in plain words, and every figure comes with its working.
Legal entity
Devansh Yadav
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Governing law: Courts at Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Phone: +91 8433475698
Legal: legal@analyzeit.in