Low income: ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Low income's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 11.5% on 2019 (from US$824.14 million to US$918.77 million).

Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2019), the average change was −1.7% and a typical year strayed about 12.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above 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 14.3% in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.6% in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$56.3 million a year. A straight line explains 61% 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

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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 11 values

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)
• Kuwait — US$6.25 billion (2025)
• Lebanon — US$140.73 million (2023)
• Libya

More infrastructure data for Low income

• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 1 (2025)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 220,720 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 22.26 million (2023)
• Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 1,359 (2024)
• Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 1,282 (2024)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 1,155 (2024)
• Patent applications, residents — 7,341 (2024)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 4,095 (2023)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 7 million (2025)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions

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Questions people ask

What is Low income's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)?

US$918.77 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2010?

It is down 10.64% from US$1.03 billion in 2010 (1.12% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.37 billion in 2013 and the lowest US$742.07 million in 2017.

Is the latest change in ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) unusual for Low income?

In 2020, Low income's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 11.5% on 2019 (from US$824.14 million to US$918.77 million). Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2019), the average change was −1.7% and a typical year strayed about 12.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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.

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