Macao SAR, China's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) was 0.11% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.26 percentage points from 1.37% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.11% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 2.17% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.37% | 2015 |
| Highest | 6.03% | 2002 |
| Lowest | 0.11% | 2025 |
| Average since 2016 | 1.6% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 6.03% | 2002 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Macao SAR, China's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) fell 1.77 percentage points on 2024 (from 1.87% to 0.11%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2024), the average change was −0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.98 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.77 percentage points in 2025. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Macao SAR, China had the 134th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Macao SAR, China | 0.11% | 2025 |
| World | 37.19% | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 31.63% | 2025 |
| High income | 37.5% | 2025 |
Closest to Macao SAR, China in the 2025 ranking
- Mozambique — 130th of 133: 2.21%
- Maldives — 131st of 133: 1.01%
- Gambia, The — 132nd of 133: 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 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 24 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.1088 |
| 2024 | 1.87 |
| 2023 | 1.93 |
| 2022 | 2.49 |
| 2021 | 1.83 |
| 2020 | 2.17 |
| 2019 | 1.19 |
| 2018 | 1.23 |
| 2017 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | 1.23 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Australia — 20.53% (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 11.67% (2025)
- Cambodia — 12.32% (2025)
- China — 30.64% (2025)
- Fiji — 7.85% (2024)
- French Polynesia — 21.06% (2016)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 5.19% (2024)
- Indonesia — 14.77% (2025)
- Japan — 45.09% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Macao SAR, China
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 4.4% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) — US$119.95 million (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$1.15 billion (2025)
- Food, beverages and tobacco (% of value added in manufacturing) — 50.99% (2024)
- Other manufacturing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 40.08% (2024)
- Textiles and clothing (% of value added in manufacturing) — 2.88% (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$6.35 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Macao SAR, China's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 0.11% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is down 5.92 percentage points from 6.03% in 2002. The highest value was 6.03% in 2002 and the lowest 0.11% in 2025.
- How does Macao SAR, China rank?
- 134th highest of 133 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Macao SAR, China?
- In 2025, Macao SAR, China's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) fell 1.77 percentage points on 2024 (from 1.87% to 0.11%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2024), the average change was −0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
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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