Namibia's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) was 79.83% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 32.8 percentage points from 47.03% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 79.83% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 49.84% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 47.03% | 2014 |
| Highest | 81.72% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 17.63% | 2007 |
| Average since 2015 | 61.09% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 28.34% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Namibia's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) fell 1.9 percentage points on 2023 (from 81.72% to 79.83%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1.51 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 24.36 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 11.31 percentage points in 2000. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 5.09 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 71% 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 2024, Namibia had the 1st highest value of the 29 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 79.83% | 2024 |
| World | 49.27% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.13% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 45.72% | 2025 |
Closest to Namibia in the 2024 ranking
- Malta — 2nd of 29: 75.16%
- Papua New Guinea — 3rd of 29: 72.63%
- Guinea — 4th of 29: 64.79%
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 35 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 79.83 |
| 2023 | 81.72 |
| 2022 | 73.41 |
| 2021 | 79.73 |
| 2020 | 74.2 |
| 2019 | 49.84 |
| 2018 | 38.15 |
| 2017 | 38.25 |
| 2016 | 43.28 |
| 2015 | 52.46 |
| 2014 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 9.14% (2025)
- Benin — 47.01% (2023)
- Botswana — 60.55% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 17.28% (2024)
- Burundi — 17.25% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 36.85% (2025)
- Cameroon — 40.73% (2024)
- Comoros — 13.4% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 21.84% (2025)
- Congo, Rep.
More economic policy & debt data for Namibia
- Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 8.92% (2021)
- Adjusted savings, net forest depletion (current US$) — US$106.2 million (2021)
- Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$262.77 million (2021)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$3.36 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 60.11 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$3.51 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 45.2 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 22.28% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Namibia's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 79.83% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 51.49 percentage points from 28.34% in 1990. The highest value was 81.72% in 2023 and the lowest 17.63% in 2007.
- How does Namibia rank?
- 1st highest of 29 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Namibia?
- In 2024, Namibia's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) fell 1.9 percentage points on 2023 (from 81.72% to 79.83%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1.51 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 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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