Nepal's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) was 33.36% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 29.38 percentage points from 62.74% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 33.36% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 71.47% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 62.74% | 2015 |
| Highest | 76.84% | 1997 |
| Lowest | 33.36% | 2025 |
| Average since 2016 | 55.91% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 61.23% | 1976 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Nepal's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) fell 12.36 percentage points on 2024 (from 45.72% to 33.36%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.55 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.41 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 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 22.91 percentage points in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 20.81 percentage points in 1998. 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 19% 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, Nepal had the 48th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 33.36% | 2025 |
| World | 37.19% | 2025 |
| South Asia | 54.3% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 49.33% | 2025 |
Closest to Nepal in the 2025 ranking
- United States — 44th of 133: 35.87%
- Austria — 45th of 133: 34.85%
- Russian Federation — 46th of 133: 34.73%
- Lithuania — 48th of 133: 33.25%
- Armenia — 49th of 133: 32.84%
- Canada — 50th of 133: 32.4%
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 50 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.36 |
| 2024 | 45.72 |
| 2023 | 53.97 |
| 2022 | 59.13 |
| 2021 | 75.39 |
| 2020 | 71.47 |
| 2019 | 49.22 |
| 2018 | 54.92 |
| 2017 | 53.78 |
| 2016 | 62.14 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — 68.13% (2025)
- Bhutan — 11.54% (2024)
- India — 55.41% (2025)
- Maldives — 1.01% (2025)
- Sri Lanka — 21.63% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Nepal
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$21.1 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$19.98 billion (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$) — US$24.73 billion (2025)
- Services, value added (current LCU) — 3.37 trillion (2025)
- Services, value added (% of GDP) — 54.37% (2025)
- Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices (current US$) — US$40.02 billion (2025)
- Gross Value Added (GVA) at basic prices (current LCU) — 5.45 trillion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$45.49 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 6.2 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$36.54 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Nepal's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 33.36% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1976?
- It is down 27.87 percentage points from 61.23% in 1976. The highest value was 76.84% in 1997 and the lowest 33.36% in 2025.
- How does Nepal rank?
- 48th highest of 133 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Nepal?
- In 2025, Nepal's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) fell 12.36 percentage points on 2024 (from 45.72% to 33.36%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.55 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.41 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 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 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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