Nigeria's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) was 19% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.61 percentage points from 20.61% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 19% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 16.95% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 20.61% | 2015 |
| Highest | 95.96% | 1989 |
| Lowest | 6.49% | 1980 |
| Average since 2016 | 16.76% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 46.28% | 1977 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Nigeria's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) rose 2.06 percentage points on 2024 (from 16.95% to 19%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −2.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 12.52 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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 49.72 percentage points in 1989 and the biggest yearly fall was 57.33 percentage points in 2005. 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 11% 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, Nigeria had the 82nd 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19% | 2025 |
| World | 37.19% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 31.35% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 49.33% | 2025 |
Closest to Nigeria in the 2025 ranking
- New Zealand — 78th of 133: 20.54%
- Australia — 79th of 133: 20.53%
- United Kingdom — 80th of 133: 20.5%
- Georgia — 82nd of 133: 18.94%
- Croatia — 83rd of 133: 18.89%
- Iceland — 84th of 133: 18.34%
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 48 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 |
| 2024 | 16.95 |
| 2023 | 16.72 |
| 2022 | 16.46 |
| 2021 | 16.56 |
| 2020 | 16.95 |
| 2019 | 14.64 |
| 2018 | 15.78 |
| 2017 | 16.3 |
| 2016 | 18.19 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 31.39% (2025)
- Benin — 6.42% (2023)
- Botswana — 31.8% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 46.89% (2024)
- Burundi — 64.38% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 6.84% (2025)
- Cameroon — 37.06% (2024)
- Comoros — 19.36% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 4.41% (2025)
- Congo, Rep.
More economic policy & debt data for Nigeria
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$46.02 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$43.01 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$290.79 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 441.54 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$562.59 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 226.52 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,224 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 1.86 million (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$2,369 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 953,654 (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Nigeria's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 19% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1977?
- It is down 27.28 percentage points from 46.28% in 1977. The highest value was 95.96% in 1989 and the lowest 6.49% in 1980.
- How does Nigeria rank?
- 82nd highest of 133 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Nigeria?
- In 2025, Nigeria's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) rose 2.06 percentage points on 2024 (from 16.95% to 19%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −2.21 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 12.52 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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.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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