Other small states's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) was 51.39% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 6.54 percentage points from 44.85% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 51.39% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 59.89% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 44.85% | 2015 |
| Highest | 59.89% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 21.99% | 1995 |
| Average since 2016 | 52.18% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 22.31% | 1992 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Other small states' communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) fell 5.27 percentage points on 2024 (from 56.66% to 51.39%).
Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2024), the average change was +0.89 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.97 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 11.36 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.27 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.42 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 46% 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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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Other small states | 51.39% | 2025 |
| World | 49.27% | 2025 |
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 29 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.39 |
| 2024 | 56.66 |
| 2023 | 56.88 |
| 2022 | 55.09 |
| 2021 | 59.55 |
| 2020 | 59.89 |
| 2019 | 48.53 |
| 2018 | 46.9 |
| 2017 | 44.21 |
| 2016 | 42.66 |
| 2015 |
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 16.29% (2020)
- Algeria — 38.04% (2025)
- Bahrain — 19.73% (2025)
- Djibouti — 7.12% (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 26.14% (2025)
- Iraq — 14.37% (2025)
- Israel — 61.43% (2025)
- Jordan — 6.11% (2024)
- Kuwait — 5.34% (2025)
- Lebanon
More economic policy & debt data for Other small states
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$27.02 billion (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 11.94% (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) — US$12.4 billion (2025)
- Personal remittances, paid (current US$) — US$3.74 billion (2025)
- Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$631.33 million (2025)
- Personal remittances, received (current US$) — US$3.18 billion (2025)
- Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) — US$89.57 million (2024)
- Net financial flows, IDA (NFL, current US$) — US$72.39 million (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Other small states's communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 51.39% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1992?
- It is up 29.08 percentage points from 22.31% in 1992. The highest value was 59.89% in 2020 and the lowest 21.99% in 1995.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Other small states?
- In 2025, Other small states' communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) fell 5.27 percentage points on 2024 (from 56.66% to 51.39%). Across the 26 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2024), the average change was +0.89 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.97 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator 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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