South Asia's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) was US$202.21 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 158.96% from US$78.09 billion in 2015 (9.98% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$202.21 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$101.04 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$78.09 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | US$202.21 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | US$9.44 billion | 2002 |
| Average since 2016 | US$125.7 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$9.44 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, South Asia's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 12.6% on 2024 (from US$179.61 billion to US$202.21 billion).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2024), the average change was +15% and a typical year strayed about 12.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 36% in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.7% in 2009. 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 US$14.36 billion a year. A straight line explains 94% 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| South Asia | US$202.21 billion | 2025 |
| World | US$1.28 trillion | 2024 |
What this measures
Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 24 values
| Year | ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 202,208,766,186 |
| 2024 | 179,613,884,003 |
| 2023 | 164,309,344,095 |
| 2022 | 146,773,958,360 |
| 2021 | 121,503,550,642 |
| 2020 | 101,043,636,687 |
| 2019 | 96,216,790,309 |
| 2018 | 86,531,991,049 |
| 2017 | 80,322,841,209 |
| 2016 | 78,440,752,984 |
ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$54.77 million (2020)
- Algeria — US$77.61 million (2025)
- Bahrain — US$1.42 billion (2025)
- Djibouti — US$80.52 million (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$2.06 billion (2025)
- Iraq — US$96.6 million (2025)
- Israel — US$58.63 billion (2025)
- Jordan — US$48.17 million (2024)
- Kuwait — US$6.25 billion (2025)
- Lebanon — US$140.73 million (2023)
- Libya
More infrastructure data for South Asia
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 52 million (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 3.1 (2025)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 1.44 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 2,231 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 196.8 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.38 billion (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 81.7 (2025)
- Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 4,373 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 37,241 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is South Asia's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)?
- US$202.21 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is up 2,041% from US$9.44 billion in 2002 (14.25% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$202.21 billion in 2025 and the lowest US$9.44 billion in 2002.
- Is the latest change in ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) unusual for South Asia?
- In 2025, South Asia's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 12.6% on 2024 (from US$179.61 billion to US$202.21 billion). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2024), the average change was +15% and a typical year strayed about 12.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.CCIS.CD, 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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