Sri Lanka's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) was 21.63% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 6.96 percentage points from 14.67% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 21.63% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 34.4% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 14.67% | 2015 |
| Highest | 50.29% | 2021 |
| Lowest | 13.55% | 2018 |
| Average since 2016 | 25.24% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 35.34% | 1975 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Sri Lanka's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) fell 1.46 percentage points on 2024 (from 23.09% to 21.63%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.16 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.87 percentage points 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 18.64 percentage points in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.07 percentage points in 2022. 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, Sri Lanka had the 75th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 21.63% | 2025 |
| World | 37.19% | 2025 |
| South Asia | 54.3% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 28.91% | 2025 |
Closest to Sri Lanka in the 2025 ranking
- Belize — 72nd of 133: 22.91%
- Singapore — 73rd of 133: 22.64%
- Uganda — 74th of 133: 21.82%
- Bahrain — 76th of 133: 21.47%
- Kazakhstan — 77th of 133: 21.04%
- New Zealand — 78th of 133: 20.54%
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 51 values
| Year | Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 21.63 |
| 2024 | 23.09 |
| 2023 | 28.64 |
| 2022 | 37.22 |
| 2021 | 50.29 |
| 2020 | 34.4 |
| 2019 | 15.76 |
| 2018 | 13.55 |
| 2017 | 13.88 |
| 2016 | 13.96 |
| 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)
- Nepal — 33.36% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$9.1 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 2.74 trillion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) — US$6.84 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant LCU) — 929.67 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 8.36% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$18.63 billion (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 5.61 trillion (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 17.12% (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sri Lanka's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 21.63% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1975?
- It is down 13.71 percentage points from 35.34% in 1975. The highest value was 50.29% in 2021 and the lowest 13.55% in 2018.
- How does Sri Lanka rank?
- 75th highest of 133 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Sri Lanka?
- In 2025, Sri Lanka's communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP) fell 1.46 percentage points on 2024 (from 23.09% to 21.63%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.16 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.87 percentage points 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.
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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