Sri Lanka's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) was US$902.87 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 12.18% from US$804.86 million in 2015 (1.16% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$902.87 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$994.8 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$804.86 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$1.2 billion | 2021 |
| Lowest | US$45.31 million | 2000 |
| Average since 2016 | US$991.66 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$45.31 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Sri Lanka's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) fell 7.1% on 2024 (from US$971.46 million to US$902.87 million).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was +16.3% and a typical year strayed about 29.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 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 134% in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 16.4% in 2023. 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 1% 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 65th highest value of the 130 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 | US$902.87 million | 2025 |
| World | US$1.28 trillion | 2024 |
| South Asia | US$202.21 billion | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | US$139.94 billion | 2025 |
Closest to Sri Lanka in the 2025 ranking
- New Zealand — 62nd of 130: US$1.09 billion
- Kenya — 63rd of 130: US$938.78 million
- Uzbekistan — 64th of 130: US$921.5 million
- Moldova — 66th of 130: US$893.13 million
- Iceland — 67th of 130: US$796.24 million
- North Macedonia — 68th of 130: US$764.41 million
What this measures
Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 26 values
| Year | ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 902,870,093 |
| 2024 | 971,460,298 |
| 2023 | 916,674,338 |
| 2022 | 1,097,091,809 |
| 2021 | 1,200,700,000 |
| 2020 | 994,802,009 |
| 2019 | 1,054,035,000 |
| 2018 | 994,971,000 |
| 2017 | 925,665,482 |
| 2016 | 858,350,439 |
| 2015 |
ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — US$740.89 million (2025)
- Bhutan — US$1.29 million (2024)
- India — US$200.34 billion (2025)
- Maldives — US$46.88 million (2025)
- Nepal — US$174.34 million (2025)
More infrastructure data for Sri Lanka
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 1.58 million (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 6.85 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 24,228 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 278.5 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 3.87 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 30.62 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 132.55 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 42 (2024)
- Industrial design applications, resident, by count — 171 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sri Lanka's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)?
- US$902.87 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 1,893% from US$45.31 million in 2000 (12.71% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.2 billion in 2021 and the lowest US$45.31 million in 2000.
- How does Sri Lanka rank?
- 65th highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) unusual for Sri Lanka?
- In 2025, Sri Lanka's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) fell 7.1% on 2024 (from US$971.46 million to US$902.87 million). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2024), the average change was +16.3% and a typical year strayed about 29.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 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.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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