World's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) was US$1.28 trillion in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 162.79% from US$487.15 billion in 2014 (10.14% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$1.28 trillion | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | US$718.47 billion | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$487.15 billion | 2014 |
| Highest | US$1.28 trillion | 2024 |
| Lowest | US$135.42 billion | 2004 |
| Average since 2015 | US$806.71 billion | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | US$135.42 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2024, World's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 12.4% on 2023 (from US$1.14 trillion to US$1.28 trillion).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2023), the average change was +12.2% and a typical year strayed about 8.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 31.3% in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.7% in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$90.75 billion a year. A straight line explains 97% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
What this measures
Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions). Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 21 values
| Year | ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,280,181,157,681 |
| 2023 | 1,139,427,385,714 |
| 2022 | 1,012,631,140,722 |
| 2021 | 950,095,685,947 |
| 2020 | 786,613,677,108 |
| 2019 | 718,471,314,985 |
| 2018 | 646,516,947,623 |
| 2017 | 556,787,751,587 |
| 2016 | 502,318,320,774 |
| 2015 | 474,020,412,906 |
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$140.73 million (2023)
- Libya
More infrastructure data for World
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 9.9 (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 815 million (2025)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 34.76 million (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 4.27 billion (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 213,782 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 9.17 billion (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 111.5 (2025)
- Patent applications, nonresidents — 1.02 million (2024)
- Patent applications, residents — 2.7 million (2024)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is World's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)?
- US$1.28 trillion in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2004?
- It is up 845.36% from US$135.42 billion in 2004 (11.89% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.28 trillion in 2024 and the lowest US$135.42 billion in 2004.
- Is the latest change in ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) unusual for World?
- In 2024, World's ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) rose 12.4% on 2023 (from US$1.14 trillion to US$1.28 trillion). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2005 to 2023), the average change was +12.2% and a typical year strayed about 8.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations above 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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