Bulgaria vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): ICT service exports

Bulgaria
4.78 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
4.38 billion BoP, current US$
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
36th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
39th

ICT service exports over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
01.0B2.0B3.0B4.0B5.0B199720112025

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 4.78 billion BoP, current US$ against 4.38 billion BoP, current US$ in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 400.88 million BoP, current US$.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 20 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 36th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 39th of 189 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
2000s 293.61 million BoP, current US$ 1.66 billion BoP, current US$ 1.37 billion BoP, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 1.02 billion BoP, current US$ 2.91 billion BoP, current US$ 1.89 billion BoP, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2020s 3.26 billion BoP, current US$ 3.98 billion BoP, current US$ 722.05 million BoP, current US$ Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher ict service exports, Bulgaria or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Bulgaria, at 4.78 billion BoP, current US$ against 4.38 billion BoP, current US$ in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in ict service exports between Bulgaria and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
400.88 million BoP, current US$, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
20 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for ict service exports?
Bulgaria ranks 36th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 39th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as ICT service exports (BoP, current US$). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bulgaria vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): ICT service exports. Statizoid, drawing on Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/ict-service-exports-bop-current-us/bulgaria/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/ict-service-exports-bop-current-us/bulgaria/sub-saharan-africa-excluding-high-income/">Bulgaria vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): ICT service exports</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
236 places, 6,397 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.