Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) by country
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,...
Countries reporting
197
Highest
84.3%
Ireland
Lowest
-47.3%
Guyana
Median
34.9%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,628
What the numbers show
Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 84.3% in Ireland; the lowest is -47.3% in Guyana.
The median across all reporting countries is 34.9%, and the mean is 33.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 2,144.1%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 215.3%).
Communications, computer, etc.: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 84.3% | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 2 | Namibia | 79.8% | 2024 | up 69.8% | rising |
| 3 | Eswatini | 77.2% | 2024 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 4 | Malta | 75.2% | 2024 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Sweden | 73.3% | 2025 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | 72.6% | 2024 | up 255.9% | rising |
| 7 | Switzerland | 71.9% | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Barbados | 70.5% | 2017 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 9 | Japan | 65.0% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 10 | Guinea | 64.8% | 2024 | up 107.3% | falling |
| 11 | Finland | 64.0% | 2025 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 12 | Netherlands | 62.9% | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 13 | India | 61.7% | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 14 | Israel | 59.9% | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 15 | Seychelles | 59.2% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 16 | Estonia | 58.8% | 2025 | up 71.5% | rising |
| 17 | Poland | 56.9% | 2025 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 18 | Republic of Korea | 55.9% | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 19 | Grenada | 55.5% | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 20 | Brazil | 55.3% | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 21 | Congo | 55.2% | 2021 | down 24.0% | flat |
| 22 | Solomon Islands | 55.1% | 2024 | up 53.1% | falling |
| 23 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 54.5% | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 24 | France | 53.3% | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 25 | Singapore | 53.3% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 26 | Belgium | 53.2% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 27 | Cyprus | 52.9% | 2025 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Austria | 52.6% | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 29 | Ghana | 52.6% | 2025 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 30 | Hungary | 52.2% | 2025 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 31 | Saint Lucia | 51.9% | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 32 | New Caledonia | 51.4% | 2016 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 33 | Gabon | 51.1% | 2015 | up 41.6% | falling |
| 34 | Faroe Islands | 50.9% | 2011 | up 112.8% | rising |
| 35 | Bahamas | 50.4% | 2024 | up 365.7% | falling |
| 36 | Germany | 50.2% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 37 | Botswana | 49.6% | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 38 | Norway | 49.4% | 2025 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 39 | Romania | 49.1% | 2025 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 40 | Antigua and Barbuda | 49.1% | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 41 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 48.8% | 2016 | up 88.7% | rising |
| 42 | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.7% | 2024 | up 97.8% | rising |
| 43 | Czechia | 48.6% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 44 | Canada | 48.3% | 2025 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 45 | Spain | 47.8% | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 46 | Latvia | 47.6% | 2025 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 47 | Italy | 47.4% | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 48 | Croatia | 47.0% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 49 | Benin | 47.0% | 2023 | up 58.9% | falling |
| 50 | Mozambique | 46.8% | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Myanmar | 46.3% | 2019 | up 168.0% | falling |
| 52 | Senegal | 46.2% | 2023 | up 152.9% | falling |
| 53 | Portugal | 45.2% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 54 | Mauritania | 45.1% | 2024 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 55 | South Sudan | 44.9% | 2023 | up 1,515.9% | rising |
| 56 | South Africa | 44.9% | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 57 | Slovenia | 44.7% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 58 | Denmark | 44.7% | 2024 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 59 | North Macedonia | 44.2% | 2025 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 60 | Uruguay | 44.2% | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 61 | Dominica | 43.6% | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 43.6% | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 63 | Indonesia | 43.4% | 2025 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 64 | Slovakia | 42.7% | 2025 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 65 | Algeria | 42.6% | 2024 | up 84.0% | falling |
| 66 | Malaysia | 42.6% | 2024 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 41.8% | 2024 | up 192.5% | falling |
| 68 | New Zealand | 41.5% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 69 | United States | 41.3% | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 70 | Luxembourg | 41.2% | 2025 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 71 | Brunei Darussalam | 41.0% | 2025 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 72 | Aruba | 40.7% | 2023 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 73 | Cameroon | 40.7% | 2024 | up 57.3% | falling |
| 74 | Iceland | 40.7% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 75 | Andorra | 40.6% | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 76 | Australia | 40.1% | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 77 | Zimbabwe | 39.9% | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 78 | Montenegro | 39.7% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 79 | Mauritius | 39.3% | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 80 | Thailand | 39.1% | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 81 | Sao Tome and Principe | 38.9% | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Chile | 38.9% | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 83 | Türkiye | 38.5% | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 84 | Serbia | 38.1% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 85 | Jamaica | 38.1% | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 38.0% | 2025 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 87 | Cayman Islands | 37.8% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 88 | Chad | 37.6% | 1994 | up 57.1% | falling |
| 89 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 37.6% | 2025 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 90 | Lithuania | 37.5% | 2025 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 91 | Malawi | 37.5% | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Zambia | 37.4% | 2024 | up 130.8% | volatile |
| 93 | San Marino | 37.3% | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 94 | China | 36.8% | 2025 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 95 | Cape Verde | 36.8% | 2025 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 35.7% | 2025 | down 36.2% | rising |
| 97 | Macao | 35.7% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 98 | Peru | 35.5% | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 99 | Argentina | 34.9% | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 100 | Samoa | 34.6% | 2025 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 101 | Eritrea | 34.6% | 2000 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 102 | Bermuda | 34.5% | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 103 | Azerbaijan | 34.4% | 2025 | up 239.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Maldives | 33.4% | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Kazakhstan | 33.3% | 2025 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Colombia | 33.0% | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 107 | Mexico | 32.6% | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 32.6% | 2024 | up 145.6% | falling |
| 109 | Palestine, State of | 32.4% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 110 | Iran | 32.1% | 2000 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 111 | Morocco | 32.0% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 112 | Tonga | 31.5% | 2024 | up 293.4% | rising |
| 113 | Philippines | 29.9% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 114 | Yemen | 29.5% | 2016 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 115 | Curacao | 29.3% | 2023 | down 30.3% | flat |
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 29.2% | 2025 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 117 | Belize | 29.0% | 2025 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 118 | Tuvalu | 29.0% | 2023 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 28.4% | 2025 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 120 | Ecuador | 28.2% | 2025 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 121 | Madagascar | 28.1% | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 122 | Marshall Islands | 27.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 123 | Kenya | 27.2% | 2024 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 124 | Nigeria | 27.1% | 2025 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 125 | Uganda | 26.3% | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 126 | Egypt | 26.1% | 2025 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 127 | Ukraine | 25.6% | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 128 | Mongolia | 25.4% | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Liberia | 25.2% | 2024 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Paraguay | 24.3% | 2025 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Sudan | 24.2% | 2022 | up 83.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Honduras | 24.2% | 2025 | up 55.0% | falling |
| 133 | French Polynesia | 24.2% | 2016 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 134 | Pakistan | 23.8% | 2025 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 135 | Qatar | 23.2% | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 136 | Republic of Moldova | 22.7% | 2025 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 22.1% | 2025 | up 143.1% | falling |
| 138 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 21.8% | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 139 | Georgia | 21.7% | 2025 | up 53.8% | rising |
| 140 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 21.2% | 2024 | up 73.2% | falling |
| 141 | Belarus | 21.2% | 2021 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 142 | Bahrain | 20.9% | 2024 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 143 | Niger | 20.9% | 2024 | up 187.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.0% | 2025 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 145 | Guatemala | 19.5% | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 146 | El Salvador | 19.4% | 2025 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 147 | Kosovo | 18.8% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 148 | Oman | 18.4% | 2024 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 149 | Greece | 18.0% | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 150 | Kiribati | 17.4% | 2025 | up 137.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Burkina Faso | 17.3% | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 152 | Burundi | 17.3% | 2025 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Dominican Republic | 17.0% | 2025 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 154 | Haiti | 16.9% | 2024 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 155 | Lebanon | 16.7% | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 156 | Ethiopia | 16.4% | 2024 | up 444.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Afghanistan | 16.3% | 2020 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Togo | 15.7% | 2020 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 159 | Timor-Leste | 15.4% | 2025 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Fiji | 15.3% | 2024 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 161 | Russian Federation | 15.2% | 2025 | down 57.8% | rising |
| 162 | Panama | 15.1% | 2025 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 163 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 14.9% | 2023 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 164 | Tunisia | 14.5% | 2024 | up 223.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Cambodia | 14.1% | 2025 | up 102.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Comoros | 13.4% | 2023 | up 195.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Iraq | 13.2% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 168 | Hong Kong | 12.4% | 2024 | down 66.9% | falling |
| 169 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.1% | 2024 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Mali | 11.7% | 2024 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Nicaragua | 11.5% | 2024 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 172 | Uzbekistan | 11.2% | 2025 | up 442.1% | rising |
| 173 | Armenia | 10.6% | 2025 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 10.4% | 1994 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 175 | Albania | 10.4% | 2025 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Vanuatu | 10.2% | 2022 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 177 | Lesotho | 10.2% | 2025 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Nepal | 9.8% | 2024 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 179 | Angola | 9.7% | 2025 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Palau | 8.8% | 2023 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Bhutan | 8.4% | 2024 | up 2,144.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Syria | 8.3% | 2010 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 183 | Naoero | 8.1% | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Rwanda | 7.9% | 2024 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 185 | Libya | 7.8% | 2023 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.4% | 2025 | down 60.9% | rising |
| 187 | Djibouti | 7.1% | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 188 | Jordan | 6.1% | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 189 | Kuwait | 5.3% | 2025 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Tajikistan | 3.7% | 2025 | up 132.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Micronesia (country) | 2.3% | 2014 | up 123.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.6% | 2024 | up 379.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.0% | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 194 | Sierra Leone | -0.4% | 2024 | down 100.5% | falling |
| 195 | Gambia | -1.4% | 2024 | down 171.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Suriname | -16.0% | 2025 | down 137.2% | volatile |
| 197 | Guyana | -47.3% | 2023 | down 215.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 59.0%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 59.0%
- European Union 52.1%
- Euro area 50.3%
- Other small states 56.8%
- Small states 54.3%
- Europe & Central Asia 51.9%
- Post-demographic dividend 51.6%
- OECD members 51.2%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 50.6%
- High income 50.0%
- World 47.7%
- Lower middle income 47.0%
- East Asia & Pacific 47.0%
- North America 42.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 41.6%
- Africa Western and Central 40.6%
- IBRD only 40.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 40.3%
- Middle income 39.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean 39.9%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 39.9%
- Low & middle income 39.8%
- IDA & IBRD total 39.5%
- Late-demographic dividend 37.9%
- Upper middle income 37.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 37.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 37.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 36.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 36.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 36.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 35.8%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 34.7%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 32.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 31.1%
- IDA blend 30.9%
- IDA total 29.6%
- IDA only 28.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 28.4%
- Pre-demographic dividend 24.8%
About this data
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 imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.