ICT service exports in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: ICT service exports was 39.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
ICT service exports in Lower middle income, 2000–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service exports, BoP.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 39.7% for ict service exports in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.9% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ict service exports in Lower middle income peaked at 39.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 2000.
That places Lower middle income 3rd out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
ICT service exports in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of service exports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.0% | — |
| 2001 | 19.9% | +42.1% |
| 2002 | 19.6% | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 20.4% | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 21.2% | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 22.0% | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 23.7% | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 25.1% | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 27.5% | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 29.1% | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 27.6% | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 28.7% | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 29.6% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 31.5% | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 31.0% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 32.2% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 32.4% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 29.1% | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 27.4% | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 28.7% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 37.2% | +29.4% |
| 2021 | 37.6% | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 34.9% | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 35.6% | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 36.5% | +2.4% |
| 2025 | 39.7% | +8.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ICT service exports in Lower middle income changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +42.1% | 14.0% | 19.9% |
| 2020 | +29.4% | 28.7% | 37.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.3% | 14.0% | 29.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.8% | 27.4% | 32.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.9% | 34.9% | 39.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More economy & growth data for Lower middle income
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.7321 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 5.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1054 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 261.65 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 6.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 6.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 1,785 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.7194 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 298.08 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,817 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ict service exports in Lower middle income?
- Ict service exports in Lower middle income was 39.7% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest ict service exports recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 39.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest ict service exports recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 2000.
- How does Lower middle income rank for ict service exports?
- Lower middle income ranks 3rd out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is ict service exports rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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).