Computer, communications and other services in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Computer, communications and other services was 36.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Computer, communications and other services in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1979–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 36.0% for computer, communications and other services in 2025.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, computer, communications and other services in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 44.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 22.2%, in 1983.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Computer, communications and other services in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 22.5% | — |
| 1980 | 23.3% | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 23.2% | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 24.3% | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 22.2% | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 22.8% | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 22.7% | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 24.1% | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 24.9% | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 25.6% | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 25.9% | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 28.6% | +10.2% |
| 1991 | 29.1% | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 30.4% | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 31.0% | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 35.9% | +15.9% |
| 1995 | 31.1% | -13.2% |
| 1996 | 36.6% | +17.5% |
| 1997 | 40.6% | +11.0% |
| 1998 | 23.4% | -42.3% |
| 1999 | 24.8% | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 26.0% | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 25.0% | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 27.5% | +10.1% |
| 2003 | 26.1% | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 24.7% | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 24.9% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 25.9% | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 27.0% | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 27.9% | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 29.4% | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 29.9% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 30.2% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 31.3% | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 31.2% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 32.0% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 31.7% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 31.7% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 32.7% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 33.0% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 33.3% | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 44.5% | +33.7% |
| 2021 | 42.1% | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 36.4% | -13.5% |
| 2023 | 35.0% | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 34.6% | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 36.0% | +4.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Computer, communications and other services in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | -42.3% | 40.6% | 23.4% |
| 2020 | +33.7% | 33.3% | 44.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22.5% | 22.5% | 22.5% | 1 |
| 1980s | 23.9% | 22.2% | 25.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.1% | 23.4% | 40.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.5% | 24.7% | 29.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.7% | 29.9% | 33.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.1% | 34.6% | 44.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
More private sector data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Merchandise trade 43.4% (2025)
- Food imports 8.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 74.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.40 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 61.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 1.37 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,178 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2093 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.06 % change on previous year (2025)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is computer, communications and other services in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Computer, communications and other services in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 36.0% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest computer, communications and other services recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 44.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest computer, communications and other services recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.2% in 1983.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for computer, communications and other services?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is computer, communications and other services rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Computer, communications and other services include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.