Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) by country
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...
Countries reporting
198
Highest
89.6%
Suriname
Lowest
0.6%
Nauru
Median
35.6%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,778
What the numbers show
Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 89.6% in Suriname; the lowest is 0.6% in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 35.6%, and the mean is 36.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 146.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 561.0%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 96.7%).
Computer, communications and other services (%) … imports: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 89.6% | 2025 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 2 | Ireland | 86.8% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 3 | Guyana | 83.9% | 2023 | up 104.8% | rising |
| 4 | Namibia | 80.2% | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea | 78.1% | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 6 | Sao Tome and Principe | 77.7% | 2025 | up 184.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Malta | 75.1% | 2024 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Sweden | 74.8% | 2025 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 72.4% | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Eswatini | 71.3% | 2025 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 11 | Barbados | 69.8% | 2017 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 12 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 66.6% | 2023 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 13 | Finland | 66.6% | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 14 | Japan | 66.2% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | 65.0% | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 16 | Guinea | 64.8% | 2024 | up 77.8% | rising |
| 17 | Botswana | 64.5% | 2025 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 18 | Netherlands | 63.8% | 2025 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 19 | India | 62.5% | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 20 | Congo | 61.4% | 2021 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 21 | Israel | 61.2% | 2025 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 22 | Estonia | 59.7% | 2025 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 23 | Poland | 58.7% | 2025 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 24 | Seychelles | 58.6% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 25 | Grenada | 58.6% | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 26 | Belgium | 58.2% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 27 | Dominica | 57.4% | 2025 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 28 | South Korea | 57.4% | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 29 | Senegal | 56.6% | 2023 | up 150.2% | rising |
| 30 | Ghana | 56.1% | 2025 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 31 | New Caledonia | 56.0% | 2016 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom | 55.3% | 2025 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 33 | France | 54.9% | 2025 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 34 | Brazil | 54.3% | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 35 | Cyprus | 54.2% | 2025 | up 72.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Spain | 54.1% | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 37 | Austria | 53.9% | 2025 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 38 | Mozambique | 53.8% | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 53.6% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 40 | Hungary | 53.5% | 2025 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 41 | Singapore | 53.4% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 42 | Benin | 52.9% | 2023 | up 40.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Antigua and Barbuda | 52.9% | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 52.7% | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 45 | Norway | 52.2% | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 46 | Latvia | 51.9% | 2025 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 47 | Faroe Islands | 50.9% | 2011 | up 116.4% | rising |
| 48 | Bahamas | 50.7% | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 49 | Gabon | 50.6% | 2015 | up 45.8% | falling |
| 50 | Germany | 50.4% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 51 | Romania | 49.5% | 2025 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 52 | Czechia | 49.2% | 2025 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 53 | Canada | 48.4% | 2025 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 54 | Myanmar | 48.3% | 2019 | up 246.8% | flat |
| 55 | Denmark | 48.0% | 2025 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 56 | Cote d'Ivoire | 47.7% | 2024 | up 131.3% | rising |
| 57 | Croatia | 47.6% | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 58 | Italy | 47.5% | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 59 | Slovenia | 47.1% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 60 | Luxembourg | 47.1% | 2025 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 61 | Malaysia | 46.8% | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 62 | Madagascar | 46.1% | 2025 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 63 | Portugal | 46.1% | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 64 | Slovakia | 45.7% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 65 | New Zealand | 45.1% | 2025 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 66 | Solomon Islands | 44.8% | 2024 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 67 | Brunei | 44.3% | 2025 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 68 | South Africa | 44.2% | 2025 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 69 | Andorra | 44.0% | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 70 | Indonesia | 44.0% | 2025 | up 11.3% | flat |
| 71 | Uruguay | 44.0% | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 43.5% | 2025 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | 43.5% | 2025 | up 231.7% | rising |
| 74 | Belarus | 42.3% | 2021 | up 31.7% | rising |
| 75 | Mauritania | 41.9% | 2024 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Iceland | 41.4% | 2025 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 41.0% | 2025 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 78 | United States | 40.6% | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 79 | Venezuela | 40.5% | 2025 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 80 | Aruba | 40.1% | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 81 | Turkey | 39.9% | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Thailand | 39.7% | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 83 | Australia | 39.4% | 2025 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 84 | Mauritius | 39.3% | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 85 | Serbia | 39.2% | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 39.2% | 2025 | up 53.0% | falling |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 38.4% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 88 | Algeria | 38.4% | 2025 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 89 | Montenegro | 38.2% | 2025 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 90 | China | 38.1% | 2025 | up 90.6% | rising |
| 91 | Lithuania | 38.0% | 2025 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 92 | San Marino | 37.6% | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 93 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 37.2% | 2025 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 94 | Chile | 37.2% | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 95 | Zimbabwe | 37.1% | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 96 | Cayman Islands | 37.0% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 97 | Bolivia | 36.6% | 2025 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Cameroon | 36.4% | 2024 | up 27.2% | falling |
| 99 | Maldives | 36.0% | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Argentina | 35.2% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 101 | Angola | 35.2% | 2025 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 102 | Jamaica | 34.9% | 2025 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 103 | Bermuda | 34.9% | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 104 | Peru | 34.7% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 34.6% | 2025 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 34.6% | 2024 | up 104.0% | falling |
| 107 | Mexico | 34.0% | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 108 | Hong Kong | 33.9% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 33.6% | 2025 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Colombia | 33.1% | 2025 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 111 | Kenya | 32.7% | 2025 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 112 | Tonga | 32.7% | 2025 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Zambia | 32.0% | 2025 | up 163.4% | rising |
| 114 | Niger | 32.0% | 2024 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 115 | Samoa | 31.6% | 2025 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 116 | Mongolia | 31.6% | 2025 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Curacao | 31.1% | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 118 | Macao | 31.0% | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 119 | Uganda | 30.4% | 2025 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 120 | Yemen | 29.9% | 2016 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 121 | Philippines | 29.7% | 2025 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 122 | Morocco | 29.6% | 2025 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 123 | Russia | 29.2% | 2025 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 124 | Ecuador | 28.7% | 2025 | up 83.2% | rising |
| 125 | Chad | 28.6% | 1994 | up 38.7% | falling |
| 126 | Malawi | 27.9% | 2025 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Marshall Islands | 27.5% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 128 | Bangladesh | 27.1% | 2025 | up 187.2% | rising |
| 129 | Ukraine | 25.7% | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 25.1% | 2025 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 131 | Kuwait | 24.8% | 2025 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Nigeria | 24.6% | 2025 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 133 | Liberia | 24.5% | 2024 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Micronesia (country) | 24.2% | 2014 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 135 | Ethiopia | 24.1% | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 136 | French Polynesia | 24.0% | 2016 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 137 | Paraguay | 23.8% | 2025 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Belize | 23.1% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 139 | Egypt | 23.0% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 140 | Honduras | 23.0% | 2025 | up 60.8% | falling |
| 141 | Oman | 22.8% | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 142 | Moldova | 22.6% | 2025 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 143 | Burkina Faso | 22.6% | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 144 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.0% | 2025 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.7% | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 146 | Eritrea | 21.3% | 2000 | down 77.1% | falling |
| 147 | Georgia | 20.9% | 2025 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 20.4% | 2024 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Bhutan | 20.1% | 2024 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 150 | Tanzania | 20.0% | 2024 | up 82.7% | falling |
| 151 | Burundi | 19.8% | 2025 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Bahrain | 19.8% | 2025 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Pakistan | 19.7% | 2025 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Greece | 19.3% | 2025 | up 27.4% | falling |
| 155 | Mali | 19.1% | 2024 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 156 | Guatemala | 18.6% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 157 | El Salvador | 18.4% | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 158 | Kosovo | 18.0% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 158 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 18.0% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 160 | Tunisia | 17.1% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 161 | Haiti | 16.9% | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Qatar | 16.7% | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 163 | Sierra Leone | 16.6% | 2024 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Cambodia | 16.6% | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 165 | Fiji | 16.1% | 2024 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 166 | Lebanon | 15.7% | 2023 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 167 | Togo | 14.8% | 2020 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 168 | Armenia | 14.5% | 2025 | up 38.5% | falling |
| 169 | Tuvalu | 14.1% | 2023 | down 69.5% | falling |
| 170 | Dominican Republic | 14.0% | 2025 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 171 | South Sudan | 13.9% | 2023 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 172 | Panama | 13.7% | 2025 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 173 | Palau | 13.1% | 2023 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 174 | Comoros | 12.7% | 2023 | up 209.4% | volatile |
| 175 | East Timor | 11.4% | 2025 | down 77.5% | falling |
| 176 | Tajikistan | 11.2% | 2025 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Uzbekistan | 10.5% | 2025 | up 171.7% | rising |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 10.4% | 1994 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 179 | Rwanda | 10.2% | 2024 | up 458.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Nicaragua | 9.6% | 2024 | down 62.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Albania | 9.5% | 2025 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Iraq | 9.4% | 2025 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Vanuatu | 8.8% | 2022 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 184 | Lesotho | 8.7% | 2025 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Palestine | 8.6% | 2025 | down 64.5% | falling |
| 186 | Nepal | 8.5% | 2025 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 187 | Gambia | 8.4% | 2025 | up 421.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Sudan | 7.5% | 2025 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 189 | Afghanistan | 6.9% | 2020 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Syria | 5.7% | 2010 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Laos | 5.3% | 2025 | up 163.8% | volatile |
| 192 | Libya | 4.6% | 2023 | up 561.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Kiribati | 4.2% | 2025 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 194 | Jordan | 3.0% | 2024 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 195 | Djibouti | 2.4% | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 196 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.2% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 197 | Iran | 1.1% | 2000 | down 96.7% | falling |
| 198 | Nauru | 0.6% | 2024 | down 89.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 57.7%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 57.7%
- European Union 54.4%
- Euro area 53.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 53.4%
- Other small states 51.8%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 51.3%
- OECD members 50.9%
- Post-demographic dividend 50.5%
- High income 49.3%
- Small states 49.0%
- World 46.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 45.0%
- Lower middle income 43.9%
- Caribbean Small States 42.9%
- North America 41.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 41.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 40.6%
- IBRD only 40.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 39.9%
- Late-demographic dividend 39.6%
- IDA & IBRD total 39.6%
- Middle income 39.2%
- Low & middle income 39.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 38.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 38.8%
- Upper middle income 38.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 38.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 38.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 37.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 37.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 36.9%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 36.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 36.3%
- Africa Western and Central 35.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 30.8%
- IDA total 27.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 27.5%
- IDA only 26.3%
- Low income 25.8%
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 imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.