São Tomé and Principe - Imports of computer, communications and other services

Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) in São Tomé and Principe was 10.97 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.14 in 1997 and a minimum value of 0.56 in 1986.

Definition: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1974 23.25
1975 11.41
1976 13.64
1977 5.88
1978 1.53
1979 3.45
1980 3.85
1981 3.71
1982 4.57
1983 3.54
1984 2.97
1985 2.44
1986 0.56
1987 2.63
1988 3.46
1989 5.35
1990 4.14
1997 27.14
1998 23.88
1999 21.84
2000 20.31
2001 19.80
2002 17.78
2003 16.49
2004 16.27
2005 4.87
2006 7.17
2007 5.05
2008 2.03
2009 2.42
2010 10.97

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports