North America - 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 North America was 53.12 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 53.12 in 2020 and a minimum value of 11.02 in 1981.

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
1970 12.77
1971 13.04
1972 13.36
1973 13.55
1974 12.74
1975 13.38
1976 14.00
1977 11.75
1978 12.30
1979 12.88
1980 12.16
1981 11.02
1982 20.47
1983 18.51
1984 16.62
1985 16.27
1986 18.65
1987 19.42
1988 21.42
1989 23.04
1990 22.12
1991 24.62
1992 24.35
1993 24.81
1994 25.90
1995 27.05
1996 28.40
1997 28.60
1998 29.16
1999 30.43
2000 29.30
2001 29.66
2002 31.26
2003 30.93
2004 30.19
2005 30.29
2006 30.83
2007 31.11
2008 32.96
2009 35.09
2010 34.97
2011 36.66
2012 37.28
2013 38.94
2014 39.30
2015 39.71
2016 40.88
2017 41.34
2018 40.72
2019 40.49
2020 53.12

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports