ICT service exports, US$ — all countries

ICT service exports, US$ — South Africa

ICT service exports, US$ in South Africa in 2025 — 1,706,339,819 US$. Ranked 46 in the world out of 94. Since 1972, the indicator has risen by 132,119.9%.

2025 1.71B US$ +11.71% vs 2024
World rank 46of 94
Period maximum 1.71B US$2025
Period minimum 1.15M US$1976

Trend over time

1972–2025 · US$

ICT service exports, US$ — South Africa, 1972–20250500M1B1.5B2B19721978198419901996200220082014202020251972: 1,290,532 US$1976: 1,150,000 US$1985: 1,818,541 US$1986: 1,755,381 US$1987: 1,965,180 US$1988: 1,767,827 US$1989: 2,648,558 US$1990: 3,855,572 US$1991: 3,965,404 US$1992: 5,950,726 US$1993: 7,962,458 US$1994: 15,430,061 US$1995: 20,399,392 US$1996: 63,097,326 US$1997: 62,993,878 US$1998: 58,526,086 US$1999: 57,777,342 US$2000: 50,050,495 US$2001: 131,954,383 US$2002: 131,425,799 US$2003: 193,574,297 US$2004: 264,507,830 US$2005: 323,205,808 US$2006: 391,729,208 US$2007: 349,917,313 US$2008: 337,552,710 US$2009: 348,614,805 US$2010: 465,155,264 US$2011: 544,587,081 US$2012: 570,348,034 US$2013: 605,427,828 US$2014: 557,355,603 US$2015: 549,107,784 US$2016: 559,554,955 US$2017: 635,857,134 US$2018: 638,767,210 US$2019: 691,162,295 US$2020: 711,285,344 US$2021: 827,150,686 US$2022: 943,520,170 US$2023: 1,336,285,824 US$2024: 1,527,453,631 US$2025: 1,706,339,819 US$
Change over the period: +1.71B (+132,119.92%) Average annual rate: 14.52 %
ICT service exports, US$ — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 1.71B +179M +11.71%
2024 1.53B +191M +14.31%
2023 1.34B +393M +41.63%
2022 944M +116M +14.07%
2021 827M +116M +16.29%
2020 711M +20.12M +2.91%
2019 691M +52.4M +8.2%
2018 639M +2.91M +0.46%
2017 636M +76.3M +13.64%
2016 560M +10.45M +1.9%
2015 549M −8.25M −1.48%
2014 557M −48.07M −7.94%
2013 605M +35.08M +6.15%
2012 570M +25.76M +4.73%
2011 545M +79.43M +17.08%
2010 465M +117M +33.43%
2009 349M +11.06M +3.28%
2008 338M −12.36M −3.53%
2007 350M −41.81M −10.67%
2006 392M +68.52M +21.2%
2005 323M +58.7M +22.19%
2004 265M +70.93M +36.64%
2003 194M +62.15M +47.29%
2002 131M −528,584 −0.4%
2001 132M +81.9M +163.64%
2000 50.05M −7.73M −13.37%
1999 57.78M −748,744 −1.28%
1998 58.53M −4.47M −7.09%
1997 62.99M −103,448 −0.16%
1996 63.1M +42.7M +209.31%
1995 20.4M +4.97M +32.21%
1994 15.43M +7.47M +93.79%
1993 7.96M +2.01M +33.81%
1992 5.95M +1.99M +50.07%
1991 3.97M +109,832 +2.85%
1990 3.86M +1.21M +45.57%
1989 2.65M +880,731 +49.82%
1988 1.77M −197,353 −10.04%
1987 1.97M +209,799 +11.95%
1986 1.76M −63,161 −3.47%
1985 1.82M
1976 1.15M
1972 1.29M

Southern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 1.71B LS Lesotho 15,667

About the indicator

Exports of services in information and communication technologies: computer services and software development, information services, telecommunications. The one line of world trade that hardly depends on geography and logistics — which is why countries far from the trade routes have come out at the top of the list.

Important: Unlike the share, the absolute series makes it possible to compare the scale of the industry between countries: the share is high in tiny economies too, where the whole of exports of services is small.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.