World Bank Communications and Computer Services Import Share

World Development Indicators data measures the share of communications, computer, and information services in total service imports for various countries. The indicator is expressed as a percentage of total service imports, covering transactions between residents and nonresidents. It is compiled by the World Bank from officially recognized international sources.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in the 'Communications, computer, etc.' service import share over time for specific countries.
• Benchmark a country's service import structure against others using the percentage-of-imports metric.
• Model the relationship between this services import indicator and other economic growth variables.
• Forecast future service import composition by applying time-series analysis to the annual percentage data.

Strengths

• Data originates from the World Bank's authoritative World Development Indicators collection.
• Indicator provides a standardized, comparable percentage metric across countries and years.

Limitations

• Specific row count, time range, and geographic coverage for this specific indicator are unknown.
• Underlying source data quality and definitions may vary between reporting countries.

Provenance

Source

World Bank World Development Indicators

Collection Method

Compiled from officially recognized international sources and national accounts.

Geography

Country-level, specific coverage unknown.