Japan vs South Korea: ICT service exports

Japan
14.74 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
South Korea
18.72 billion BoP, current US$
in 2025
Japan rank
18th
South Korea rank
17th

ICT service exports over time

  • Japan
  • South Korea
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 18.72 billion BoP, current US$ against 14.74 billion BoP, current US$ in Japan, a difference of 3.98 billion BoP, current US$.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.3 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 18th and South Korea ranks 17th of 188 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)
Unit
BoP, current US$
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 6,380 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Information and communication technology service exports include computer and communications services (telecommunications and postal and courier services) and information services (computer data and news-related service transactions). Data are in current U.S. dollars.