South Korea (2025)
12.5
% of service exports
+0.9pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.9pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
50
years of data

Data

South Korea ICT Service Exports (% of Service Exports) (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year % of service exports YoY Change
2025 12.5 +0.9pp
2024 11.6 -0.3pp
2023 11.9 +1pp
2022 10.9 -1.4pp
2021 12.3 +2.2pp
2020 10.1 +2.7pp
2019 7.4 +1pp
2018 6.4 +1.3pp
2017 5.1 +1.2pp
2016 3.9 +0.3pp
2015 3.6 +0.9pp
2014 2.7 +0.6pp
2013 2.1 +0.6pp
2012 1.5 unchanged
2011 1.5 +0.3pp
2010 1.2 unchanged
2009 1.2 +0.2pp
2008 1 -0.3pp
2007 1.3 unchanged
2006 1.3 +0.7pp

About this Dataset

South Korea recorded 12.5 % of service exports in 2025. The latest change was +0.9pp. Across 1976–2025 the series ranges from 0.1 in 1976 to 12.5 in 2025.

This page tracks ICT service exports (software, IT consulting, telecommunications) as a share of total service exports in South Korea from 2000 to present. ICT export intensity measures the depth of the digital knowledge economy and the competitiveness of the domestic tech industry in global markets.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks ICT service exports (software, IT consulting, telecommunications) as a share of total service exports in South Korea from 2000 to present. ICT export intensity measures the depth of the digital knowledge economy and the competitiveness of the domestic tech industry in global markets. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1976–2025 (50 observations).

The series peaked at 12.5 % of service exports in 2025 and reached its lowest recorded value of 0.1 in 1976. The latest reading of 12.5 in 2025 represents a change of +0.9pp.