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The race to export the most IT services

Race · 26 Oct 2026

Bar chart race of ICT service exports in current US dollars, 2005 to 2025, for 12 countries. India leads until 2016; Ireland, in gold, starts 2nd and passes India in 2017. In 2025 Ireland exports $358.8bn, India $200.3bn and the US $102.3bn. Most of Ireland's figure is US tech firms booking sales through Irish subsidiaries.

The world's biggest IT services exporter is not India. Ireland passed it in 2017 and in 2025 exported $359bn, more than India and the US combined, mostly US tech firms booking sales through Irish subsidiaries.

Source: World Bank (IMF balance of payments), 2025