Since 1990, the global trade in data-driven services has grown exponentially and now constitutes half of trade in services

Note: IP = Internet Protocol; PB = Petabytes

Source: WDR 2021 team calculations, based on World Bank, WITS (World Integrated Trade Solution) database, http://wits.worldbank.org/WITS/. Data at http://bit.do/WDR2021-Fig-0_5. Embed this chart