Benin - Transport services exports

Transport services (% of commercial service exports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in Benin was 39.99 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 80.00 in 1975 and a minimum value of 3.96 in 2008.

Definition: Transport services (% of commercial service exports) covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, space, and pipeline) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Excluded are freight insurance, which is included in insurance services; goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers and repairs of transport equipment, which are included in goods; repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities, which are included in construction services; and rental of carriers without crew, which is included in other services.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1974 79.60
1975 80.00
1976 67.94
1977 75.67
1978 74.26
1979 67.96
1980 67.74
1981 66.11
1982 67.76
1983 66.44
1984 52.48
1985 56.30
1986 71.21
1987 72.20
1988 44.40
1989 39.77
1990 33.41
1991 27.38
1992 30.40
1993 34.99
1994 31.86
1995 25.77
1996 12.67
1997 24.89
1998 20.81
1999 12.87
2000 14.34
2001 14.67
2002 9.10
2003 8.83
2004 16.50
2005 18.29
2006 14.87
2007 4.49
2008 3.96
2009 8.81
2010 29.10
2011 29.15
2012 27.13
2013 28.42
2014 32.14
2015 42.85
2016 44.92
2017 44.37
2018 38.65
2019 33.18
2020 39.99

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports