Sri Lanka - Transport services exports

Transport services (% of commercial service exports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in Sri Lanka was 39.01 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50.39 in 2008 and a minimum value of 18.46 in 1981.

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
1975 42.85
1976 38.09
1977 30.85
1978 20.83
1979 19.51
1980 19.43
1981 18.46
1982 20.92
1983 24.03
1984 25.54
1985 31.23
1986 31.60
1987 36.70
1988 38.71
1989 39.89
1990 39.69
1991 38.94
1992 36.45
1993 38.10
1994 40.20
1995 41.89
1996 45.76
1997 45.75
1998 45.19
1999 42.92
2000 43.68
2001 28.80
2002 41.23
2003 40.48
2004 41.44
2005 44.34
2006 46.81
2007 47.75
2008 50.39
2009 46.20
2010 47.34
2011 45.46
2012 43.30
2013 38.30
2014 34.50
2015 33.06
2016 31.67
2017 30.43
2018 29.81
2019 31.39
2020 39.01

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports