IBRD only - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in IBRD only was 28.32 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57.99 in 1989 and a minimum value of 24.22 in 2016.

Definition: Transport services (% of commercial service imports) 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
1982 54.86
1983 56.44
1984 48.48
1985 53.95
1986 56.20
1987 55.18
1988 54.24
1989 57.99
1990 57.66
1991 51.94
1992 44.32
1993 43.53
1994 42.11
1995 39.06
1996 39.30
1997 34.32
1998 31.91
1999 31.39
2000 33.33
2001 32.83
2002 32.37
2003 33.96
2004 35.29
2005 36.31
2006 36.57
2007 36.54
2008 35.36
2009 31.00
2010 32.48
2011 32.70
2012 31.97
2013 29.65
2014 27.42
2015 25.04
2016 24.22
2017 25.17
2018 25.89
2019 25.70
2020 28.32

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports