Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Transport covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, pipeline, space and electricity transmission) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, the movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. Excluded are freight insurance (included in insurance services); goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers (included in goods); maintenance and repairs on transport equipment (included in maintenance and repair services n.i.e.); and repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities (included in construction).

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

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Djibouti 84.71 2020
2 The Gambia 76.06 2021
3 Sierra Leone 72.23 2020
4 Burundi 70.07 2018
5 Togo 67.37 2020
6 Congo 64.97 2016
7 Ethiopia 64.89 2020
8 Niger 63.72 2020
9 Sudan 59.09 2020
10 Rwanda 55.14 2020
11 Senegal 55.10 2018
12 Côte d'Ivoire 54.42 2020
13 Benin 52.14 2020
14 Tunisia 50.00 2020
15 Zambia 49.05 2020
16 Chad 48.07 1994
17 Uganda 47.93 2020
18 Tanzania 45.17 2020
19 Egypt 44.14 2020
20 Central African Republic 43.67 1994
21 Mauritania 43.14 2020
22 São Tomé and Principe 42.96 2020
23 Comoros 42.66 2020
24 Guinea 41.41 2020
25 Burkina Faso 41.11 2020
26 Mali 40.50 2020
27 Dem. Rep. Congo 39.98 2020
28 Morocco 39.71 2020
29 Guinea-Bissau 38.46 2020
30 Madagascar 37.31 2020
31 Cameroon 37.20 2020
32 Angola 36.48 2020
33 Zimbabwe 35.78 2020
34 Kenya 34.80 2020
35 South Africa 34.52 2020
36 Algeria 34.48 2020
37 Gabon 30.94 2015
38 Liberia 29.84 2019
39 Seychelles 29.13 2020
40 Mauritius 28.66 2020
41 Cabo Verde 27.98 2020
42 Nigeria 26.91 2020
43 Malawi 24.53 2020
44 Eritrea 22.88 2000
45 Botswana 22.34 2020
46 Libya 22.11 2019
47 Mozambique 21.81 2020
48 Namibia 21.32 2020
49 Ghana 16.67 2020
50 Eswatini 16.40 2020
51 Equatorial Guinea 14.24 1988
52 Lesotho 11.47 2021

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.