Transport services (% of service exports, 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 Mozambique 79.49 2020
2 Ethiopia 67.17 2020
3 Tanzania 58.83 2020
4 Djibouti 56.12 2020
5 Congo 55.70 2016
6 Zimbabwe 52.62 2020
7 Nigeria 51.42 2020
8 Egypt 47.38 2020
9 Côte d'Ivoire 40.95 2020
10 Libya 38.58 2019
11 The Gambia 37.05 2021
12 Togo 35.29 2020
13 Cameroon 34.62 2020
14 Benin 33.37 2020
15 Sudan 32.52 2020
16 Mauritania 32.31 2020
17 Kenya 30.87 2020
18 Madagascar 26.63 2020
19 Tunisia 26.27 2020
20 Rwanda 20.51 2020
21 Cabo Verde 18.35 2020
22 Algeria 18.01 2020
23 Morocco 17.21 2020
24 Dem. Rep. Congo 16.39 2020
25 Eritrea 16.17 2000
26 Seychelles 16.09 2020
27 South Africa 16.05 2020
28 Burkina Faso 15.45 2020
29 Malawi 14.49 2020
30 Uganda 12.96 2020
31 Angola 12.73 2020
32 Sierra Leone 12.55 2020
33 Central African Republic 11.78 1993
34 Senegal 11.38 2018
35 Botswana 10.92 2020
36 Namibia 10.24 2020
37 Mauritius 10.20 2020
38 Zambia 8.31 2020
39 Niger 7.91 2020
40 Comoros 7.28 2020
41 Lesotho 7.00 2021
42 Ghana 6.80 2020
43 Gabon 5.81 2015
44 Liberia 5.45 2009
45 São Tomé and Principe 2.58 2020
46 Burundi 2.11 2018
47 Chad 1.94 1994
48 Mali 1.10 2020
49 Eswatini 0.78 2020
50 Guinea-Bissau 0.78 2020
51 Guinea 0.14 2020

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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.