Jamaica - Transport services exports

Transport services (% of commercial service exports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in Jamaica was 8.45 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.32 in 1978 and a minimum value of 5.39 in 2019.

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
1976 34.22
1977 35.92
1978 36.32
1979 33.92
1980 29.87
1981 23.92
1982 20.93
1983 19.49
1984 21.42
1985 23.63
1986 20.80
1987 18.49
1988 20.38
1989 20.33
1990 18.03
1991 13.07
1992 12.40
1993 11.77
1994 14.86
1995 16.01
1996 14.18
1997 15.20
1998 15.84
1999 15.41
2000 16.53
2001 18.77
2002 19.60
2003 22.55
2004 21.98
2005 19.65
2006 17.56
2007 16.75
2008 16.97
2009 13.16
2010 11.35
2011 10.96
2012 8.60
2013 8.34
2014 7.47
2015 6.13
2016 5.46
2017 5.89
2018 5.95
2019 5.39
2020 8.45

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports