Middle income - Transport services exports

Transport services (% of commercial service exports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in Middle income was 23.19 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 41.18 in 1983 and a minimum value of 13.50 in 1998.

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
1982 40.27
1983 41.18
1984 37.00
1985 36.81
1986 31.68
1987 30.03
1988 35.56
1989 31.42
1990 34.55
1991 26.19
1992 22.39
1993 19.62
1994 22.42
1995 22.14
1996 19.85
1997 14.45
1998 13.50
1999 13.56
2000 14.09
2001 14.28
2002 14.70
2003 18.01
2004 18.79
2005 21.81
2006 22.81
2007 22.54
2008 22.77
2009 18.82
2010 20.17
2011 19.42
2012 19.80
2013 19.12
2014 18.77
2015 18.87
2016 18.43
2017 18.62
2018 18.95
2019 19.20
2020 23.19

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports