South Africa - Transport services exports

Transport services (% of commercial service exports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in South Africa was 16.52 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.66 in 1979 and a minimum value of 13.58 in 2018.

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
1960 19.43
1961 19.44
1962 18.09
1963 17.45
1964 17.97
1965 18.86
1966 20.00
1967 17.73
1968 19.27
1969 21.53
1970 20.49
1971 21.01
1972 22.64
1973 24.70
1974 24.77
1975 20.41
1976 23.33
1977 23.82
1978 25.12
1979 27.66
1980 26.40
1981 24.43
1982 24.09
1983 22.00
1984 22.03
1985 26.84
1986 26.35
1987 23.74
1988 24.74
1989 24.65
1990 22.77
1991 22.36
1992 26.82
1993 25.92
1994 25.89
1995 24.76
1996 21.18
1997 21.21
1998 21.27
1999 21.74
2000 24.33
2001 24.74
2002 23.12
2003 17.56
2004 17.64
2005 17.47
2006 17.82
2007 19.16
2008 19.68
2009 18.79
2010 19.72
2011 19.67
2012 18.07
2013 18.75
2014 18.11
2015 16.44
2016 15.09
2017 14.53
2018 13.58
2019 14.41
2020 16.52

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports