South Asia - Transport services exports

Transport services (% of commercial service exports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in South Asia was 12.59 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 41.55 in 1975 and a minimum value of 11.85 in 2017.

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
1975 41.55
1976 36.00
1977 29.65
1978 24.26
1979 22.76
1980 18.56
1981 20.15
1982 18.22
1983 16.69
1984 18.55
1985 18.52
1986 19.14
1987 21.38
1988 24.10
1989 22.59
1990 23.15
1991 22.34
1992 23.57
1993 25.80
1994 29.36
1995 29.06
1996 30.52
1997 26.00
1998 21.62
1999 19.43
2000 20.41
2001 20.53
2002 19.56
2003 18.48
2004 17.05
2005 16.64
2006 15.87
2007 15.10
2008 15.59
2009 15.71
2010 15.26
2011 16.81
2012 16.65
2013 16.02
2014 15.52
2015 13.01
2016 12.53
2017 11.85
2018 11.90
2019 12.12
2020 12.59

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports