South Asia - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in South Asia was 25.57 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72.14 in 1975 and a minimum value of 23.38 in 2018.

Definition: Transport services (% of commercial service imports) 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 72.14
1976 65.74
1977 66.03
1978 67.48
1979 65.38
1980 63.32
1981 62.68
1982 63.30
1983 60.34
1984 61.36
1985 60.34
1986 58.39
1987 58.32
1988 59.50
1989 59.05
1990 59.48
1991 57.54
1992 61.07
1993 62.05
1994 58.10
1995 58.02
1996 59.27
1997 58.01
1998 53.83
1999 47.30
2000 50.93
2001 48.67
2002 49.00
2003 43.97
2004 42.72
2005 46.72
2006 45.56
2007 47.35
2008 34.72
2009 31.47
2010 29.70
2011 30.92
2012 28.85
2013 27.63
2014 28.79
2015 27.81
2016 23.46
2017 23.45
2018 23.38
2019 25.48
2020 25.57

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports