IDA total - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in IDA total was 47.54 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61.39 in 1977 and a minimum value of 43.69 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
1977 61.39
1978 60.63
1979 59.54
1980 58.61
1981 60.81
1982 59.58
1983 58.57
1984 59.10
1985 55.69
1986 55.37
1987 53.93
1988 54.83
1989 55.92
1990 54.79
1991 52.57
1992 53.69
1993 48.57
1994 48.59
1995 46.46
1996 45.42
1997 49.03
1998 49.96
1999 53.28
2000 52.79
2001 53.04
2002 52.81
2003 49.99
2004 51.74
2005 48.90
2006 45.49
2007 47.85
2008 52.73
2009 52.36
2010 53.24
2011 52.84
2012 51.69
2013 51.18
2014 50.44
2015 50.46
2016 49.38
2017 46.00
2018 43.69
2019 44.17
2020 47.54

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports