Upper middle income - Transport services exports

Transport services (% of commercial service exports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in Upper middle income was 23.78 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 45.24 in 1983 and a minimum value of 12.10 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 43.99
1983 45.24
1984 40.05
1985 39.80
1986 34.16
1987 32.02
1988 38.30
1989 33.93
1990 37.96
1991 27.62
1992 23.42
1993 19.84
1994 22.38
1995 21.88
1996 18.48
1997 12.52
1998 12.10
1999 12.29
2000 12.99
2001 13.68
2002 13.66
2003 17.66
2004 18.69
2005 21.27
2006 22.63
2007 22.62
2008 23.03
2009 18.32
2010 19.89
2011 18.96
2012 19.51
2013 18.86
2014 18.46
2015 18.66
2016 18.21
2017 18.96
2018 19.49
2019 19.61
2020 23.78

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports