Costa Rica - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in Costa Rica was 33.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 59.45 in 1980 and a minimum value of 28.31 in 2000.

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 54.93
1978 53.92
1979 56.07
1980 59.45
1981 56.65
1982 52.65
1983 50.70
1984 49.71
1985 49.87
1986 48.02
1987 44.28
1988 38.96
1989 40.25
1990 41.20
1991 42.70
1992 39.55
1993 42.50
1994 41.71
1995 41.38
1996 39.18
1997 38.03
1998 37.57
1999 38.70
2000 28.31
2001 32.48
2002 35.07
2003 40.49
2004 40.93
2005 40.02
2006 38.25
2007 38.79
2008 36.04
2009 38.30
2010 41.70
2011 44.00
2012 44.60
2013 42.31
2014 37.74
2015 32.88
2016 31.59
2017 29.26
2018 30.78
2019 29.35
2020 33.90

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports