Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Transport services exports

Transport services (% of commercial service exports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 27.88 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51.98 in 1983 and a minimum value of 16.63 in 2005.

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
1978 48.44
1979 46.15
1980 44.55
1981 42.79
1982 46.09
1983 51.98
1984 51.43
1985 49.89
1986 46.77
1987 40.68
1988 41.80
1989 40.08
1990 38.51
1991 41.24
1993 32.24
1994 33.75
1995 34.16
1996 29.08
1997 32.18
1998 23.55
1999 20.94
2000 22.80
2001 23.05
2002 19.33
2003 19.97
2004 19.34
2005 16.63
2006 16.79
2007 18.13
2008 17.14
2009 17.34
2010 19.42
2011 19.62
2012 19.45
2013 22.89
2014 24.41
2015 23.52
2016 26.41
2017 23.72
2018 21.88
2019 21.93
2020 27.88

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports