Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 50.67 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58.48 in 1984 and a minimum value of 46.20 in 2006.

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
1978 57.83
1979 57.40
1980 57.68
1981 58.31
1982 55.85
1983 56.30
1984 58.48
1985 56.58
1986 56.19
1987 54.53
1988 54.41
1989 56.92
1990 55.44
1991 53.61
1992 53.16
1993 51.18
1994 52.21
1995 49.78
1996 51.90
1997 53.28
1998 51.88
1999 52.54
2000 52.41
2001 52.33
2002 50.05
2003 50.80
2004 49.72
2005 49.26
2006 46.20
2007 48.18
2008 52.67
2009 48.95
2010 50.07
2011 50.48
2012 51.21
2013 49.90
2014 48.67
2015 49.27
2016 49.27
2017 49.56
2018 48.35
2019 48.70
2020 50.67

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports