Lao PDR - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in Lao PDR was 26.26 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 76.10 in 1989 and a minimum value of 3.04 in 2014.

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
1984 62.37
1985 39.25
1986 47.77
1987 49.47
1988 52.71
1989 76.10
1990 73.02
1991 47.74
1992 45.77
1993 46.10
1994 28.92
1995 43.68
1996 39.64
1997 22.24
1998 21.99
1999 5.77
2000 37.69
2001 28.09
2002 30.37
2003 26.44
2004 27.37
2005 27.83
2006 26.89
2007 21.45
2008 18.47
2009 14.44
2010 8.57
2011 7.01
2012 7.35
2013 3.43
2014 3.04
2015 3.24
2016 6.74
2017 7.76
2018 11.25
2019 11.71
2020 26.26

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports