Middle income - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in Middle income was 29.41 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 58.09 in 1989 and a minimum value of 25.85 in 2016.

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
1982 55.38
1983 56.83
1984 48.81
1985 54.11
1986 56.56
1987 55.24
1988 54.51
1989 58.09
1990 58.03
1991 52.01
1992 45.12
1993 44.10
1994 42.73
1995 39.87
1996 39.95
1997 35.12
1998 32.87
1999 32.74
2000 34.80
2001 34.31
2002 33.82
2003 35.08
2004 36.50
2005 37.49
2006 37.54
2007 37.60
2008 36.69
2009 32.55
2010 34.17
2011 34.40
2012 33.54
2013 31.23
2014 29.02
2015 26.71
2016 25.85
2017 26.42
2018 26.96
2019 26.72
2020 29.41

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports