North America - Transport services exports

Transport services (% of commercial service exports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in North America was 8.87 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 38.49 in 1974 and a minimum value of 8.87 in 2020.

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
1970 36.25
1971 35.26
1972 34.97
1973 36.81
1974 38.49
1975 35.26
1976 35.52
1977 35.47
1978 35.43
1979 37.50
1980 37.01
1981 33.38
1982 30.08
1983 30.87
1984 28.79
1985 28.82
1986 26.95
1987 27.50
1988 27.56
1989 26.49
1990 27.03
1991 25.14
1992 23.52
1993 22.77
1994 22.33
1995 22.40
1996 21.31
1997 20.48
1998 19.10
1999 17.52
2000 17.57
2001 16.96
2002 16.66
2003 16.16
2004 16.68
2005 16.51
2006 16.24
2007 15.41
2008 15.40
2009 13.55
2010 14.18
2011 13.97
2012 13.79
2013 13.40
2014 12.88
2015 11.97
2016 11.50
2017 11.42
2018 11.59
2019 11.07
2020 8.87

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports