Upper middle income - Transport services

Transport services (% of service imports, BoP)

Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) in Upper middle income was 26.58 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 43.74 in 1982, while its lowest value was 21.51 in 2016.

Definition: Transport covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, pipeline, space and electricity transmission) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, the movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. Excluded are freight insurance (included in insurance services); goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers (included in goods); maintenance and repairs on transport equipment (included in maintenance and repair services n.i.e.); and repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities (included in construction).

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1982 43.74
1983 42.28
1984 41.87
1985 40.99
1986 41.00
1987 42.32
1988 41.74
1989 42.75
1990 41.49
1991 40.27
1992 38.99
1993 38.01
1994 36.73
1995 35.60
1996 33.52
1997 30.64
1998 30.10
1999 30.79
2000 31.86
2001 31.28
2002 29.45
2003 30.54
2004 32.29
2005 33.06
2006 33.32
2007 32.71
2008 32.55
2009 28.81
2010 30.29
2011 30.27
2012 29.03
2013 27.03
2014 23.92
2015 22.20
2016 21.51
2017 22.59
2018 23.35
2019 23.25
2020 26.58

Transport services (% of service exports, BoP)

Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) in Upper middle income was 24.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 32.57 in 1983, while its lowest value was 13.80 in 1998.

Definition: Transport covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, pipeline, space and electricity transmission) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, the movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. Excluded are freight insurance (included in insurance services); goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers (included in goods); maintenance and repairs on transport equipment (included in maintenance and repair services n.i.e.); and repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities (included in construction).

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1982 32.15
1983 32.57
1984 31.77
1985 31.89
1986 28.59
1987 28.10
1988 27.26
1989 24.26
1990 23.84
1991 22.06
1992 21.05
1993 18.84
1994 20.61
1995 20.79
1996 18.50
1997 13.99
1998 13.80
1999 13.90
2000 14.06
2001 14.26
2002 13.96
2003 18.03
2004 18.93
2005 20.42
2006 21.20
2007 21.84
2008 22.14
2009 18.82
2010 20.11
2011 19.57
2012 20.02
2013 20.57
2014 20.49
2015 19.94
2016 19.45
2017 20.11
2018 20.58
2019 20.21
2020 24.78

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments