World - Transport services exports

Transport services (% of commercial service exports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in World was 20.13 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.16 in 1983 and a minimum value of 18.75 in 2019.

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
1982 36.00
1983 36.16
1984 34.45
1985 33.93
1986 30.82
1987 29.81
1988 32.53
1989 30.81
1990 31.51
1991 27.49
1992 25.70
1993 24.82
1994 25.48
1995 25.25
1996 24.07
1997 22.14
1998 21.92
1999 21.81
2000 21.97
2001 22.03
2002 21.97
2003 22.97
2004 23.31
2005 24.18
2006 24.20
2007 24.12
2008 24.58
2009 21.18
2010 22.64
2011 22.09
2012 21.85
2013 20.77
2014 20.08
2015 19.66
2016 18.77
2017 18.90
2018 18.88
2019 18.75
2020 20.13

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports