World - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in World was 22.97 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 39 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 45.63 in 1983 and a minimum value of 22.25 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
1981 45.60
1982 45.09
1983 45.63
1984 41.37
1985 42.82
1986 42.40
1987 41.70
1988 41.22
1989 42.38
1990 41.37
1991 38.95
1992 35.56
1993 34.80
1994 34.47
1995 33.53
1996 32.47
1997 30.92
1998 29.19
1999 27.88
2000 28.75
2001 28.28
2002 27.55
2003 28.22
2004 29.11
2005 29.45
2006 29.19
2007 29.29
2008 29.15
2009 25.55
2010 27.20
2011 27.36
2012 27.04
2013 25.53
2014 24.33
2015 23.26
2016 22.25
2017 22.31
2018 22.85
2019 22.38
2020 22.97

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports