Which has higher transport services, Samoa or Syrian Arab Republic?

Syrian Arab Republic, at 46.4% against 44.9% in Samoa as of 2010.

What is the difference in transport services between Samoa and Syrian Arab Republic?

1.5%, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Syrian Arab Republic?

30 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2010.

Where does this data come from?

Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Transport services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Samoa vs Syrian Arab Republic: Transport services

Samoa

44.9%

in 2025

Syrian Arab Republic

46.4%

in 2010

Samoa rank

53rd

Syrian Arab Republic rank

50th

Transport services over time

Samoa
Syrian Arab Republic

How they compare

Syrian Arab Republic currently reports 46.4% against 44.9% in Samoa, a difference of 1.5%.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Samoa ahead.

Samoa ranks 53rd and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 50th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 3 and Syrian Arab Republic in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Samoa	Syrian Arab Republic	Difference	Ahead
1970s	62.0%	60.0%	2.0%	Samoa
1980s	57.9%	57.2%	0.7%	Samoa
1990s	47.7%	55.6%	8.0%	Syrian Arab Republic
2000s	49.8%	56.5%	6.7%	Syrian Arab Republic
2010s	59.6%	46.4%	13.2%	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher transport services, Samoa or Syrian Arab Republic?: Syrian Arab Republic, at 46.4% against 44.9% in Samoa as of 2010.
What is the difference in transport services between Samoa and Syrian Arab Republic?: 1.5%, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Syrian Arab Republic?: 30 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2010.
How do Samoa and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for transport services?: Samoa ranks 53rd and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 50th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Transport services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Transport services (% of commercial service imports)
Unit: % of commercial service imports
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 9,663 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Transport is the process of carriage of people and objects from one location to another as well as related supporting and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.