Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in Low income
Low income: Transport services (% of commercial service exports) was 27.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Transport services in Low income, 2005–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Low income recorded 27.3% for transport services in 2024.
That represents a change of down 27.9% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, transport services in Low income peaked at 37.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 17.4%, in 2006.
Low income ranks 9th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in Low income, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 17.7% | — |
| 2006 | 17.4% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 18.1% | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 19.3% | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 18.5% | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 22.3% | +20.3% |
| 2011 | 25.9% | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 25.8% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 32.5% | +26.1% |
| 2014 | 32.4% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 37.7% | +16.6% |
| 2016 | 34.9% | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 35.1% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 27.3% | -22.1% |
| 2019 | 26.7% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 29.2% | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 27.3% | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 31.8% | +16.4% |
| 2023 | 37.9% | +19.1% |
| 2024 | 27.3% | -27.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.2% | 17.4% | 19.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 30.1% | 22.3% | 37.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.7% | 27.3% | 37.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More private sector data for Low income
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 17.6% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 59.0% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 152.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 37.86 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports 106.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 22.58 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 139.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.166 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 15.25 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is transport services in Low income?
- Transport services in Low income was 27.3% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest transport services recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 37.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest transport services recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.4% in 2006.
- How does Low income rank for transport services?
- Low income ranks 9th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is transport services rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low income data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Transport services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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 exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.