Transport services (% of commercial service imports) by country
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.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
91.9%
Djibouti
Lowest
1.3%
Ireland
Median
31.3%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,758
What the numbers show
Transport services (% of commercial service imports) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 91.9% in Djibouti; the lowest is 1.3% in Ireland.
The median across all reporting countries is 31.3%, and the mean is 33.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 69.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 759.3%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 76.1%).
Transport services (% of commercial service imports): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | 91.9% | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 88.9% | 2020 | up 28.7% | falling |
| 3 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 83.1% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 4 | Sudan | 80.9% | 2025 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 5 | Haiti | 76.1% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 6 | Iran | 72.4% | 2000 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 7 | Kiribati | 69.0% | 2025 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 8 | Gambia | 68.9% | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 68.7% | 2024 | up 330.1% | rising |
| 10 | Mali | 68.7% | 2024 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 11 | Togo | 67.8% | 2020 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 12 | Tajikistan | 65.8% | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 13 | South Sudan | 63.4% | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 14 | Liberia | 63.3% | 2024 | up 193.5% | falling |
| 15 | Nauru | 60.7% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 16 | Burundi | 60.3% | 2025 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 17 | Greece | 59.3% | 2025 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 18 | Georgia | 59.1% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 19 | Palau | 58.2% | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 20 | Uganda | 58.1% | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 58.0% | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 22 | Nicaragua | 57.8% | 2024 | up 26.1% | flat |
| 23 | Niger | 57.7% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 24 | Micronesia (country) | 56.9% | 2014 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 25 | Tunisia | 56.3% | 2025 | up 13.4% | flat |
| 26 | Malawi | 55.5% | 2025 | up 99.9% | falling |
| 27 | Chad | 55.0% | 1994 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 28 | Jordan | 54.5% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 29 | Cambodia | 54.3% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 30 | Yemen | 54.3% | 2016 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 31 | Mauritania | 54.2% | 2024 | up 39.6% | falling |
| 32 | Burkina Faso | 53.3% | 2024 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 33 | Bangladesh | 53.2% | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 34 | Tanzania | 52.6% | 2024 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 52.5% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 36 | Marshall Islands | 52.2% | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 37 | Montenegro | 51.7% | 2025 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 38 | Honduras | 50.4% | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 39 | Jamaica | 49.9% | 2025 | up 38.0% | falling |
| 40 | Egypt | 49.0% | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 41 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 48.5% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 42 | Zambia | 48.3% | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 43 | Rwanda | 48.1% | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 44 | Palestine | 47.1% | 2025 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 45 | Paraguay | 46.7% | 2025 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 46 | Panama | 46.7% | 2025 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 47 | Fiji | 46.6% | 2024 | down 21.3% | flat |
| 48 | Cameroon | 46.5% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 49 | Syria | 46.4% | 2010 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 50 | Guatemala | 45.6% | 2025 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 51 | Lithuania | 45.5% | 2025 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 52 | Samoa | 44.9% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 53 | Myanmar | 44.8% | 2019 | down 42.0% | rising |
| 54 | Uzbekistan | 44.6% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 55 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 44.3% | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 56 | Morocco | 44.2% | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 57 | Algeria | 44.1% | 2025 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 58 | Central African Republic | 43.7% | 1994 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 59 | Belarus | 43.6% | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 60 | Pakistan | 43.0% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 61 | Tuvalu | 41.6% | 2023 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 62 | Oman | 41.5% | 2025 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 63 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.4% | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 64 | Benin | 41.1% | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 65 | Comoros | 40.9% | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 66 | Angola | 40.9% | 2025 | up 66.9% | flat |
| 67 | Madagascar | 40.7% | 2025 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 68 | Denmark | 39.7% | 2025 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 69 | Libya | 38.9% | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 70 | South Africa | 37.0% | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 36.6% | 2024 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 72 | Iraq | 36.3% | 2025 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 73 | Qatar | 36.2% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 74 | Chile | 36.0% | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 75 | Moldova | 35.4% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 76 | Nigeria | 35.0% | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 77 | Venezuela | 35.0% | 2025 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 78 | Vanuatu | 34.9% | 2022 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 79 | Bahrain | 34.7% | 2025 | up 76.5% | falling |
| 80 | Kenya | 34.7% | 2025 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 81 | Ecuador | 34.7% | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 82 | Belize | 34.6% | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 34.5% | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34.2% | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 85 | Zimbabwe | 34.1% | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 86 | Congo | 33.8% | 2021 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 87 | Turkey | 33.8% | 2025 | up 59.1% | falling |
| 88 | Bolivia | 33.7% | 2025 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 89 | Thailand | 33.5% | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 90 | Solomon Islands | 32.8% | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 91 | Mexico | 32.7% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 92 | Mozambique | 32.4% | 2025 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 93 | Peru | 32.3% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 94 | Senegal | 32.1% | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 95 | El Salvador | 31.9% | 2025 | down 24.2% | flat |
| 96 | San Marino | 31.6% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 97 | Cape Verde | 31.6% | 2025 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 98 | Singapore | 31.3% | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 99 | East Timor | 31.3% | 2025 | up 64.3% | flat |
| 100 | Gabon | 31.2% | 2015 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 101 | French Polynesia | 31.2% | 2016 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 102 | Mauritius | 30.6% | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 30.6% | 2025 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 104 | Slovakia | 30.2% | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 29.9% | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 29.7% | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 107 | Maldives | 29.6% | 2025 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 108 | Uruguay | 28.3% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 109 | Laos | 27.8% | 2025 | up 759.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Seychelles | 27.7% | 2025 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 111 | Hungary | 27.5% | 2025 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Guinea | 27.3% | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 113 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26.3% | 2025 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 114 | New Caledonia | 25.6% | 2016 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 115 | Mongolia | 25.6% | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 116 | Botswana | 25.5% | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 25.5% | 2025 | up 49.1% | falling |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 25.4% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 119 | Grenada | 25.0% | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 120 | Colombia | 24.7% | 2025 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 121 | Malaysia | 24.6% | 2025 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 122 | Bahamas | 24.3% | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 123 | Tonga | 24.3% | 2025 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 124 | Saint Lucia | 24.0% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 125 | Estonia | 24.0% | 2025 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 126 | Indonesia | 23.9% | 2025 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 127 | Faroe Islands | 23.8% | 2011 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.6% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 129 | Austria | 23.1% | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 130 | Serbia | 22.6% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 131 | Portugal | 22.4% | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 132 | Lebanon | 22.0% | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 133 | Armenia | 21.9% | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 21.8% | 2025 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 135 | Kuwait | 21.8% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 136 | Bhutan | 21.6% | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 137 | Latvia | 21.4% | 2025 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 138 | Bermuda | 21.3% | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 139 | Czechia | 21.3% | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.3% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 141 | Brazil | 21.1% | 2025 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 142 | Nepal | 21.0% | 2025 | down 39.3% | flat |
| 143 | Hong Kong | 21.0% | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 144 | Poland | 20.4% | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Ghana | 20.1% | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 146 | Italy | 20.1% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 147 | Argentina | 20.0% | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 148 | Kosovo | 20.0% | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 148 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 20.0% | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 150 | New Zealand | 19.9% | 2025 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 151 | South Korea | 19.5% | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 152 | Philippines | 19.5% | 2025 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 153 | Cyprus | 19.3% | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 154 | Dominica | 19.2% | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 155 | Germany | 18.9% | 2025 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 156 | Malta | 18.4% | 2024 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Slovenia | 18.4% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 158 | Netherlands | 18.0% | 2025 | up 66.1% | falling |
| 159 | China | 17.9% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 160 | Ukraine | 17.8% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 161 | France | 17.6% | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 162 | Norway | 17.5% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 163 | Belgium | 17.5% | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 164 | Israel | 17.3% | 2025 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 165 | Azerbaijan | 17.1% | 2025 | up 44.5% | falling |
| 166 | Canada | 17.0% | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 167 | Finland | 16.9% | 2025 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 168 | India | 16.9% | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 169 | Russia | 16.6% | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 170 | Papua New Guinea | 16.6% | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Australia | 16.4% | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 172 | Iceland | 16.3% | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 173 | Brunei | 16.2% | 2025 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 174 | Barbados | 16.1% | 2017 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 175 | Eswatini | 16.1% | 2025 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 176 | Romania | 15.8% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 177 | Aruba | 14.8% | 2023 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Cayman Islands | 14.8% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 179 | United States | 14.0% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 180 | Croatia | 13.8% | 2025 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 181 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 13.6% | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 182 | Japan | 13.6% | 2025 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 183 | Namibia | 13.2% | 2024 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 184 | Guyana | 12.9% | 2023 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 185 | Switzerland | 12.3% | 2025 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 186 | Curacao | 12.2% | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 187 | Sweden | 11.8% | 2025 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 188 | Lesotho | 11.3% | 2025 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 189 | Albania | 10.5% | 2025 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 190 | United Kingdom | 10.0% | 2025 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.4% | 2025 | down 76.1% | falling |
| 192 | Andorra | 8.8% | 2025 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 193 | Spain | 8.7% | 2025 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 194 | Suriname | 5.6% | 2025 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 195 | Macao | 5.3% | 2025 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 196 | Luxembourg | 4.7% | 2025 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 197 | Ireland | 1.3% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 56.7%
- Least developed countries 51.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 49.5%
- IDA only 48.5%
- IDA total 44.7%
- Pacific island small states 44.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 44.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 44.3%
- Arab World 40.7%
- Pre-demographic dividend 40.5%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 40.0%
- Africa Western and Central 39.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 38.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 38.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 38.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 38.1%
- IDA blend 37.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 31.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 30.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 30.6%
- Lower middle income 30.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 30.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 30.1%
- Low & middle income 25.7%
- Middle income 25.5%
- IDA & IBRD total 25.2%
- Upper middle income 24.4%
- IBRD only 24.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 23.8%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 23.3%
- Small states 23.2%
- Other small states 23.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 23.0%
- Caribbean Small States 22.3%
- South Asia 20.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 20.8%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 20.5%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 20.5%
- World 20.4%
- East Asia & Pacific 19.9%
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 imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.