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
1.4%
Ireland
Median
31.3%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,663
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 1.4% in Ireland.
The median across all reporting countries is 31.3%, and the mean is 34.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 67.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 115 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 808.6%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 59.4%).
Transport services: 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 | 81.5% | 2022 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 5 | Haiti | 76.1% | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 6 | Iran | 72.4% | 2000 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 7 | Kiribati | 70.8% | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 68.7% | 2024 | up 330.1% | rising |
| 9 | Mali | 68.7% | 2024 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 10 | Togo | 67.8% | 2020 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 11 | Gambia | 66.7% | 2024 | up 56.1% | falling |
| 12 | Tajikistan | 65.8% | 2025 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 13 | Greece | 64.0% | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 14 | South Sudan | 63.4% | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 15 | Liberia | 63.3% | 2024 | up 193.5% | falling |
| 16 | Nauru | 60.7% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 17 | Burundi | 60.3% | 2025 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 18 | Georgia | 59.0% | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 19 | Palau | 58.2% | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 58.0% | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 21 | Uganda | 58.0% | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 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 | 56.6% | 2024 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 26 | Chad | 55.0% | 1994 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 27 | Jordan | 54.5% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 28 | Cambodia | 54.3% | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 29 | Yemen | 54.3% | 2016 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 30 | Mauritania | 54.2% | 2024 | up 39.6% | falling |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 53.3% | 2024 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 53.2% | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 33 | Tanzania | 52.6% | 2024 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 52.5% | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 35 | Marshall Islands | 52.2% | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 36 | Montenegro | 51.7% | 2025 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 37 | Algeria | 50.8% | 2024 | up 40.9% | falling |
| 38 | Honduras | 50.4% | 2025 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 39 | Egypt | 49.0% | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 40 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 48.5% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 41 | Zambia | 48.3% | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 42 | Rwanda | 48.1% | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 43 | Jamaica | 47.1% | 2024 | up 12.3% | 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 | Guatemala | 46.4% | 2024 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 50 | Syria | 46.4% | 2010 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 51 | Malawi | 45.6% | 2024 | up 74.4% | falling |
| 52 | Lithuania | 45.5% | 2025 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 53 | Samoa | 44.9% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 54 | Myanmar | 44.8% | 2019 | down 42.0% | rising |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 44.6% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 56 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 44.3% | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 57 | Morocco | 44.2% | 2025 | up 2.2% | 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 | Oman | 42.9% | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 62 | Madagascar | 42.0% | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 63 | Tuvalu | 41.6% | 2023 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 64 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.4% | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 65 | Benin | 41.1% | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 66 | Comoros | 40.9% | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 67 | Angola | 40.5% | 2025 | up 65.7% | flat |
| 68 | Denmark | 39.8% | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 69 | Turkey | 39.2% | 2024 | up 67.4% | falling |
| 70 | Libya | 38.9% | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 71 | Mozambique | 38.1% | 2024 | up 69.2% | falling |
| 72 | South Africa | 37.0% | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 36.6% | 2024 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 74 | Qatar | 36.2% | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 75 | Chile | 36.0% | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 76 | Ecuador | 35.5% | 2025 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 77 | Moldova | 35.4% | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 78 | Bolivia | 35.3% | 2025 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 79 | Nigeria | 35.0% | 2025 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 80 | Vanuatu | 34.9% | 2022 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 81 | Kenya | 34.6% | 2024 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 82 | Belize | 34.6% | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 34.5% | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 84 | San Marino | 34.3% | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 85 | Zimbabwe | 34.1% | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 86 | Mexico | 34.1% | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 87 | Thailand | 33.8% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 88 | Congo | 33.8% | 2021 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 89 | Iraq | 33.5% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 90 | Bahrain | 33.4% | 2024 | up 63.4% | falling |
| 91 | Solomon Islands | 32.8% | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32.8% | 2025 | down 1.4% | 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 | Cape Verde | 31.7% | 2025 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 31.5% | 2024 | down 21.3% | 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 | Tonga | 31.2% | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 102 | French Polynesia | 31.2% | 2016 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 103 | Mauritius | 30.6% | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 30.6% | 2025 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 105 | Slovakia | 30.2% | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 106 | Saudi Arabia | 29.9% | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 107 | Venezuela | 29.5% | 2016 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 108 | Mongolia | 28.8% | 2024 | up 36.6% | falling |
| 109 | Armenia | 28.5% | 2025 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 110 | Uruguay | 28.5% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 111 | Seychelles | 28.5% | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 112 | Laos | 27.6% | 2024 | up 808.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Hungary | 27.5% | 2025 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Guinea | 27.3% | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 115 | Botswana | 26.7% | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 116 | Maldives | 26.5% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 117 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26.3% | 2025 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 118 | Malaysia | 25.7% | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 119 | New Caledonia | 25.6% | 2016 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 120 | Kazakhstan | 25.5% | 2025 | up 49.1% | falling |
| 121 | North Macedonia | 25.4% | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 122 | Sao Tome and Principe | 25.2% | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 123 | Grenada | 25.0% | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 124 | Bermuda | 24.6% | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 125 | Colombia | 24.5% | 2025 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 126 | Bahamas | 24.3% | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 127 | Estonia | 24.2% | 2025 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 128 | Saint Lucia | 24.0% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 129 | Indonesia | 23.8% | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 130 | Faroe Islands | 23.8% | 2011 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 131 | Trinidad and Tobago | 23.3% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 132 | Austria | 23.1% | 2025 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 133 | Latvia | 23.1% | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 134 | Hong Kong | 23.1% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 135 | Serbia | 22.6% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 136 | Lebanon | 22.0% | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 137 | Costa Rica | 21.8% | 2025 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 138 | Kuwait | 21.8% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 139 | Bhutan | 21.6% | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 140 | Portugal | 21.3% | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 141 | Czechia | 21.3% | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 142 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.3% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 143 | Brazil | 21.1% | 2025 | up 26.8% | falling |
| 144 | Argentina | 20.5% | 2025 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 145 | Poland | 20.4% | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Nepal | 20.4% | 2024 | down 45.1% | rising |
| 147 | Ghana | 20.1% | 2025 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 148 | Italy | 20.1% | 2025 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 149 | Kosovo | 20.0% | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 149 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 20.0% | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 151 | New Zealand | 19.8% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 152 | South Korea | 19.5% | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 153 | Philippines | 19.5% | 2025 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 154 | Cyprus | 19.3% | 2025 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 155 | Dominica | 19.2% | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 156 | Germany | 19.0% | 2025 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 157 | Malta | 18.4% | 2024 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Slovenia | 18.4% | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 159 | Netherlands | 18.2% | 2024 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 160 | China | 17.9% | 2025 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 161 | United States | 17.8% | 2025 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 162 | France | 17.5% | 2025 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 163 | Israel | 17.5% | 2025 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 164 | Norway | 17.3% | 2025 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 165 | Belgium | 17.2% | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 166 | Azerbaijan | 17.1% | 2025 | up 44.5% | falling |
| 167 | Finland | 17.0% | 2025 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 168 | Canada | 16.9% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 169 | India | 16.9% | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 170 | Russia | 16.6% | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 16.6% | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Ukraine | 16.5% | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 173 | Australia | 16.4% | 2025 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 174 | Iceland | 16.3% | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 175 | Brunei | 16.2% | 2025 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 176 | Barbados | 16.1% | 2017 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 177 | Romania | 15.8% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 178 | Aruba | 14.8% | 2023 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Cayman Islands | 14.8% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 180 | Croatia | 14.7% | 2024 | down 25.8% | 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 | 12.5% | 2025 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 186 | Curacao | 12.2% | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 187 | Sweden | 11.8% | 2025 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 188 | Lesotho | 11.3% | 2025 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Eswatini | 10.9% | 2024 | down 46.3% | rising |
| 190 | Albania | 10.5% | 2025 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 191 | United Kingdom | 9.9% | 2025 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Andorra | 9.2% | 2024 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 193 | Spain | 8.7% | 2025 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 194 | Suriname | 5.6% | 2025 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 195 | Macao | 5.3% | 2024 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 196 | Luxembourg | 5.0% | 2025 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 197 | Ireland | 1.4% | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 65.6%
- European Union 18.5%
- Least developed countries 49.9%
- Euro area 18.4%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 48.2%
- IDA only 47.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 45.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 45.7%
- Pacific island small states 44.5%
- IDA total 44.1%
- Arab World 40.8%
- Pre-demographic dividend 40.4%
- Africa Western and Central 39.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 39.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 39.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 39.4%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 39.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 39.2%
- IDA blend 38.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 34.5%
- Latin America & Caribbean 30.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 30.8%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 30.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 29.4%
- Lower middle income 29.2%
- Small states 26.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 25.9%
- Other small states 25.1%
- Low & middle income 24.4%
- Middle income 24.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 24.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 23.6%
- Upper middle income 23.3%
- IBRD only 23.2%
- Caribbean Small States 22.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 21.0%
- South Asia 20.4%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 20.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 20.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 20.1%
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.