Transport services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Transport services was 20.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Transport services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 20.1% for transport services in 2025.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 11.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, transport services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 71.5% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 18.4%, in 2019.
That places East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 37th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Transport services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 62.9% | — |
| 1983 | 67.3% | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 49.8% | -25.9% |
| 1985 | 61.4% | +23.2% |
| 1986 | 67.4% | +9.9% |
| 1987 | 64.3% | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 63.5% | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 70.3% | +10.7% |
| 1990 | 71.5% | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 60.0% | -16.2% |
| 1992 | 46.4% | -22.7% |
| 1993 | 45.1% | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 45.0% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 38.4% | -14.6% |
| 1996 | 42.9% | +11.8% |
| 1997 | 34.9% | -18.7% |
| 1998 | 27.4% | -21.6% |
| 1999 | 28.1% | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 31.5% | +12.1% |
| 2001 | 31.6% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 32.1% | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 34.9% | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 36.1% | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 36.4% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 36.7% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 35.7% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 35.4% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 31.5% | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 34.1% | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 34.1% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 32.3% | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 30.4% | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 25.7% | -15.4% |
| 2015 | 22.8% | -11.3% |
| 2016 | 21.5% | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 23.0% | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 23.7% | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 18.4% | -22.3% |
| 2020 | 22.0% | +19.7% |
| 2021 | 26.0% | +18.1% |
| 2022 | 25.9% | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 21.8% | -15.9% |
| 2024 | 20.1% | -7.6% |
| 2025 | 20.1% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 63.4% | 49.8% | 70.3% | 8 |
| 1990s | 44.0% | 27.4% | 71.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.2% | 31.5% | 36.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.6% | 18.4% | 34.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.7% | 20.1% | 26.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- 34 Dominican Republic 52.5% compare
- 35 Marshall Islands 52.2% compare
- 36 Montenegro 51.7% compare
- 37 Algeria 50.8% compare
- 38 Honduras 50.4% compare
- 39 Egypt 49.0% compare
- 40 Democratic Republic of Congo 48.5% compare
More private sector data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Merchandise trade 41.4% (2025)
- Food imports 8.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 53.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 85.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 5.42 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,528 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is transport services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Transport services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 20.1% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest transport services recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 71.5% in 1990.
- What is the lowest transport services recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.4% in 2019.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for transport services?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 37th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is transport services rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high 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 imports). 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 imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.