Transport services in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Transport services was 24.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Transport services in Low & middle income, 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Low & middle income recorded 24.4% for transport services in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 44 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.4% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, transport services in Low & middle income peaked at 57.9% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 24.4%, in 2025.
Low & middle income ranks 27th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Transport services in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 54.9% | — |
| 1983 | 56.6% | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 48.6% | -14.1% |
| 1985 | 53.7% | +10.5% |
| 1986 | 56.3% | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 55.0% | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 54.4% | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 57.8% | +6.3% |
| 1990 | 57.9% | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 52.1% | -9.9% |
| 1992 | 45.2% | -13.2% |
| 1993 | 44.1% | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 43.8% | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 40.9% | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 41.1% | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 36.4% | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 34.0% | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 33.7% | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 36.1% | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 35.4% | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 34.6% | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 35.9% | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 37.5% | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 38.6% | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 38.4% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 38.3% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 37.3% | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 33.3% | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 34.9% | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 35.0% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 34.1% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 31.7% | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 29.3% | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 27.0% | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 25.9% | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 26.5% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 27.1% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 24.7% | -9.0% |
| 2020 | 27.3% | +10.7% |
| 2021 | 31.7% | +16.2% |
| 2022 | 32.5% | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 27.9% | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 26.7% | -4.2% |
| 2025 | 24.4% | -8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 54.7% | 48.6% | 57.8% | 8 |
| 1990s | 42.9% | 33.7% | 57.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.5% | 33.3% | 38.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.6% | 24.7% | 35.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.4% | 24.4% | 32.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More private sector data for Low & middle income
- Merchandise trade 41.5% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.33 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.84 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,301 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.213 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.48 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is transport services in Low & middle income?
- Transport services in Low & middle income was 24.4% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest transport services recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 57.9% in 1990.
- What is the lowest transport services recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.4% in 2025.
- How does Low & middle income rank for transport services?
- Low & middle income ranks 27th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is transport services rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low & middle 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.