Transport services in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Transport services was 29.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Transport services in Lower middle income, 1976–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 29.2% for transport services in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, transport services in Lower middle income peaked at 63.6% in 1976 and was at its lowest, 29.2%, in 2025.
That places Lower middle income 23rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 50 years of available data.
Transport services in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 63.6% | — |
| 1977 | 60.4% | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 61.3% | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 59.9% | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 57.8% | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 58.6% | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 58.0% | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 55.7% | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 57.1% | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 55.2% | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 53.5% | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 53.0% | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 54.6% | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 54.2% | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 53.8% | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 52.5% | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 53.5% | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 51.9% | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 48.7% | -6.2% |
| 1995 | 48.7% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 48.3% | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 48.8% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 46.6% | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 44.0% | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 45.7% | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 44.7% | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 43.7% | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 40.9% | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 41.5% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 44.2% | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 43.2% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 44.4% | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 37.7% | -15.1% |
| 2009 | 35.5% | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 35.1% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 36.2% | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 35.8% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 33.9% | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 34.8% | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 33.3% | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 31.3% | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 29.7% | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 29.7% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 30.6% | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 31.2% | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 36.4% | +16.5% |
| 2022 | 37.9% | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 31.4% | -17.0% |
| 2024 | 31.6% | +0.6% |
| 2025 | 29.2% | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 61.3% | 59.9% | 63.6% | 4 |
| 1980s | 55.8% | 53.0% | 58.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.7% | 44.0% | 53.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 42.2% | 35.5% | 45.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.0% | 29.7% | 36.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.0% | 29.2% | 37.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More private sector data for Lower middle income
- Merchandise trade 35.7% (2025)
- Food imports 9.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 51.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.56 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 50.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 1.06 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 358.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1444 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is transport services in Lower middle income?
- Transport services in Lower middle income was 29.2% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest transport services recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 63.6% in 1976.
- What is the lowest transport services recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.2% in 2025.
- How does Lower middle income rank for transport services?
- Lower middle income ranks 23rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is transport services rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower 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.