Belarus: Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Belarus' transport services (% of commercial service imports) rose 7.22 percentage points on 2020 (from 36.41% to 43.63%).

Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2020), the average change was +0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.91 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.08 percentage points in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.9 percentage points in 2013. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.07 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 40% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Belarus in the 2021 ranking

• Congo, Rep. — 2nd of 2: 33.77%

What this measures

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.

Limitations: Balance of payments statistics, the main source of information on international trade in services, have many weaknesses. Disaggregation of important components may be limited and varies considerably across countries. There are inconsistencies in the methods used to report items. And the recording of major flows as net items is common (for example, insurance transactions are often recorded as premiums less claims). These factors contribute to a downward bias in the value of the service trade reported in the balance of payments. Efforts are being made to improve the coverage, quality, and consistency of these data.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 29 values

Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in nearby economies

• Albania — 10.51% (2025)
• Armenia — 21.91% (2025)
• Austria — 23.1% (2025)
• Azerbaijan — 17.06% (2025)
• Belgium — 17.51% (2025)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 34.22% (2025)
• Bulgaria — 30.57% (2025)
• Croatia — 13.78% (2025)
• Cyprus — 19.28% (2025)
• Czechia

More private sector & trade data for Belarus

• Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 96.11% (2025)
• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$48.37 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$41.4 billion (2025)
• Commercial service imports (current US$) — US$7.71 billion (2025)
• Commercial service exports (current US$) — US$11.86 billion (2025)
• Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 0.2% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 83.53% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 12.26% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Belarus's transport services (% of commercial service imports)?

43.63% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1993?

It is up 9.66 percentage points from 33.97% in 1993. The highest value was 46.56% in 1996 and the lowest 15.93% in 2001.

Is the latest change in transport services (% of commercial service imports) unusual for Belarus?

In 2021, Belarus' transport services (% of commercial service imports) rose 7.22 percentage points on 2020 (from 36.41% to 43.63%). Across the 27 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2020), the average change was +0.09 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.91 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.TRAN.ZS.WT, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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