Canada: Transport services (% of service exports, BoP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Canada's transport services (% of service exports, BoP) rose 0.41 percentage points on 2024 (from 9.19% to 9.6%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.41 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.82 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 11.17 percentage points in 1961 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.7 percentage points in 1981. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.58 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 84% 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.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 7.15% for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.37%, against 1.51% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, Canada had the 96th highest value of the 134 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Canada in the 2025 ranking

• Timor-Leste — 93rd of 134: 9.95%
• El Salvador — 94th of 134: 9.86%
• Italy — 95th of 134: 9.68%
• Uruguay — 97th of 134: 8.7%
• Botswana — 98th of 134: 8.43%
• United States — 99th of 134: 8.2%

What this measures

Transport services covers 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 exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.

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

All 66 values

Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies

• Bermuda — 2.8% (2025)
• United States — 8.2% (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Canada

• Trade in services (% of GDP) — 14.75% (2025)
• Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) — 48.08% (2025)
• Primary income payments (BoP, current US$) — US$196.83 billion (2025)
• Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$747.73 billion (2025)
• Goods imports (current US$, BoP) — US$577.62 billion (2025)
• Service imports (current US$, BoP) — US$170.11 billion (2025)
• Imports of goods, services and primary income (current US$, BoP) — US$944.56 billion (2025)
• Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) — 16.84% (2025)
• Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) — 25.55% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Canada's transport services (% of service exports, BoP)?

9.6% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is down 9.8 percentage points from 19.4% in 1960. The highest value was 34.12% in 1980 and the lowest 9.19% in 2024.

How does Canada rank?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GSR.TRAN.ZS, 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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