Congo, Dem. Rep.'s transport services (% of service imports, BoP) was 44.37% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.65 percentage points from 46.02% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 44.37% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 39.98% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 46.02% | 2015 |
| Highest | 70.53% | 2005 |
| Lowest | 36.97% | 2016 |
| Average since 2016 | 45.24% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 70.53% | 2005 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s transport services (% of service imports, BoP) fell 4.92 percentage points on 2024 (from 49.29% to 44.37%).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −1.12 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.17 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below 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 13.78 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 31.11 percentage points in 2006. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 12% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep. had the 23rd 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 44.37% | 2025 |
| World | 18.72% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 35.2% | 2025 |
| Low income | 52.4% | 2024 |
Closest to Congo, Dem. Rep. in the 2025 ranking
- Lithuania — 20th of 134: 45.23%
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 21st of 134: 44.62%
- Uzbekistan — 22nd of 134: 44.44%
- Guatemala — 24th of 134: 44.33%
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 25th of 134: 43.58%
- Samoa — 26th of 134: 42.59%
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 imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 21 values
| Year | Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.37 |
| 2024 | 49.29 |
| 2023 | 50.78 |
| 2022 | 48.61 |
| 2021 | 40.05 |
| 2020 | 39.98 |
| 2019 | 46.52 |
| 2018 | 45.12 |
| 2017 | 50.75 |
| 2016 | 36.97 |
| 2015 |
Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 39.4% (2025)
- Benin — 40.99% (2023)
- Botswana — 25.53% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 51.02% (2024)
- Burundi — 57.8% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 29.68% (2025)
- Cameroon — 45.93% (2024)
- Comoros — 40.55% (2023)
- Congo, Rep. — 33.24% (2021)
- Côte d'Ivoire — 40.61% (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Congo, Dem. Rep.
- Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) — US$28.48 billion (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (constant LCU) — 13.49 trillion (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) — US$30.49 billion (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) — 8.25 trillion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$91.03 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 243.66 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$64.04 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 18.51 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$806.78 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU)
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Questions people ask
- What is Congo, Dem. Rep.'s transport services (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 44.37% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is down 26.16 percentage points from 70.53% in 2005. The highest value was 70.53% in 2005 and the lowest 36.97% in 2016.
- How does Congo, Dem. Rep. rank?
- 23rd highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in transport services (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Congo, Dem. Rep.?
- In 2025, Congo, Dem. Rep.'s transport services (% of service imports, BoP) fell 4.92 percentage points on 2024 (from 49.29% to 44.37%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −1.12 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.17 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BM.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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