Haiti's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) was 76.15% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 13.58 percentage points from 62.57% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 76.15% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 59.3% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 62.57% | 2014 |
| Highest | 91.3% | 1998 |
| Lowest | 39.93% | 2005 |
| Average since 2015 | 60.07% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 46.09% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Haiti's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) fell 4.15 percentage points on 2023 (from 80.3% to 76.15%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.49 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.84 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 23.22 percentage points in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 24.05 percentage points in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.97 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 46% 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
In 2024, Haiti had the 2nd highest value of the 29 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Haiti | 76.15% | 2024 |
| World | 18.72% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 27.95% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 27.08% | 2025 |
Closest to Haiti in the 2024 ranking
- Djibouti — 1st of 29: 87.43%
- Mali — 3rd of 29: 68.65%
- Sierra Leone — 4th of 29: 64.38%
- Liberia — 5th of 29: 62.67%
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 54 values
| Year | Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 76.15 |
| 2023 | 80.3 |
| 2022 | 71.61 |
| 2021 | 53.31 |
| 2020 | 56.55 |
| 2019 | 59.3 |
| 2018 | 51.19 |
| 2017 | 40.19 |
| 2016 | 45.76 |
| 2015 | 66.37 |
| 2014 |
Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 21.26% (2025)
- Argentina — 19.91% (2025)
- Aruba — 14.31% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 21.66% (2024)
- Barbados — 15.75% (2017)
- Belize — 31.91% (2025)
- Bolivia — 33.7% (2025)
- Brazil — 20.63% (2025)
- Chile — 35.06% (2025)
- Colombia — 24.49% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Haiti
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$3.39 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$3.14 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$32.08 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 4.19 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$13.22 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 552.51 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$2,694 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 352,104 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,111 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 46,405 (2025)
- GDP (annual % growth)
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Questions people ask
- What is Haiti's transport services (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 76.15% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is up 30.06 percentage points from 46.09% in 1971. The highest value was 91.3% in 1998 and the lowest 39.93% in 2005.
- How does Haiti rank?
- 2nd highest of 29 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in transport services (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Haiti?
- In 2024, Haiti's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) fell 4.15 percentage points on 2023 (from 80.3% to 76.15%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.49 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.84 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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