Ireland's transport services (% of service exports, BoP) was 2.56% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.97 percentage points from 4.53% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.56% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 0.89% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.53% | 2015 |
| Highest | 5.85% | 2012 |
| Lowest | 0.87% | 2021 |
| Average since 2016 | 2.66% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 4.81% | 2005 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Ireland's transport services (% of service exports, BoP) rose 0.37 percentage points on 2024 (from 2.19% to 2.56%).
Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.72 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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 1.2 percentage points in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.3 percentage points in 2020. 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 0.23 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 34% 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 2025, Ireland had the 128th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2.56% | 2025 |
| World | 15.43% | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 15.19% | 2025 |
| High income | 15.42% | 2025 |
Closest to Ireland in the 2025 ranking
- Bermuda — 125th of 134: 2.8%
- Grenada — 126th of 134: 2.74%
- Maldives — 127th of 134: 2.63%
- West Bank and Gaza — 129th of 134: 2.24%
- Sudan — 130th of 134: 1.75%
- Macao SAR, China — 131st of 134: 1.61%
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 21 values
| Year | Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.56 |
| 2024 | 2.19 |
| 2023 | 2.65 |
| 2022 | 2.07 |
| 2021 | 0.8669 |
| 2020 | 0.8892 |
| 2019 | 3.18 |
| 2018 | 3.66 |
| 2017 | 4.08 |
| 2016 | 4.44 |
| 2015 |
Transport services (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Albania — 10.9% (2025)
- Armenia — 7.62% (2025)
- Austria — 22.34% (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 42.52% (2025)
- Belarus — 42.31% (2021)
- Belgium — 19.66% (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 16.86% (2025)
- Bulgaria — 15.48% (2025)
- Croatia — 6.95% (2025)
- Cyprus — 15.98% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Ireland
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$13.66 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$11.97 billion (2025)
- GDP (current US$) — US$721.7 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 638.68 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$572.66 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 535.98 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$131,592 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 116,455 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$104,417 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 97,728 (2025)
- GNI (current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Ireland's transport services (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 2.56% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2005?
- It is down 2.26 percentage points from 4.81% in 2005. The highest value was 5.85% in 2012 and the lowest 0.87% in 2021.
- How does Ireland rank?
- 128th highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in transport services (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Ireland?
- In 2025, Ireland's transport services (% of service exports, BoP) rose 0.37 percentage points on 2024 (from 2.19% to 2.56%). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2024), the average change was −0.14 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.72 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above 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 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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