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

Key figures

Since 1979 it is down 27.4 percentage points from 29.41% in 1979. The World Bank has no value for 26 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2024, Liberia's transport services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.04 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.05% to 2.01%).

Across the 16 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2023), the average change was +1.59 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 32.9 percentage points in 1986 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.48 percentage points in 1982. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those 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, Liberia had the 25th 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.

Closest to Liberia in the 2024 ranking

• Mali — 22nd of 29: 8.15%
• Papua New Guinea — 23rd of 29: 7.96%
• Nicaragua — 24th of 29: 7.33%
• Naoero — 26th of 29: 1.81%
• Guinea — 27th of 29: 1.59%
• Bahamas, The — 28th of 29: 1.39%

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 20 values

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

• Angola — 22.55% (2025)
• Benin — 27.94% (2023)
• Botswana — 8.43% (2025)
• Burkina Faso — 14.63% (2024)
• Burundi — 4.13% (2025)
• Cabo Verde — 10.81% (2025)
• Cameroon — 34.41% (2024)
• Comoros — 6.32% (2023)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 43.69% (2025)
• Congo, Rep. — 33.19% (2021)

More economic policy & debt data for Liberia

• GDP (current US$) — US$5.25 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 5.25 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$3.92 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 4.19 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$915.33 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 915.33 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$684.04 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 731.74 (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$4.88 billion (2025)
• GNI (current LCU) — 4.88 billion (2025)
• GNI per capita (current LCU) — 851.82 (2025)

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Questions people ask

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

2.01% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1979?

It is down 27.4 percentage points from 29.41% in 1979. The highest value was 57.47% in 1986 and the lowest 0.29% in 2021.

How does Liberia rank?

25th highest of 29 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in transport services (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Liberia?

In 2024, Liberia's transport services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.04 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.05% to 2.01%). Across the 16 yearly changes before that (1980 to 2023), the average change was +1.59 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.48 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 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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