Low income: Transport services (% of service exports, BoP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Low income's transport services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 1.09 percentage points on 2023 (from 46.7% to 45.61%).

Across the 18 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2023), the average change was +1.75 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.79 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 7.96 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.25 percentage points in 2016. 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 1.77 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 91% 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 52.33% for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.75%, against 3.74% 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

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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

• Afghanistan — 12.38% (2020)
• Algeria — 27.47% (2025)
• Bahrain — 16.02% (2025)
• Djibouti — 60.51% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 28.07% (2025)
• Iraq — 3.43% (2025)
• Israel — 7.78% (2025)
• Jordan — 17.3% (2024)
• Kuwait — 14.27% (2025)
• Lebanon — 3.55% (2023)

More economic policy & debt data for Low income

• GDP (current US$) — US$642.67 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$837.36 (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$627.91 billion (2025)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria (current US$) — US$57.58 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Belgium (current US$) — US$350.05 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Canada (current US$) — US$677.23 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, European Union institutions (current US$) — US$3.08 billion (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Switzerland (current US$) — US$483.76 million (2023)
• Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany (current US$)

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Questions people ask

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

45.61% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2005?

It is up 30.37 percentage points from 15.24% in 2005. The highest value was 46.7% in 2023 and the lowest 15.24% in 2005.

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

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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