Papua New Guinea: Transport services (% of service exports, BoP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Papua New Guinea's transport services (% of service exports, BoP) rose 4.29 percentage points on 2023 (from 3.67% to 7.96%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.15 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.71 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above 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 19 percentage points in 1977 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.51 percentage points in 1981. 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 downward, about 1.11 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 47% 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, Papua New Guinea had the 24th 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 Papua New Guinea in the 2024 ranking

• Sierra Leone — 20th of 29: 10.2%
• Mauritius — 21st of 29: 9.69%
• Mali — 22nd of 29: 8.15%
• Nicaragua — 24th of 29: 7.33%
• Liberia — 25th of 29: 2.01%
• Naoero — 26th of 29: 1.81%

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 49 values

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

• Australia — 6.09% (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 51% (2025)
• Cambodia — 13.35% (2025)
• China — 18.35% (2025)
• Fiji — 38.43% (2024)
• French Polynesia — 30.38% (2016)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 30.58% (2025)
• Indonesia — 14.24% (2025)
• Japan — 12.77% (2025)
• Kiribati

More economic policy & debt data for Papua New Guinea

• GDP (current US$) — US$32.5 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 133.98 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$28.68 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 76.24 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$3,020 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 12,449 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$2,665 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 7,084 (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$30.16 billion (2025)
• GNI (current LCU) — 124.34 billion (2025)
• GNI per capita (current LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is Papua New Guinea's transport services (% of service exports, BoP)?

7.96% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1976?

It is down 6.62 percentage points from 14.58% in 1976. The highest value was 41.8% in 1978 and the lowest 2.98% in 2002.

How does Papua New Guinea rank?

24th highest of 29 economies with data for 2024.

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

In 2024, Papua New Guinea's transport services (% of service exports, BoP) rose 4.29 percentage points on 2023 (from 3.67% to 7.96%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.15 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.71 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

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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