Romania's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) was 15.65% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.65 percentage points from 18.3% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 15.65% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 18.38% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 18.3% | 2015 |
| Highest | 78.4% | 1989 |
| Lowest | 15.65% | 2025 |
| Average since 2016 | 17.86% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 38.91% | 1971 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Romania's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) fell 0.49 percentage points on 2024 (from 16.14% to 15.65%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.21 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 16.66 percentage points in 1973 and the biggest yearly fall was 19.92 percentage points in 1991. 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 0.29 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 44% 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, Romania had the 121st 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Romania | 15.65% | 2025 |
| World | 18.72% | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 15.73% | 2025 |
| High income | 17.29% | 2025 |
Closest to Romania in the 2025 ranking
- Eswatini — 117th of 134: 15.97%
- Ukraine — 118th of 134: 15.92%
- Brunei Darussalam — 119th of 134: 15.9%
- Croatia — 121st of 134: 13.7%
- United States — 122nd of 134: 13.6%
- Japan — 123rd of 134: 13.43%
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 55 values
| Year | Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 15.65 |
| 2024 | 16.14 |
| 2023 | 16.44 |
| 2022 | 19.3 |
| 2021 | 18.26 |
| 2020 | 18.38 |
| 2019 | 19.47 |
| 2018 | 18.77 |
| 2017 | 17.97 |
| 2016 | 18.23 |
| 2015 |
Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Albania — 10.4% (2025)
- Armenia — 21.72% (2025)
- Austria — 23.04% (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 16.86% (2025)
- Belarus — 43.61% (2021)
- Belgium — 17.51% (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 34.06% (2025)
- Bulgaria — 30.55% (2025)
- Croatia — 13.7% (2025)
- Cyprus — 19.2% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Romania
- Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP) — 49.14% (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$, BoP) — US$174.97 billion (2025)
- Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) — 4.31% (2025)
- Goods imports (current US$, BoP) — US$139.06 billion (2025)
- Service imports (current US$, BoP) — US$35.91 billion (2025)
- Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) — 30.2% (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) — US$803.14 million (2025)
- Current account balance (current US$, BoP) — −US$33.88 billion (2025)
- Net financial account (BoP, current US$) — −US$25.31 billion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Romania's transport services (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 15.65% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1971?
- It is down 23.26 percentage points from 38.91% in 1971. The highest value was 78.4% in 1989 and the lowest 15.65% in 2025.
- How does Romania rank?
- 121st highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in transport services (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Romania?
- In 2025, Romania's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) fell 0.49 percentage points on 2024 (from 16.14% to 15.65%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.56 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.21 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 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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