Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s transport services (% of commercial service exports) was 7.41% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 4.55 percentage points from 2.85% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 7.41% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 6.2% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.85% | 2013 |
| Highest | 7.86% | 2020 |
| Lowest | 2.63% | 2014 |
| Average since 2014 | 5.59% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 3.82% | 2011 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s transport services (% of commercial service exports) fell 0.24 percentage points on 2022 (from 7.65% to 7.41%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.95 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 1.72 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.3 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.61 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 86% 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 2023, Sint Maarten (Dutch part) had the 5th highest value of the 12 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 7.41% | 2023 |
| World | 18.06% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 17.96% | 2025 |
| High income | 18.21% | 2025 |
Closest to Sint Maarten (Dutch part) in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Transport is 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 commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.
Limitations: Balance of payments statistics, the main source of information on international trade in services, have many weaknesses. Disaggregation of important components may be limited and varies considerably across countries. There are inconsistencies in the methods used to report items. And the recording of major flows as net items is common (for example, insurance transactions are often recorded as premiums less claims). These factors contribute to a downward bias in the value of the service trade reported in the balance of payments. Efforts are being made to improve the coverage, quality, and consistency of these data.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 13 values
| Year | Transport services (% of commercial service exports) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.41 |
| 2022 | 7.65 |
| 2021 | 6.56 |
| 2020 | 7.86 |
| 2019 | 6.35 |
| 2018 | 6.2 |
| 2017 | 5.1 |
| 2016 | 3.38 |
| 2015 | 2.76 |
| 2014 | 2.63 |
| 2013 |
Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 4.07% (2025)
- Argentina — 12.89% (2025)
- Aruba — 3.69% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 1.4% (2024)
- Barbados — 3.39% (2017)
- Belize — 5.13% (2025)
- Bolivia — 22.81% (2025)
- Brazil — 13.72% (2025)
- Chile — 32.24% (2025)
- Colombia
More private sector & trade data for Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- International tourism, receipts for travel items (current US$) — US$234 million (2020)
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) — US$19 million (2020)
- International tourism, number of arrivals — 1.95 million (2019)
- Merchandise trade (% of GDP) — 80.68% (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$1.3 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$221 million (2025)
- International tourism, receipts (current US$) — US$243 million (2020)
- International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) — US$9 million (2020)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s transport services (% of commercial service exports)?
- 7.41% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2011?
- It is up 3.58 percentage points from 3.82% in 2011. The highest value was 7.86% in 2020 and the lowest 2.63% in 2014.
- How does Sint Maarten (Dutch part) rank?
- 5th highest of 12 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in transport services (% of commercial service exports) unusual for Sint Maarten (Dutch part)?
- In 2023, Sint Maarten (Dutch part)'s transport services (% of commercial service exports) fell 0.24 percentage points on 2022 (from 7.65% to 7.41%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2012 to 2022), the average change was +0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.95 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 TX.VAL.TRAN.ZS.WT, 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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