Small states: Transport services (% of service imports, BoP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Small states' transport services (% of service imports, BoP) fell 1.77 percentage points on 2024 (from 22.47% to 20.7%).

Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2024), the average change was −0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.35 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 3.29 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.44 percentage points in 2020. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 20% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

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 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 31 values

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

• Afghanistan — 83.79% (2020)
• Algeria — 41.86% (2025)
• Bahrain — 34.74% (2025)
• Djibouti — 87.43% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 44.62% (2025)
• Iraq — 35.95% (2025)
• Israel — 17.21% (2025)
• Jordan — 52.6% (2024)
• Kuwait — 21.06% (2025)
• Lebanon — 21.91% (2023)

More economic policy & debt data for Small states

• Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) — US$12.49 billion (2025)
• Personal remittances, paid (current US$) — US$4.28 billion (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$40.34 billion (2025)
• Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) — 12.23% (2025)
• Portfolio equity, net inflows (BoP, current US$) — US$643.45 million (2025)
• Personal remittances, received (current US$) — US$4.56 billion (2025)
• GDP (current US$) — US$337.31 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$16,578 (2025)
• Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) — US$94.11 million (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Small states's transport services (% of service imports, BoP)?

20.7% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1992?

It is down 20.77 percentage points from 41.47% in 1992. The highest value was 41.47% in 1992 and the lowest 20.31% in 2020.

Is the latest change in transport services (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Small states?

In 2025, Small states' transport services (% of service imports, BoP) fell 1.77 percentage points on 2024 (from 22.47% to 20.7%). Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2024), the average change was −0.36 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.35 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.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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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