St. Vincent and the Grenadines's transport services (% of service imports, BoP) was 43.58% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.54 percentage points from 42.04% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 43.58% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 37.49% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 42.04% | 2015 |
| Highest | 58.86% | 1988 |
| Lowest | 29.71% | 1997 |
| Average since 2016 | 39.95% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 52.96% | 1978 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' transport services (% of service imports, BoP) rose 4.68 percentage points on 2024 (from 38.91% to 43.58%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.12 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 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 11.33 percentage points in 1999 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.35 percentage points in 1979. 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 upward, about 0.72 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 50% 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, St. Vincent and the Grenadines had the 25th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 43.58% | 2025 |
| World | 18.72% | 2025 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 27.95% | 2025 |
| Upper middle income | 23.06% | 2025 |
Closest to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2025 ranking
- Uzbekistan — 22nd of 134: 44.44%
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 23rd of 134: 44.37%
- Guatemala — 24th of 134: 44.33%
- Samoa — 26th of 134: 42.59%
- West Bank and Gaza — 27th of 134: 42%
- Algeria — 28th of 134: 41.86%
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 48 values
| Year | Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.58 |
| 2024 | 38.91 |
| 2023 | 43.42 |
| 2022 | 42.97 |
| 2021 | 43.5 |
| 2020 | 37.49 |
| 2019 | 37.38 |
| 2018 | 36.37 |
| 2017 | 39.43 |
| 2016 | 36.45 |
| 2015 |
Transport services (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 21.26% (2025)
- Argentina — 19.91% (2025)
- Aruba — 14.31% (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 21.66% (2024)
- Barbados — 15.75% (2017)
- Belize — 31.91% (2025)
- Bolivia — 33.7% (2025)
- Brazil — 20.63% (2025)
- Chile — 35.06% (2025)
- Colombia — 24.49% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- GDP (current US$) — US$1.26 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 3.39 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$986.74 million (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 2.75 billion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$12,562 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 33,917 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$9,875 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 27,471 (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$1.23 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is St. Vincent and the Grenadines's transport services (% of service imports, BoP)?
- 43.58% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1978?
- It is down 9.38 percentage points from 52.96% in 1978. The highest value was 58.86% in 1988 and the lowest 29.71% in 1997.
- How does St. Vincent and the Grenadines rank?
- 25th highest of 134 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in transport services (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for St. Vincent and the Grenadines?
- In 2025, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' transport services (% of service imports, BoP) rose 4.68 percentage points on 2024 (from 38.91% to 43.58%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.19 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.12 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.1 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 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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