Vanuatu: Transport services (% of commercial service exports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Vanuatu's transport services (% of commercial service exports) fell 12.48 percentage points on 2021 (from 45.22% to 32.75%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was +1.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.86 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 26.3 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 12.48 percentage points in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.68 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 52% 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

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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 41 values

Transport services (% of commercial service exports) in nearby economies

• Australia — 6.14% (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 53.24% (2025)
• Cambodia — 13.83% (2025)
• China — 18.42% (2025)
• Fiji — 39.94% (2024)
• French Polynesia — 36.16% (2016)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 30.58% (2025)
• Indonesia — 14.32% (2025)
• Japan — 12.95% (2025)
• Kiribati

More private sector & trade data for Vanuatu

• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$515 million (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$78 million (2025)
• Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 50.98% (2023)
• Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) — 0% (2023)
• Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$62.98 million (2023)
• Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 68.32% (2023)
• Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 30.48% (2023)
• Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

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Questions people ask

What is Vanuatu's transport services (% of commercial service exports)?

32.75% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1982?

It is up 16.12 percentage points from 16.62% in 1982. The highest value was 45.22% in 2021 and the lowest 10% in 2013.

Is the latest change in transport services (% of commercial service exports) unusual for Vanuatu?

In 2022, Vanuatu's transport services (% of commercial service exports) fell 12.48 percentage points on 2021 (from 45.22% to 32.75%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was +1.11 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.86 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

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 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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