Service imports (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Service imports (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre was 12,585 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Service imports (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 2005–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for service imports (bop, current us$), per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) is 12,585 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, service imports (bop, current us$), per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 12,585 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,696 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, in 2005.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 35th out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Service imports (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5,696 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | — |
| 2006 | 6,194 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 7,116 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 2008 | 9,252 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +30.0% |
| 2009 | 8,711 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 9,324 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 9,475 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 10,082 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 10,782 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 11,348 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 10,626 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 10,181 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 11,174 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 11,751 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 12,276 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 8,425 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | -31.4% |
| 2021 | 10,280 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +22.0% |
| 2022 | 12,143 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +18.1% |
| 2023 | 12,585 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | +3.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Service imports (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -31.4% | 12,276 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 8,425 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7,394 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 5,696 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 9,252 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 5 |
| 2010s | 10,702 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 9,324 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 12,276 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,858 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 8,425 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 12,585 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- 32 Grenada 1.15 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 33 Tuvalu 1.08 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 34 Mauritius 1.07 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 35 Austria 1.02 million BoP, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 36 Saint Lucia 888,282 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 37 Lebanon 647,686 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre compare
- 38 Japan 638,730 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 2.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 390.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1599 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 452.38 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,931 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.7447 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 4.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.138 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.6825 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is service imports (bop, current us$), per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Service imports (bop, current us$), per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 12,585 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest service imports (bop, current us$), per square kilometre recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 12,585 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest service imports (bop, current us$), per square kilometre recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,696 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in 2005.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for service imports (bop, current us$), per square kilometre?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 35th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is service imports (bop, current us$), per square kilometre rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Service imports (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Service imports (BoP, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Service imports (BoP, current US$) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Service imports Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Service imports (BoP, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.