Transport services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Transport services was 20.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Transport services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
In 2025, transport services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) stood at 20.0%.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, transport services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 54.4% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 18.1%, in 2019.
That places East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 35th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Transport services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 48.9% | — |
| 1983 | 49.3% | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 44.7% | -9.4% |
| 1985 | 42.2% | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 45.5% | +7.8% |
| 1987 | 47.2% | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 50.3% | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 53.0% | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 54.4% | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 50.8% | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 44.3% | -12.8% |
| 1993 | 40.1% | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 38.7% | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 37.4% | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 36.8% | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 32.2% | -12.6% |
| 1998 | 28.6% | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 30.1% | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 32.9% | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 32.7% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 33.5% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 35.4% | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 36.6% | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 37.8% | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 38.1% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 36.8% | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 37.1% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 31.6% | -14.8% |
| 2010 | 34.1% | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 34.1% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 32.3% | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 30.3% | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 25.1% | -17.2% |
| 2015 | 22.1% | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 20.8% | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 22.4% | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 23.1% | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 18.1% | -21.6% |
| 2020 | 21.6% | +19.0% |
| 2021 | 25.9% | +19.9% |
| 2022 | 26.2% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 21.8% | -16.8% |
| 2024 | 20.0% | -8.1% |
| 2025 | 20.0% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 47.6% | 42.2% | 53.0% | 8 |
| 1990s | 39.3% | 28.6% | 54.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 35.3% | 31.6% | 38.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.2% | 18.1% | 34.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.6% | 20.0% | 26.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More economy & growth data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 176.21 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.0736 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 4,008 current US$ per person (2024)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.3602 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 3,905 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2184 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 2,368 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 3.98 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is transport services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Transport services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 20.0% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest transport services recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 54.4% in 1990.
- What is the lowest transport services recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.1% in 2019.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for transport services?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 35th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is transport services rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Transport services (% of service imports, BoP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.