Global Transport Service Exports in Current US Dollars

Transport services exports data, measured in current U.S. dollars, covers sea, air, land, and other transport performed for other economies. The dataset is compiled by the World Bank's WDI Database Archives from national balance of payments statistics.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between transport service exports and broader economic indicators like GDP using the monetary value time-series.
• Analyzing trends in specific transport modes (sea, air, land) implied by the aggregated service category over time.
• Benchmarking a country's transport service export performance against regional or global aggregates provided in the dataset.

Strengths

• Data adheres to the standardized Balance of Payments (BoP) framework, ensuring international comparability.
• Covers a comprehensive scope including passenger carriage, freight, carrier rental, and postal services.

Limitations

• The exact temporal coverage, number of countries, and update frequency are unspecified.
• Data is an aggregate category, preventing analysis of individual transport sub-sectors like air freight versus maritime.

Provenance

Source

World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI) Database Archives.

Collection Method

Aggregated from national balance of payments statistics reported by member economies.

Geography

Global, country-level where data is reported.