Service exports — all countries

Service exports — Middle Africa

Service exports in Middle Africa in 2015 — 3,702,330,987 US$. Since 1978, the indicator has risen by 641.1%.

2015 3.7B US$ −24.21% vs 2014
World rank
Period maximum 4.89B US$2014
Period minimum 500M US$1978

Trend over time

1978–2015 · US$

Service exports — Middle Africa, 1978–201502B4B6B19781982198619901994199820022006201020141978: 499,554,265 US$1979: 672,345,019 US$1980: 893,390,306 US$1981: 839,292,225 US$1982: 721,116,003 US$1983: 790,804,083 US$1984: 706,355,759 US$1985: 922,401,432 US$1986: 914,025,237 US$1987: 862,340,117 US$1988: 1,040,644,433 US$1989: 1,128,170,023 US$1990: 949,594,770 US$1991: 1,087,796,519 US$1992: 1,044,016,495 US$1993: 969,381,623 US$1994: 858,893,574 US$2005: 1,865,585,093 US$2007: 2,416,487,717 US$2008: 2,976,693,008 US$2009: 3,269,114,329 US$2010: 3,508,384,342 US$2011: 4,268,891,386 US$2012: 3,283,086,156 US$2013: 4,446,662,222 US$2014: 4,885,084,469 US$2015: 3,702,330,987 US$
Change over the period: +3.2B (+641.13%) Average annual rate: 5.56 %

Comparison, 2015

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle Africa

Middle Africa 3.7B US$
World 5.11T US$
Service exports — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2015 3.7B −1.18B −24.21%
2014 4.89B +438M +9.86%
2013 4.45B +1.16B +35.44%
2012 3.28B −986M −23.09%
2011 4.27B +761M +21.68%
2010 3.51B +239M +7.32%
2009 3.27B +292M +9.82%
2008 2.98B +560M +23.18%
2007 2.42B
2005 1.87B
1994 859M −110M −11.4%
1993 969M −74.63M −7.15%
1992 1.04B −43.78M −4.02%
1991 1.09B +138M +14.55%
1990 950M −179M −15.83%
1989 1.13B +87.53M +8.41%
1988 1.04B +178M +20.68%
1987 862M −51.69M −5.65%
1986 914M −8.38M −0.91%
1985 922M +216M +30.59%
1984 706M −84.45M −10.68%
1983 791M +69.69M +9.66%
1982 721M −118M −14.08%
1981 839M −54.1M −6.06%
1980 893M +221M +32.88%
1979 672M +173M +34.59%
1978 500M

About the indicator

Exports of services: travel and tourism, transport, communications, insurance, financial and business services, royalties, computer and information services. For dozens of countries this flow is larger than merchandise exports, and not only for the obvious tourist destinations: India, Ireland and the Philippines ended up near the top of the list on software and business services. Services, unlike goods, do not pass through customs, so they are estimated from banking and survey statistics and are measured less precisely.

Important: It serves as the denominator for the share of ICT services in service exports. It excludes investment income and compensation of employees — those are counted separately, in the primary income account.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.