Service exports — all countries

Service exports — South America

Service exports in South America in 2025 — 129,379,281,509 US$. Since 1977, the indicator has risen by 2,739.5%.

2025 129B US$ +9.13% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 129B US$2025
Period minimum 4.56B US$1977

Trend over time

1977–2025 · US$

Service exports — South America, 1977–2025050B100B150B197719821987199219972002200720122017202220251977: 4,556,407,103 US$1978: 5,359,384,863 US$1979: 6,845,829,020 US$1980: 8,731,757,486 US$1981: 8,970,138,369 US$1982: 8,366,297,740 US$1983: 7,478,733,333 US$1984: 7,396,430,825 US$1985: 7,874,222,578 US$1986: 8,238,980,000 US$1987: 8,745,470,000 US$1988: 9,670,620,000 US$1989: 11,405,680,000 US$1990: 13,180,790,000 US$1991: 13,217,220,000 US$1992: 15,553,092,000 US$1993: 16,437,098,440 US$1994: 17,846,823,731 US$1995: 20,172,593,691 US$1996: 20,423,628,391 US$1997: 22,261,373,036 US$1998: 23,520,940,732 US$1999: 22,166,230,998 US$2000: 24,718,585,333 US$2001: 24,724,727,415 US$2002: 23,040,835,641 US$2003: 25,618,873,062 US$2004: 30,867,849,637 US$2005: 37,817,105,498 US$2006: 44,397,266,561 US$2007: 54,356,625,939 US$2008: 66,151,665,239 US$2009: 60,407,341,615 US$2010: 70,573,228,723 US$2011: 82,703,906,193 US$2012: 87,807,095,216 US$2013: 88,326,566,885 US$2014: 89,158,238,060 US$2015: 82,253,168,661 US$2016: 82,116,290,110 US$2017: 86,365,232,986 US$2018: 88,397,458,180 US$2019: 86,544,634,958 US$2020: 59,156,492,974 US$2021: 66,804,585,353 US$2022: 95,235,986,958 US$2023: 109,870,399,148 US$2024: 118,559,586,688 US$2025: 129,379,281,509 US$
Change over the period: +125B (+2,739.5%) Average annual rate: 7.22 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South America

South America 129B US$
World 9.58T US$
Service exports — South America, by year South America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2025 129B +10.82B +9.13%
2024 119B +8.69B +7.91%
2023 110B +14.63B +15.37%
2022 95.24B +28.43B +42.56%
2021 66.8B +7.65B +12.93%
2020 59.16B −27.39B −31.65%
2019 86.54B −1.85B −2.1%
2018 88.4B +2.03B +2.35%
2017 86.37B +4.25B +5.17%
2016 82.12B −137M −0.17%
2015 82.25B −6.91B −7.74%
2014 89.16B +832M +0.94%
2013 88.33B +519M +0.59%
2012 87.81B +5.1B +6.17%
2011 82.7B +12.13B +17.19%
2010 70.57B +10.17B +16.83%
2009 60.41B −5.74B −8.68%
2008 66.15B +11.8B +21.7%
2007 54.36B +9.96B +22.43%
2006 44.4B +6.58B +17.4%
2005 37.82B +6.95B +22.51%
2004 30.87B +5.25B +20.49%
2003 25.62B +2.58B +11.19%
2002 23.04B −1.68B −6.81%
2001 24.72B +6.14M +0.02%
2000 24.72B +2.55B +11.51%
1999 22.17B −1.35B −5.76%
1998 23.52B +1.26B +5.66%
1997 22.26B +1.84B +9%
1996 20.42B +251M +1.24%
1995 20.17B +2.33B +13.03%
1994 17.85B +1.41B +8.58%
1993 16.44B +884M +5.68%
1992 15.55B +2.34B +17.67%
1991 13.22B +36.43M +0.28%
1990 13.18B +1.78B +15.56%
1989 11.41B +1.74B +17.94%
1988 9.67B +925M +10.58%
1987 8.75B +506M +6.15%
1986 8.24B +365M +4.63%
1985 7.87B +478M +6.46%
1984 7.4B −82.3M −1.1%
1983 7.48B −888M −10.61%
1982 8.37B −604M −6.73%
1981 8.97B +238M +2.73%
1980 8.73B +1.89B +27.55%
1979 6.85B +1.49B +27.74%
1978 5.36B +803M +17.62%
1977 4.56B

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.