Service imports — all countries

Service imports — Southern Asia

Service imports in Southern Asia in 2024 — 228,120,871,562 US$. Since 1976, the indicator has risen by 2,888.7%.

2024 228B US$ +11.74% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 228B US$2024
Period minimum 7.63B US$1976

Trend over time

1976–2024 · US$

Service imports — Southern Asia, 1976–20240100B200B300B197619811986199119962001200620112016202120241976: 7,632,765,448 US$1977: 10,327,090,657 US$1978: 11,844,870,152 US$1979: 9,450,125,784 US$1980: 10,188,918,422 US$1981: 8,614,975,462 US$1982: 8,587,024,939 US$1983: 10,057,266,251 US$1984: 9,623,324,698 US$1985: 9,627,048,622 US$1986: 8,749,443,089 US$1987: 9,632,137,671 US$1988: 10,628,736,721 US$1989: 12,175,950,197 US$1990: 13,669,395,707 US$1991: 15,658,108,077 US$1992: 17,087,895,050 US$1993: 16,850,824,869 US$1994: 16,391,978,213 US$1995: 18,664,641,454 US$1996: 20,435,774,860 US$1997: 21,380,532,552 US$1998: 22,357,870,261 US$1999: 24,921,057,483 US$2000: 27,192,770,240 US$2001: 25,922,098,256 US$2002: 26,519,904,803 US$2003: 31,892,447,219 US$2004: 45,206,296,150 US$2005: 59,859,376,194 US$2006: 72,735,476,897 US$2007: 85,949,957,444 US$2008: 74,279,468,005 US$2009: 67,753,012,297 US$2010: 96,132,208,292 US$2011: 98,293,746,001 US$2012: 99,995,042,938 US$2013: 100,134,477,521 US$2014: 104,758,259,548 US$2015: 106,728,155,921 US$2016: 121,369,246,338 US$2017: 138,380,066,716 US$2018: 154,786,599,824 US$2019: 159,498,963,793 US$2020: 137,333,449,014 US$2021: 163,108,255,078 US$2022: 203,874,245,315 US$2023: 204,153,874,413 US$2024: 228,120,871,562 US$
Change over the period: +220B (+2,888.71%) Average annual rate: 7.33 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Asia

Southern Asia 228B US$
World 8.1T US$
Service imports — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 228B +23.97B +11.74%
2023 204B +280M +0.14%
2022 204B +40.77B +24.99%
2021 163B +25.77B +18.77%
2020 137B −22.17B −13.9%
2019 159B +4.71B +3.04%
2018 155B +16.41B +11.86%
2017 138B +17.01B +14.02%
2016 121B +14.64B +13.72%
2015 107B +1.97B +1.88%
2014 105B +4.62B +4.62%
2013 100B +139M +0.14%
2012 100B +1.7B +1.73%
2011 98.29B +2.16B +2.25%
2010 96.13B +28.38B +41.89%
2009 67.75B −6.53B −8.79%
2008 74.28B −11.67B −13.58%
2007 85.95B +13.21B +18.17%
2006 72.74B +12.88B +21.51%
2005 59.86B +14.65B +32.41%
2004 45.21B +13.31B +41.75%
2003 31.89B +5.37B +20.26%
2002 26.52B +598M +2.31%
2001 25.92B −1.27B −4.67%
2000 27.19B +2.27B +9.12%
1999 24.92B +2.56B +11.46%
1998 22.36B +977M +4.57%
1997 21.38B +945M +4.62%
1996 20.44B +1.77B +9.49%
1995 18.66B +2.27B +13.86%
1994 16.39B −459M −2.72%
1993 16.85B −237M −1.39%
1992 17.09B +1.43B +9.13%
1991 15.66B +1.99B +14.55%
1990 13.67B +1.49B +12.27%
1989 12.18B +1.55B +14.56%
1988 10.63B +997M +10.35%
1987 9.63B +883M +10.09%
1986 8.75B −878M −9.12%
1985 9.63B +3.72M +0.04%
1984 9.62B −434M −4.31%
1983 10.06B +1.47B +17.12%
1982 8.59B −27.95M −0.32%
1981 8.61B −1.57B −15.45%
1980 10.19B +739M +7.82%
1979 9.45B −2.39B −20.22%
1978 11.84B +1.52B +14.7%
1977 10.33B +2.69B +35.3%
1976 7.63B

About the indicator

Imports of services: what residents spend on foreign transport, travel, insurance, business and computer services. A large and inconspicuous item: the spending of a country's own tourists abroad is counted here, so countries with well-off populations and a short holiday season have large service imports even when merchandise trade is weak. For many countries the difference between exports and imports of services flips the sign of a trade balance computed on goods alone.

Important: The trips of a country's own citizens abroad are part of service imports, not a separate item. It excludes compensation paid to foreign workers and investment income.

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