Government services, n.i.e.

In 2012, the value (in current US$) of exports of "government services, n.i.e." (EBOPS 2002 code 291) decreased by 0.7 percent (compared to 2.0 percent average growth rate from 2008-2012) to reach 72.6 bln US$ (see table 2), while imports decreased by 7.8 percent to reach 102.3 bln US$ (see table 3). Exports of this service accounted for 1.6 percent of total world services exports (see table 1). USA, Germany and United Kingdom were the top exporters in 2012 (see table 2). They accounted for 29.2, 6.9 and 4.8 percent of world exports, respectively. USA, Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom were the top importers, with respectively 27.2, 23.0 and 6.1 percent of world imports (see table 3).

Related Subject(s): International Trade and Finance