Financial services

In 2012, the value (in current US$) of exports of "financial services" (EBOPS 2002 code 260) decreased by 2.8 percent (compared to 0.8 percent average growth rate from 2008-2012) to reach 292.8 bln US$ (see table 2), while imports decreased by 4.6 percent to reach 127.0 bln US$ (see table 3). Exports of this service accounted for 6.6 percent of total world services exports (see table 1). USA, United Kingdom and Luxembourg were the top exporters in 2012 (see table 2). They accounted for 26.1, 20.2 and 13.7 percent of world exports, respectively. Luxembourg, USA and United Kingdom were the top importers, with respectively 16.2, 13.3 and 8.3 percent of world imports (see table 3).

Related Subject(s): International Trade and Finance