Benin - Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Benin was 9.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 15.50 in 1996, while its lowest value was 4.05 in 2018.

Definition: Travel covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Travel includes local transport (i.e., transport within the economy being visited and provided by a resident of that economy), but excludes international transport (which is included in passenger transport. Travel also excludes goods for resale, which are included in general merchandise.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1974 13.48
1975 10.50
1976 8.70
1977 6.79
1978 6.73
1979 6.01
1980 7.07
1981 5.23
1982 5.25
1983 4.79
1984 9.02
1985 6.40
1986 7.75
1987 7.64
1988 9.96
1989 7.85
1990 11.11
1991 9.24
1992 8.34
1993 6.73
1994 8.92
1995 12.68
1996 15.50
1997 9.02
1998 10.55
1999 11.78
2000 6.36
2001 9.00
2002 9.37
2003 8.34
2004 10.06
2005 9.56
2006 9.62
2007 14.32
2008 12.51
2009 10.59
2010 11.16
2011 10.48
2012 7.31
2013 5.11
2014 6.12
2015 10.80
2016 8.30
2017 7.21
2018 4.05
2019 11.67
2020 9.73

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments