Botswana - Travel services

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Botswana was 8.18 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 56.43 in 2001, while its lowest value was 8.18 in 2020.

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
1975 44.13
1976 8.36
1977 8.45
1978 8.41
1979 25.40
1980 26.04
1981 25.06
1982 23.05
1983 18.68
1984 19.60
1985 22.00
1986 23.01
1987 20.70
1988 21.69
1989 21.55
1990 14.80
1991 17.60
1992 20.71
1993 24.18
1994 21.21
1995 32.68
1996 22.30
1997 20.80
1998 23.92
1999 28.35
2000 36.12
2001 56.43
2002 54.05
2003 50.84
2004 48.41
2005 47.50
2006 47.64
2007 38.80
2008 40.84
2009 29.14
2010 31.24
2011 29.80
2012 28.37
2013 24.01
2014 22.41
2015 22.89
2016 23.30
2017 22.36
2018 22.17
2019 21.24
2020 8.18

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in Botswana was 44.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 79.11 in 2008, while its lowest value was 15.97 in 1976.

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
1975 22.37
1976 15.97
1977 17.55
1978 20.57
1979 25.30
1980 22.19
1981 23.52
1982 29.76
1983 32.85
1984 32.76
1985 31.15
1986 39.68
1987 38.74
1988 34.71
1989 48.47
1990 55.98
1991 62.10
1992 56.74
1993 62.70
1994 66.48
1995 62.19
1996 57.22
1997 64.46
1998 68.55
1999 70.68
2000 68.42
2001 64.51
2002 64.97
2003 70.99
2004 73.41
2005 67.49
2006 69.71
2007 64.34
2008 79.11
2009 78.67
2010 68.40
2011 56.00
2012 67.34
2013 56.40
2014 53.61
2015 58.42
2016 59.05
2017 57.58
2018 62.07
2019 72.76
2020 44.80

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments