Cameroon - Travel services

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Cameroon was 26.13 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 36.93 in 1991, while its lowest value was 9.56 in 1982.

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.

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Year Value
1977 12.83
1978 13.95
1979 14.86
1980 11.50
1981 9.76
1982 9.56
1983 13.75
1984 14.75
1985 13.93
1986 21.71
1987 23.18
1988 31.38
1989 31.12
1990 26.74
1991 36.93
1992 25.08
1993 30.38
1994 11.85
1995 21.11
1996 12.85
1997 14.53
1998 19.51
1999 20.93
2000 19.96
2001 14.06
2002 13.13
2003 14.00
2004 21.65
2005 24.27
2006 27.77
2007 20.86
2008 15.27
2009 19.82
2010 10.66
2011 26.69
2012 24.32
2013 23.87
2014 23.71
2015 25.86
2016 27.36
2017 26.02
2018 25.42
2019 26.54
2020 26.13

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in Cameroon was 25.57 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 30.50 in 2016, while its lowest value was 6.09 in 2002.

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
1977 13.86
1978 17.86
1979 16.74
1980 15.51
1981 15.97
1982 14.87
1983 15.75
1984 15.53
1985 13.43
1986 9.05
1987 9.97
1988 7.50
1989 19.81
1990 13.94
1991 17.96
1992 14.57
1993 12.10
1994 8.40
1995 11.78
1996 21.06
1997 18.23
1998 16.14
1999 13.71
2000 8.29
2001 7.66
2002 6.09
2003 28.28
2004 14.23
2005 18.05
2006 17.82
2007 16.51
2008 10.50
2009 21.60
2010 12.31
2011 22.01
2012 21.46
2013 29.60
2014 29.36
2015 29.68
2016 30.50
2017 26.98
2018 27.44
2019 29.63
2020 25.57

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments