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

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in France was 11.78 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 27.64 in 1999, while its lowest value was 11.78 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 21.43
1976 21.94
1977 21.92
1978 20.10
1979 19.65
1980 18.04
1981 16.56
1982 17.79
1983 16.14
1984 16.32
1985 17.46
1986 19.58
1987 20.93
1988 21.98
1989 21.28
1990 19.76
1991 18.88
1992 19.06
1993 18.16
1994 21.79
1995 21.94
1996 23.62
1997 24.79
1998 25.12
1999 27.64
2000 26.64
2001 25.94
2002 25.07
2003 25.59
2004 23.45
2005 23.34
2006 22.10
2007 22.37
2008 21.00
2009 20.98
2010 21.08
2011 22.02
2012 19.67
2013 18.49
2014 19.30
2015 16.94
2016 17.08
2017 17.90
2018 18.06
2019 18.75
2020 11.78

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