Ghana - Travel services

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Ghana was 0.87 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 27.92 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.87 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.

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Year Value
1975 4.86
1976 5.88
1977 9.03
1978 8.43
1979 11.50
1980 12.08
1981 11.62
1982 11.22
1983 7.35
1984 5.89
1985 5.78
1986 4.53
1987 4.31
1988 4.51
1989 4.60
1990 4.43
1991 4.25
1992 4.04
1993 4.42
1994 4.78
1995 4.75
1996 0.90
1997 0.93
1998 12.92
1999 14.12
2000 17.19
2001 17.39
2002 19.23
2003 14.98
2004 17.23
2005 23.78
2006 22.48
2007 27.92
2008 23.59
2009 23.26
2010 19.13
2011 12.66
2012 10.95
2013 9.66
2014 9.87
2015 10.08
2016 10.38
2017 7.31
2018 4.46
2019 2.43
2020 0.87

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in Ghana was 1.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 75.56 in 2005, while its lowest value was 0.34 in 1981.

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 1.74
1976 1.70
1977 1.15
1978 0.66
1979 1.03
1980 0.37
1981 0.34
1982 0.42
1983 3.14
1984 3.65
1985 4.21
1986 2.74
1987 2.54
1988 3.39
1989 4.20
1990 5.09
1991 5.74
1992 4.60
1993 7.33
1994 7.32
1995 7.30
1996 8.10
1997 8.85
1998 64.41
1999 65.01
2000 66.34
2001 66.07
2002 64.55
2003 65.78
2004 66.35
2005 75.56
2006 62.29
2007 49.58
2008 51.01
2009 43.40
2010 41.94
2011 38.34
2012 28.05
2013 34.77
2014 43.86
2015 13.33
2016 13.36
2017 12.87
2018 12.47
2019 14.36
2020 1.45

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments