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

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Mauritania was 2.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 27.85 in 1998, while its lowest value was 1.96 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
1975 17.51
1976 14.66
1977 22.46
1978 21.27
1979 18.44
1980 13.60
1981 13.30
1982 14.09
1983 11.90
1984 10.18
1985 8.32
1986 8.68
1987 11.81
1988 10.80
1989 15.68
1990 16.83
1991 17.38
1992 17.56
1993 10.66
1994 9.87
1995 10.54
1996 15.43
1997 23.79
1998 27.85
2012 5.82
2013 5.80
2014 6.89
2015 6.65
2016 6.69
2017 3.88
2018 1.96
2019 3.95
2020 2.28

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