The Gambia - Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in The Gambia was 10.29 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 45.84 in 2014, while its lowest value was 3.21 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
1978 4.59
1979 4.13
1980 3.54
1981 4.66
1982 8.35
1983 7.89
1984 10.27
1985 10.80
1986 11.60
1987 7.39
1988 10.15
1989 9.19
1990 15.47
1991 20.33
1992 18.97
1993 18.57
1994 20.21
1995 20.58
1996 19.95
1997 22.02
2003 11.05
2004 8.90
2005 11.66
2006 6.81
2007 13.84
2008 13.25
2009 14.07
2010 18.55
2011 21.24
2012 17.84
2013 14.49
2014 45.84
2015 6.55
2016 9.71
2017 7.82
2018 7.68
2019 8.65
2020 3.21
2021 10.29

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