Caribbean small states - Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Caribbean small states was 5.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 27.58 in 1988, while its lowest value was 5.95 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
1976 21.74
1977 18.80
1978 17.73
1979 17.54
1980 18.41
1981 20.16
1982 22.87
1983 24.12
1984 26.33
1985 26.74
1986 24.43
1987 26.16
1988 27.58
1989 23.48
1990 23.63
1991 21.40
1992 20.61
1993 19.18
1994 18.38
1995 20.71
1996 22.91
1997 21.88
1998 21.06
1999 23.62
2000 22.45
2001 22.23
2002 22.75
2003 21.50
2004 20.96
2005 19.90
2006 18.45
2007 17.71
2008 15.37
2009 16.24
2010 15.30
2011 11.35
2012 11.57
2013 10.10
2014 9.83
2015 12.29
2016 12.89
2017 11.70
2018 11.36
2019 10.86
2020 5.95

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