IDA total - Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in IDA total was 21.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 41.93 in 2009, while its lowest value was 21.28 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
1977 23.20
1978 22.27
1979 21.82
1980 23.91
1981 25.75
1982 26.81
1983 27.50
1984 27.54
1985 26.63
1986 31.31
1987 29.96
1988 29.84
1989 29.00
1990 26.15
1991 26.95
1992 28.35
1993 29.53
1994 32.24
1995 34.44
1996 35.17
1997 34.01
1998 36.56
1999 35.15
2000 33.26
2001 34.87
2002 31.59
2003 30.47
2004 34.69
2005 36.21
2006 37.09
2007 41.86
2008 39.82
2009 41.93
2010 40.10
2011 35.30
2012 35.49
2013 37.41
2014 39.41
2015 36.71
2016 39.56
2017 40.34
2018 39.22
2019 38.81
2020 21.28

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