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

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in Mauritania was 2.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 60.86 in 1997, while its lowest value was 2.55 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 31.36
1976 35.16
1977 21.69
1978 17.71
1979 11.70
1980 11.92
1981 13.59
1982 17.54
1983 23.04
1984 24.55
1985 19.30
1986 33.20
1987 39.97
1988 33.92
1989 37.80
1990 33.92
1991 38.64
1992 40.59
1993 39.22
1994 41.60
1995 40.08
1996 60.72
1997 60.86
1998 59.44
2012 33.22
2013 21.88
2014 13.10
2015 11.76
2016 11.26
2017 13.45
2018 2.55
2019 5.43
2020 2.86

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