São Tomé and Principe - Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in São Tomé and Principe was 21.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 28.76 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 2009.

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
1974 6.83
1975 19.32
1976 7.60
1977 4.43
1978 5.94
1979 7.83
1980 9.14
1981 7.96
1982 7.27
1983 10.84
1984 6.72
1985 8.41
1986 8.43
1987 10.55
1988 11.40
1989 17.73
1990 21.29
1997 5.83
1998 6.25
1999 4.52
2000 4.42
2001 4.45
2002 4.26
2003 3.90
2004 3.83
2005 0.47
2006 1.37
2007 0.56
2008 0.07
2009 0.06
2010 0.21
2011 1.13
2012 9.73
2013 2.74
2014 19.74
2015 24.74
2016 23.40
2017 26.25
2018 26.02
2019 28.76
2020 21.86

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