Samoa - Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Samoa was 1.48 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 18.17 in 2005, while its lowest value was 1.48 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 12.50
1978 10.04
1979 8.57
1980 7.32
1981 7.93
1982 10.84
1983 10.37
1984 11.59
1985 11.45
1986 13.05
1987 10.60
1988 7.82
1989 8.79
1990 7.95
1991 5.09
1992 4.40
1993 6.21
1994 13.15
1995 9.04
1996 10.67
1997 11.84
1998 12.12
1999 15.68
2004 12.82
2005 18.17
2006 13.89
2007 14.37
2008 14.78
2009 13.43
2010 13.69
2011 12.08
2012 11.16
2013 2.70
2014 1.99
2015 2.31
2016 1.64
2017 3.53
2018 1.91
2019 3.41
2020 1.48

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