Sierra Leone - Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Sierra Leone was 6.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 57.45 in 1994, while its lowest value was 2.84 in 2012.

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 7.57
1978 8.50
1979 8.21
1980 9.82
1981 9.70
1982 5.67
1983 11.84
1984 10.64
1985 6.23
1986 16.22
1987 40.56
1988 19.40
1989 7.70
1990 29.53
1991 35.85
1992 36.16
1993 45.31
1994 57.45
1995 53.93
1996 33.42
1997 37.61
1998 33.45
1999 43.77
2000 28.40
2001 37.72
2002 48.23
2003 39.62
2004 35.28
2005 35.27
2006 14.84
2007 15.10
2008 20.07
2009 9.99
2010 5.20
2011 3.27
2012 2.84
2013 2.95
2014 3.21
2015 3.23
2016 6.58
2017 13.72
2018 14.07
2019 17.90
2020 6.16

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