Sri Lanka - Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Sri Lanka was 20.25 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 36.20 in 2016, while its lowest value was 1.58 in 1975.

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 1.58
1976 2.76
1977 3.33
1978 15.69
1979 12.63
1980 9.52
1981 10.20
1982 10.34
1983 9.52
1984 12.28
1985 10.14
1986 11.05
1987 11.75
1988 12.39
1989 12.18
1990 11.53
1991 12.75
1992 13.47
1993 13.76
1994 16.12
1995 15.54
1996 14.59
1997 13.79
1998 14.84
1999 15.42
2000 14.82
2001 14.32
2002 16.59
2003 16.61
2004 15.51
2005 15.06
2006 15.59
2007 15.10
2008 14.23
2009 16.29
2010 14.54
2011 12.50
2012 27.99
2013 33.90
2014 33.89
2015 34.86
2016 36.20
2017 36.16
2018 36.03
2019 35.42
2020 20.25

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