St. Lucia - Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in St. Lucia was 8.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 41.30 in 1978, while its lowest value was 8.40 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
1976 32.49
1977 35.73
1978 41.30
1979 31.33
1980 28.89
1981 33.01
1982 33.88
1983 34.65
1984 38.13
1985 38.45
1986 26.02
1987 24.84
1988 19.84
1989 17.99
1990 20.79
1991 22.13
1992 23.41
1993 21.83
1994 21.61
1995 19.97
1996 23.50
1997 24.19
1998 23.60
1999 22.70
2000 24.95
2001 24.31
2002 26.13
2003 24.57
2004 24.18
2005 22.02
2006 21.18
2007 20.55
2008 21.02
2009 24.60
2010 23.61
2011 23.61
2012 23.77
2013 24.58
2014 14.77
2015 13.87
2016 14.47
2017 14.26
2018 13.84
2019 13.03
2020 8.40

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