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

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Switzerland was 8.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 54.83 in 1988, while its lowest value was 8.12 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 44.33
1978 47.63
1979 48.43
1980 48.75
1981 45.28
1982 47.00
1983 49.80
1984 50.60
1985 50.33
1986 51.89
1987 53.64
1988 54.83
1989 54.14
1990 52.44
1991 51.65
1992 51.70
1993 51.71
1994 50.26
1995 49.34
1996 48.60
1997 49.55
1998 45.17
1999 38.75
2000 16.37
2001 15.69
2002 15.95
2003 17.08
2004 16.14
2005 16.14
2006 16.32
2007 15.41
2008 14.79
2009 14.24
2010 13.64
2011 13.88
2012 14.79
2013 15.01
2014 14.48
2015 14.61
2016 14.54
2017 14.80
2018 14.32
2019 14.27
2020 8.12

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