Costa Rica - Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Costa Rica was 6.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 39.00 in 1999, while its lowest value was 6.08 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 25.83
1978 26.93
1979 23.76
1980 21.10
1981 22.35
1982 18.27
1983 20.64
1984 20.93
1985 20.59
1986 21.97
1987 19.71
1988 17.98
1989 24.05
1990 28.29
1991 28.83
1992 31.99
1993 33.04
1994 35.26
1995 35.30
1996 32.47
1997 34.93
1998 36.58
1999 39.00
2000 35.54
2001 30.28
2002 28.75
2003 27.01
2004 27.90
2005 30.65
2006 28.73
2007 32.30
2008 31.41
2009 24.60
2010 22.12
2011 20.52
2012 18.97
2013 17.81
2014 17.53
2015 22.37
2016 23.43
2017 27.20
2018 19.89
2019 20.90
2020 6.08

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