Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Travel services

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 6.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 21.26 in 2006, while its lowest value was 6.28 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
1978 13.75
1979 13.16
1980 11.81
1981 10.44
1982 12.10
1983 11.51
1984 11.86
1985 11.41
1986 13.07
1987 15.00
1988 17.60
1989 17.46
1990 15.51
1991 17.67
1992 15.31
1993 15.65
1994 14.59
1995 16.37
1996 17.06
1997 17.88
1998 18.62
1999 18.81
2000 17.95
2001 16.81
2002 17.05
2003 16.90
2004 17.75
2005 19.16
2006 21.26
2007 19.20
2008 16.81
2009 17.31
2010 15.79
2011 14.66
2012 12.81
2013 12.29
2014 12.98
2015 13.63
2016 14.10
2017 12.80
2018 12.05
2019 11.86
2020 6.28

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 20.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 40.62 in 2007, while its lowest value was 20.20 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
1978 20.47
1979 20.81
1980 21.26
1981 20.43
1982 20.23
1983 21.18
1984 22.17
1985 21.10
1986 20.46
1987 22.50
1988 23.14
1989 25.51
1990 24.62
1991 25.92
1992 25.29
1993 24.59
1994 26.46
1995 34.20
1996 38.04
1997 35.16
1998 38.14
1999 38.91
2000 34.99
2001 35.80
2002 35.75
2003 40.51
2004 37.70
2005 39.67
2006 39.33
2007 40.62
2008 36.00
2009 36.34
2010 34.92
2011 33.76
2012 36.29
2013 37.65
2014 38.03
2015 34.01
2016 36.42
2017 35.77
2018 35.76
2019 34.25
2020 20.20

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments