IDA blend - Travel services

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in IDA blend was 21.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 29.57 in 2019, while its lowest value was 10.83 in 1979.

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 12.36
1978 11.78
1979 10.83
1980 16.21
1981 17.06
1982 17.06
1983 15.38
1984 13.86
1985 13.15
1986 14.17
1987 15.32
1988 17.83
1989 20.84
1990 20.57
1991 23.91
1992 18.37
1993 16.31
1994 18.36
1995 15.65
1996 19.01
1997 16.71
1998 16.81
1999 13.94
2000 15.37
2001 14.99
2002 15.04
2003 24.76
2005 11.73
2006 19.13
2007 22.26
2008 27.61
2009 19.58
2010 19.55
2011 21.14
2012 21.22
2013 21.29
2014 19.50
2015 23.89
2016 16.92
2017 25.59
2018 25.96
2019 29.57
2020 21.38

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in IDA blend was 16.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 35.66 in 1986, while its lowest value was 15.90 in 2002.

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 23.21
1978 20.21
1979 19.89
1980 22.91
1981 27.23
1982 28.65
1983 29.23
1984 27.07
1985 26.32
1986 35.66
1987 31.92
1988 30.00
1989 26.90
1990 23.18
1991 24.00
1992 22.94
1993 20.88
1994 25.16
1995 23.83
1996 23.61
1997 26.50
1998 27.40
1999 24.41
2000 19.68
2001 19.26
2002 15.90
2003 16.45
2004 17.98
2005 20.82
2006 22.26
2007 25.32
2008 24.09
2009 25.55
2010 19.41
2011 22.69
2012 20.72
2013 23.30
2014 26.00
2015 24.75
2016 29.96
2017 33.28
2018 32.81
2019 33.00
2020 16.80

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments