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

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Lesotho was 70.94 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 92.87 in 1983, while its lowest value was 13.43 in 1981.

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
1975 26.24
1976 23.08
1977 20.83
1978 19.62
1979 18.52
1980 15.82
1981 13.43
1982 92.66
1983 92.87
1984 92.37
1985 92.31
1986 90.30
1987 92.08
1988 89.90
1989 89.84
1990 89.92
1991 90.17
1992 90.83
1993 86.34
1994 89.17
1995 86.05
1996 86.98
1997 84.08
1998 81.84
1999 83.58
2000 77.28
2001 72.68
2002 71.97
2003 72.79
2004 73.08
2005 71.29
2006 68.71
2007 71.32
2008 60.22
2009 55.54
2010 60.46
2011 59.53
2012 54.35
2013 56.02
2014 51.64
2015 54.61
2016 66.43
2017 66.81
2018 69.32
2019 69.65
2020 69.52
2021 70.94

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