Mauritania - Travel services

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Mauritania was 2.28 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 27.85 in 1998, while its lowest value was 1.96 in 2018.

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.

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Year Value
1975 17.51
1976 14.66
1977 22.46
1978 21.27
1979 18.44
1980 13.60
1981 13.30
1982 14.09
1983 11.90
1984 10.18
1985 8.32
1986 8.68
1987 11.81
1988 10.80
1989 15.68
1990 16.83
1991 17.38
1992 17.56
1993 10.66
1994 9.87
1995 10.54
1996 15.43
1997 23.79
1998 27.85
2012 5.82
2013 5.80
2014 6.89
2015 6.65
2016 6.69
2017 3.88
2018 1.96
2019 3.95
2020 2.28

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in Mauritania was 2.86 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 60.86 in 1997, while its lowest value was 2.55 in 2018.

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 31.36
1976 35.16
1977 21.69
1978 17.71
1979 11.70
1980 11.92
1981 13.59
1982 17.54
1983 23.04
1984 24.55
1985 19.30
1986 33.20
1987 39.97
1988 33.92
1989 37.80
1990 33.92
1991 38.64
1992 40.59
1993 39.22
1994 41.60
1995 40.08
1996 60.72
1997 60.86
1998 59.44
2012 33.22
2013 21.88
2014 13.10
2015 11.76
2016 11.26
2017 13.45
2018 2.55
2019 5.43
2020 2.86

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments