São Tomé and Principe - Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in São Tomé and Principe was 46.36 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 87.51 in 2018, while its lowest value was 7.68 in 1978.

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
1974 36.77
1975 60.39
1976 43.04
1977 42.90
1978 7.68
1979 13.77
1980 13.31
1981 17.66
1982 23.68
1983 20.60
1984 28.44
1985 30.22
1986 30.74
1987 69.82
1988 59.33
1989 29.41
1990 45.63
1997 56.34
1998 62.77
1999 73.75
2000 72.81
2001 80.00
2002 80.00
2003 80.00
2004 80.00
2005 80.00
2006 80.00
2007 74.62
2008 80.00
2009 79.94
2010 83.19
2011 86.59
2012 83.79
2013 84.62
2014 80.10
2015 78.94
2016 82.99
2017 86.13
2018 87.51
2019 75.16
2020 46.36

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