Sierra Leone - Travel services

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Sierra Leone was 6.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 57.45 in 1994, while its lowest value was 2.84 in 2012.

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
1977 7.57
1978 8.50
1979 8.21
1980 9.82
1981 9.70
1982 5.67
1983 11.84
1984 10.64
1985 6.23
1986 16.22
1987 40.56
1988 19.40
1989 7.70
1990 29.53
1991 35.85
1992 36.16
1993 45.31
1994 57.45
1995 53.93
1996 33.42
1997 37.61
1998 33.45
1999 43.77
2000 28.40
2001 37.72
2002 48.23
2003 39.62
2004 35.28
2005 35.27
2006 14.84
2007 15.10
2008 20.07
2009 9.99
2010 5.20
2011 3.27
2012 2.84
2013 2.95
2014 3.21
2015 3.23
2016 6.58
2017 13.72
2018 14.07
2019 17.90
2020 6.16

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in Sierra Leone was 72.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 98.98 in 2002, while its lowest value was 12.66 in 1989.

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 27.64
1978 21.08
1979 14.85
1980 25.54
1981 18.10
1982 29.71
1983 28.37
1984 19.52
1985 21.52
1986 46.86
1987 49.07
1988 20.56
1989 12.66
1990 56.36
1991 59.59
1992 65.36
1993 55.00
1994 69.01
1995 65.82
1996 46.52
1997 31.48
1998 31.31
1999 27.78
2000 24.84
2001 27.42
2002 98.98
2003 90.71
2004 94.68
2005 81.94
2006 57.47
2007 51.12
2008 57.26
2009 25.19
2010 45.51
2011 28.27
2012 26.31
2013 29.74
2014 16.93
2015 18.70
2016 54.54
2017 50.12
2018 48.93
2019 56.99
2020 72.95

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments