South Africa - Travel services

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in South Africa was 8.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 39.63 in 1993, while its lowest value was 8.21 in 2020.

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
1960 23.46
1961 26.74
1962 23.56
1963 19.67
1964 20.15
1965 18.10
1966 18.95
1967 19.17
1968 19.90
1969 21.26
1970 23.29
1971 23.60
1972 26.34
1973 24.30
1974 25.25
1975 23.89
1976 25.66
1977 25.05
1978 23.43
1979 25.06
1980 23.90
1981 21.51
1982 22.93
1983 24.03
1984 23.58
1985 19.37
1986 23.37
1987 27.88
1988 30.75
1989 26.59
1990 29.61
1991 30.43
1992 35.56
1993 39.63
1994 36.51
1995 30.91
1996 30.53
1997 32.62
1998 33.65
1999 35.13
2000 35.64
2001 35.82
2002 32.90
2003 35.92
2004 30.57
2005 27.76
2006 24.16
2007 24.46
2008 26.20
2009 27.44
2010 28.83
2011 25.65
2012 21.75
2013 19.08
2014 18.48
2015 19.07
2016 18.68
2017 19.62
2018 20.02
2019 19.05
2020 8.21

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in South Africa was 30.14 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 65.97 in 2003, while its lowest value was 30.14 in 2020.

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
1960 63.13
1961 64.13
1962 61.98
1963 62.04
1964 60.63
1965 59.83
1966 60.00
1967 57.70
1968 55.82
1969 56.35
1970 56.43
1971 59.04
1972 56.47
1973 57.88
1974 59.20
1975 61.04
1976 58.44
1977 58.43
1978 56.10
1979 55.22
1980 56.67
1981 56.36
1982 56.60
1983 63.89
1984 62.67
1985 54.93
1986 53.42
1987 58.80
1988 60.89
1989 56.47
1990 53.45
1991 57.94
1992 54.00
1993 56.83
1994 55.03
1995 46.03
1996 51.59
1997 52.84
1998 52.89
1999 53.74
2000 53.05
2001 53.02
2002 57.20
2003 65.97
2004 63.85
2005 63.54
2006 63.23
2007 60.03
2008 57.61
2009 58.76
2010 56.10
2011 54.43
2012 55.87
2013 54.00
2014 54.30
2015 53.09
2016 52.92
2017 53.33
2018 52.63
2019 52.76
2020 30.14

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments