Travel services in Bahamas
Bahamas: Travel services was 94.8% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Travel services in Bahamas, 1976–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
In 2024, travel services in Bahamas stood at 94.8%. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Bahamas peaked at 94.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 79.2%, in 2020.
Bahamas ranks 3rd of 198 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Travel services in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 85.9% | — |
| 1977 | 81.4% | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 87.5% | +7.5% |
| 1979 | 87.5% | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 81.5% | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 82.6% | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 84.0% | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 87.6% | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 88.6% | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 89.7% | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 91.3% | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 91.4% | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 91.0% | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 90.3% | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 90.4% | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 90.3% | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 90.9% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 90.4% | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 89.1% | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 88.4% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 89.7% | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 90.0% | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 89.3% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 89.0% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 89.3% | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 92.8% | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 86.5% | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 86.6% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 85.2% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 84.2% | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 85.6% | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 85.2% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 86.0% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 87.1% | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 87.4% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 87.6% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 87.3% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 86.8% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 86.4% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 89.0% | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 91.4% | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 92.7% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 91.5% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 93.5% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 79.2% | -15.3% |
| 2021 | 87.7% | +10.7% |
| 2022 | 92.5% | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 93.4% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 94.8% | +1.5% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 94.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.1%, 3.5× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 94.8% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 54.9%, 1.7× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 85.6% | 81.4% | 87.5% | 4 |
| 1980s | 87.8% | 81.5% | 91.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 89.8% | 88.4% | 90.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.9% | 84.2% | 92.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.4% | 86.4% | 93.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.5% | 79.2% | 94.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 1 Turks and Caicos Islands 95.9% compare
- 2 Maldives 95.3% compare
- 4 Sao Tome and Principe 94.5% compare
- 5 Palau 93.9% compare
- 6 Saint Lucia 93.5% compare
More private sector data for Bahamas
- Merchandise trade 35.6% (2024)
- Food imports 20.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 61.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 5.52 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 52.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 31.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 711.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,764 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0435 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.19 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Bahamas?
- Travel services in Bahamas was 94.8% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 94.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.2% in 2020.
- How does Bahamas rank for travel services?
- Bahamas ranks 3rd out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.