Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Comoros
Comoros: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 77.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Comoros, 1980–2023
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Comoros recorded 77.0% for travel services in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Comoros peaked at 82.4% in 1982 and was at its lowest, 28.7%, in 1990.
Comoros ranks 24th of 198 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Comoros, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 36.8% | — |
| 1981 | 70.0% | +90.3% |
| 1982 | 82.4% | +17.6% |
| 1983 | 76.3% | -7.3% |
| 1984 | 63.6% | -16.6% |
| 1985 | 73.1% | +14.8% |
| 1986 | 74.6% | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 33.9% | -54.6% |
| 1988 | 35.3% | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 42.1% | +19.3% |
| 1990 | 28.7% | -31.8% |
| 1991 | 64.0% | +122.8% |
| 1992 | 72.5% | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 73.9% | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 76.2% | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 77.3% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 57.9% | -25.2% |
| 2004 | 66.9% | +15.5% |
| 2005 | 61.0% | -8.8% |
| 2006 | 62.9% | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 59.8% | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 66.3% | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 62.9% | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 63.3% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 65.6% | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 63.3% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 68.5% | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 66.6% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 67.4% | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 70.2% | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 72.3% | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 73.9% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 42.7% | -42.3% |
| 2021 | 82.1% | +92.4% |
| 2022 | 80.3% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 77.0% | -4.1% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 77.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.7%, 2.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 77.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 43.9%, 1.8× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Comoros changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +122.8% | 28.7% | 64.0% |
| 2021 | +92.4% | 42.7% | 82.1% |
| 1981 | +90.3% | 36.8% | 70.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 58.8% | 33.9% | 82.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 65.4% | 28.7% | 77.3% | 6 |
| 2000s | 62.5% | 57.9% | 66.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 67.9% | 63.3% | 73.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 70.5% | 42.7% | 82.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More private sector data for Comoros
- Merchandise trade 23.1% (2025)
- Food imports 42.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 46.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 371.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 203.75 million current US$ (2023)
- Food exports 88.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 10.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 48.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 110.18 million current US$ (2023)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 54.37 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Comoros?
- Travel services in Comoros was 77.0% in 2023, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 82.4% in 1982.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.7% in 1990.
- How does Comoros rank for travel services?
- Comoros ranks 24th out of 198 countries with data for 2023.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.