Travel services in Jamaica
Jamaica: Travel services was 82.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Jamaica, 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 Jamaica stood at 82.6%.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Jamaica peaked at 83.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 52.2%, in 1976.
That places Jamaica 18th out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Travel services in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 52.2% | — |
| 1977 | 54.0% | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 55.8% | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 60.5% | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 65.4% | +8.1% |
| 1981 | 71.3% | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 75.7% | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 77.9% | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 75.6% | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 73.3% | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 75.1% | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 76.1% | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 72.9% | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 72.9% | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 77.0% | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 81.5% | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 81.5% | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 78.0% | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 66.8% | -14.3% |
| 1995 | 68.2% | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 69.4% | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 67.6% | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 68.7% | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 65.6% | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 67.0% | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 66.0% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 64.3% | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 64.4% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 63.6% | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 67.3% | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 71.6% | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 71.5% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 71.5% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 73.6% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 77.0% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 77.8% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 76.0% | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 76.2% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 77.2% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 79.3% | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 79.7% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 80.6% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 81.6% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 83.7% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 63.8% | -23.7% |
| 2021 | 72.5% | +13.6% |
| 2022 | 80.6% | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 82.3% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 82.6% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 55.6% | 52.2% | 60.5% | 4 |
| 1980s | 73.6% | 65.4% | 77.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 72.4% | 65.6% | 81.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.1% | 63.6% | 73.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.9% | 76.0% | 83.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.4% | 63.8% | 82.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 15 Antigua and Barbuda 84.4% compare
- 16 Saint Kitts and Nevis 83.8% compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 82.7% compare
- 19 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 81.1% compare
- 20 Cape Verde 80.3% compare
- 21 Dominican Republic 80.2% compare
More private sector data for Jamaica
- Merchandise trade 41.3% (2025)
- Food imports 20.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 3.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 1.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 595.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0744 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Jamaica?
- Travel services in Jamaica was 82.6% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 83.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.2% in 1976.
- How does Jamaica rank for travel services?
- Jamaica ranks 18th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.