Travel services in Pacific island small states
Pacific island small states: Travel services was 46.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Pacific island small states, 1982–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Pacific island small states is 46.4%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Pacific island small states peaked at 63.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 34.8%, in 2000.
That places Pacific island small states 1st out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Travel services in Pacific island small states, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 57.7% | — |
| 1983 | 49.3% | -14.5% |
| 1984 | 57.7% | +17.0% |
| 1985 | 53.9% | -6.6% |
| 1986 | 57.4% | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 58.9% | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 55.7% | -5.5% |
| 1989 | 49.9% | -10.5% |
| 1990 | 49.4% | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 48.1% | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 48.2% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 48.3% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 51.3% | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 52.9% | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 46.9% | -11.3% |
| 1997 | 40.8% | -12.9% |
| 1998 | 41.8% | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 44.3% | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 34.8% | -21.4% |
| 2001 | 38.9% | +11.7% |
| 2002 | 38.4% | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 41.6% | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 45.3% | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 40.1% | -11.4% |
| 2006 | 53.3% | +32.9% |
| 2007 | 52.4% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 59.9% | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 62.7% | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 62.8% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 63.3% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 61.0% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 60.5% | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 62.2% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 60.7% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 63.0% | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 62.9% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 60.7% | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 63.2% | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 43.2% | -31.7% |
| 2022 | 43.0% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 46.5% | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 46.4% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 55.1% | 49.3% | 58.9% | 8 |
| 1990s | 47.2% | 40.8% | 52.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.7% | 34.8% | 62.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.0% | 60.5% | 63.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.8% | 43.0% | 46.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Pacific island small states
- 1 Turks and Caicos Islands 95.9% compare
- 2 Maldives 95.3% compare
- 3 Bahamas 94.8% compare
- 4 Sao Tome and Principe 94.5% compare
More private sector data for Pacific island small states
- Merchandise trade 66.2% (2025)
- Food imports 23.7% (2021)
- Manufactures imports 58.1% (2021)
- Merchandise imports 6.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 47.5% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 16.2% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 2.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 781.41 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1656 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Pacific island small states?
- Travel services in Pacific island small states was 46.4% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The highest recorded value was 63.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.8% in 2000.
- How does Pacific island small states rank for travel services?
- Pacific island small states ranks 1st out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Pacific island small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pacific island small states 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 42 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.