Travel services in Togo
Togo: Travel services was 16.1% in 2020. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Togo, 1974–2020
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Togo recorded 16.1% for travel services in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 38.0% on the previous year and down 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Togo peaked at 55.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 9.6%, in 1996.
Togo ranks 153rd of 198 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 47 years of available data.
Travel services in Togo, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 36.8% | — |
| 1975 | 37.2% | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 44.1% | +18.6% |
| 1977 | 45.4% | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 46.2% | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 49.4% | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 42.5% | -14.1% |
| 1981 | 50.5% | +19.0% |
| 1982 | 53.2% | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 51.7% | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 48.3% | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 35.3% | -27.0% |
| 1986 | 41.7% | +18.2% |
| 1987 | 39.6% | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 46.1% | +16.4% |
| 1989 | 50.7% | +9.9% |
| 1990 | 50.7% | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 55.6% | +9.5% |
| 1992 | 41.7% | -25.0% |
| 1993 | 18.4% | -55.8% |
| 1994 | 22.2% | +20.3% |
| 1995 | 19.9% | -10.1% |
| 1996 | 9.6% | -51.7% |
| 1997 | 15.3% | +59.1% |
| 1998 | 16.3% | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 12.8% | -21.5% |
| 2000 | 17.6% | +37.6% |
| 2001 | 20.4% | +16.1% |
| 2002 | 18.4% | -10.2% |
| 2003 | 20.5% | +11.5% |
| 2004 | 15.7% | -23.2% |
| 2005 | 14.0% | -10.8% |
| 2006 | 12.9% | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 17.3% | +34.2% |
| 2008 | 15.6% | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 25.8% | +65.3% |
| 2010 | 22.7% | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 21.1% | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 27.4% | +30.3% |
| 2013 | 28.7% | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 28.5% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 25.7% | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 23.8% | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 25.9% | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 25.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 25.9% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 16.1% | -38.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43.2% | 36.8% | 49.4% | 6 |
| 1980s | 46.0% | 35.3% | 53.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.3% | 9.6% | 55.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.8% | 12.9% | 25.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.6% | 21.1% | 28.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.1% | 16.1% | 16.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Togo
More private sector data for Togo
- Merchandise trade 43.7% (2025)
- Food imports 17.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 33.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 1.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 209.51 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1514 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.62 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Togo?
- Travel services in Togo was 16.1% in 2020, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 55.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.6% in 1996.
- How does Togo rank for travel services?
- Togo ranks 153rd out of 198 countries with data for 2020.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo 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.