Travel services in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Travel services was 46.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Zimbabwe, 1977–2024
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 Zimbabwe is 46.2%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 14.2% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Zimbabwe peaked at 60.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8.0%, in 2021.
Zimbabwe ranks 83rd of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Travel services in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 10.4% | — |
| 1978 | 12.4% | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 9.4% | -24.1% |
| 1980 | 17.1% | +80.7% |
| 1981 | 19.9% | +16.5% |
| 1982 | 17.5% | -12.1% |
| 1983 | 20.6% | +17.7% |
| 1984 | 21.5% | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 9.9% | -53.9% |
| 1986 | 32.7% | +230.0% |
| 1987 | 28.2% | -13.8% |
| 1988 | 29.5% | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 24.3% | -17.7% |
| 1990 | 25.3% | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 28.9% | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 39.0% | +35.2% |
| 1993 | 39.9% | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 50.6% | +26.8% |
| 2009 | 53.4% | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 47.0% | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 48.0% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 51.3% | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 52.3% | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 51.7% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 51.3% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 50.9% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 34.8% | -31.6% |
| 2018 | 40.3% | +15.9% |
| 2019 | 50.3% | +24.8% |
| 2020 | 20.0% | -60.3% |
| 2021 | 8.0% | -59.9% |
| 2022 | 60.2% | +651.2% |
| 2023 | 40.5% | -32.8% |
| 2024 | 46.2% | +14.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.8% | 9.4% | 12.4% | 3 |
| 1980s | 22.1% | 9.9% | 32.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.7% | 25.3% | 50.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 53.4% | 53.4% | 53.4% | 1 |
| 2010s | 47.8% | 34.8% | 52.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.0% | 8.0% | 60.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More private sector data for Zimbabwe
- Merchandise trade 38.7% (2025)
- Food imports 19.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 10.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 6.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 9.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 572.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1895 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 30.61 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Zimbabwe?
- Travel services in Zimbabwe was 46.2% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 60.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.0% in 2021.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for travel services?
- Zimbabwe ranks 83rd out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.