Travel services in Congo
Congo: Travel services was 2.8% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Congo, 1978–2021
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Congo recorded 2.8% for travel services in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 42 years on record.
The figure is down 9.8% on the previous year and down 52.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Congo peaked at 24.3% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2021.
Congo ranks 193rd of 198 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 42 years of available data.
Travel services in Congo, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 9.9% | — |
| 1979 | 13.5% | +35.8% |
| 1980 | 6.1% | -54.5% |
| 1981 | 5.3% | -13.9% |
| 1982 | 7.9% | +50.2% |
| 1983 | 9.2% | +15.4% |
| 1984 | 14.3% | +56.3% |
| 1985 | 12.3% | -13.9% |
| 1986 | 10.5% | -14.6% |
| 1987 | 16.7% | +58.5% |
| 1988 | 24.3% | +45.6% |
| 1989 | 18.0% | -26.0% |
| 1990 | 15.2% | -15.6% |
| 1991 | 13.5% | -10.7% |
| 1992 | 12.9% | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 8.3% | -35.7% |
| 1994 | 3.4% | -58.9% |
| 1995 | 7.5% | +120.3% |
| 1996 | 8.4% | +12.4% |
| 1997 | 8.8% | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 6.3% | -27.9% |
| 1999 | 7.4% | +16.9% |
| 2000 | 6.8% | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 7.7% | +12.5% |
| 2002 | 7.7% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 9.0% | +17.4% |
| 2004 | 10.2% | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 7.9% | -22.3% |
| 2006 | 5.5% | -31.0% |
| 2007 | 3.2% | -41.9% |
| 2008 | 3.1% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 11.7% | +272.8% |
| 2010 | 6.4% | -45.3% |
| 2011 | 5.9% | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 6.0% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 7.0% | +16.4% |
| 2014 | 6.9% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 8.8% | +26.4% |
| 2016 | 11.4% | +30.1% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | -74.6% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 2.8% | -9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.7% | 9.9% | 13.5% | 2 |
| 1980s | 12.5% | 5.3% | 24.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.2% | 3.4% | 15.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.3% | 3.1% | 11.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.9% | 2.9% | 11.4% | 8 |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More private sector data for Congo
- Merchandise trade 94.4% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 71.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.90 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 10.3% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 7.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,157 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4599 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.57 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Congo?
- Travel services in Congo was 2.8% in 2021, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 24.3% in 1988.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2021.
- How does Congo rank for travel services?
- Congo ranks 193rd out of 198 countries with data for 2021.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo 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 imports). 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 imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.