Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 6.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Cote d'Ivoire, 2005–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Cote d'Ivoire is 6.9%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 50.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Cote d'Ivoire peaked at 16.6% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 6.9%, in 2024.
That places Cote d'Ivoire 174th out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Cote d'Ivoire, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 16.6% | — |
| 2006 | 16.6% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 15.3% | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 13.4% | -12.8% |
| 2009 | 13.1% | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 12.9% | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 14.4% | +12.1% |
| 2012 | 13.1% | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 12.5% | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 13.9% | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 13.5% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 12.1% | -10.1% |
| 2018 | 12.3% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 12.0% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 6.9% | -42.6% |
| 2021 | 6.9% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 7.3% | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 6.9% | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 6.9% | -0.9% |
Cote d'Ivoire compared with similar countries
- Cote d'Ivoire's 6.9% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17.1%, 40% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cote d'Ivoire's 6.9% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9.4%, 73% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Cote d'Ivoire changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -42.6% | 12.0% | 6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.0% | 13.1% | 16.6% | 5 |
| 2010s | 13.0% | 12.0% | 14.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 6.9% | 7.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cote d'Ivoire
- 171 Grenada 7.4% compare
- 172 Japan 7.3% compare
- 173 Burkina Faso 7.3% compare
- 175 Democratic Republic of Congo 6.4% compare
- 176 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.6% compare
- 177 Togo 5.2% compare
More private sector data for Cote d'Ivoire
- Merchandise trade 47.9% (2025)
- Food imports 22.7% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 53.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 19.27 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 6.50 billion current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 55.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 5.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 28.47 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.14 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 870.37 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Travel services in Cote d'Ivoire was 6.9% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 16.6% in 2006.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9% in 2024.
- How does Cote d'Ivoire rank for travel services?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 174th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cote d'Ivoire 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.