Travel services in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Travel services was 11.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 1978–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
In 2024, travel services in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) stood at 11.3%.
That represents a change of down 4.6% on the previous year and down 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 22.2% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 8.1%, in 2020.
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 46th of 47 groups 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 15.6% | — |
| 1979 | 15.9% | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 14.8% | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 11.8% | -20.3% |
| 1982 | 14.4% | +22.6% |
| 1983 | 11.7% | -18.7% |
| 1984 | 11.6% | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 10.4% | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 12.3% | +18.0% |
| 1987 | 14.6% | +18.9% |
| 1988 | 16.8% | +15.4% |
| 1989 | 16.0% | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 16.0% | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 17.1% | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 16.2% | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 16.9% | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 16.9% | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 17.6% | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 16.7% | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 17.8% | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 18.7% | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 19.0% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 19.1% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 17.9% | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 18.8% | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 19.2% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 20.1% | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 21.3% | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 22.2% | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 20.9% | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 19.0% | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 19.9% | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 18.1% | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 16.2% | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 14.9% | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 14.2% | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 15.0% | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 15.4% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 16.1% | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 14.6% | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 14.5% | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 14.3% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 8.1% | -43.2% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | +14.0% |
| 2022 | 10.3% | +11.4% |
| 2023 | 11.8% | +14.6% |
| 2024 | 11.3% | -4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15.7% | 15.6% | 15.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 13.4% | 10.4% | 16.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.3% | 16.0% | 19.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.8% | 17.9% | 22.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.3% | 14.2% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.2% | 8.1% | 11.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
More private sector data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Merchandise trade 45.6% (2025)
- Food imports 14.9% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 59.9% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 306.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 27.0% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 14.1% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 279.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 289.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2176 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 20.37 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Travel services in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 11.3% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 22.2% in 2006.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1% in 2020.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for travel services?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 46th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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.