Travel services in Jamaica
Jamaica: Travel services was 8.8% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Jamaica, 1976–2024
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 Jamaica is 8.8%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Jamaica peaked at 23.2% in 1976 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 2021.
That places Jamaica 159th out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Travel services in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 23.2% | — |
| 1977 | 17.4% | -24.8% |
| 1978 | 8.6% | -50.6% |
| 1979 | 9.3% | +8.5% |
| 1980 | 9.3% | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 8.9% | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 14.1% | +58.6% |
| 1983 | 15.0% | +6.9% |
| 1984 | 14.7% | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 18.5% | +25.4% |
| 1986 | 20.5% | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 20.5% | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 20.7% | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 16.5% | -20.1% |
| 1990 | 17.0% | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 11.0% | -35.2% |
| 1992 | 12.9% | +17.0% |
| 1993 | 10.5% | -18.8% |
| 1994 | 8.8% | -16.4% |
| 1995 | 13.8% | +56.8% |
| 1996 | 14.1% | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 15.2% | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 15.7% | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 17.7% | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 15.0% | -15.0% |
| 2001 | 13.9% | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 16.7% | +19.6% |
| 2003 | 16.4% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 17.1% | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 14.9% | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 13.9% | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 13.4% | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 11.6% | -13.1% |
| 2009 | 11.9% | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 10.9% | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 8.4% | -22.6% |
| 2012 | 8.8% | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 8.9% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 9.1% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 11.2% | +23.2% |
| 2016 | 12.1% | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 12.0% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 10.7% | -12.0% |
| 2020 | 7.9% | -26.0% |
| 2021 | 6.1% | -22.8% |
| 2022 | 9.3% | +52.1% |
| 2023 | 8.9% | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 8.8% | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.6% | 8.6% | 23.2% | 4 |
| 1980s | 15.8% | 8.9% | 20.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.7% | 8.8% | 17.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.5% | 11.6% | 17.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.4% | 8.4% | 12.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.2% | 6.1% | 9.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More private sector data for Jamaica
- Merchandise trade 41.3% (2025)
- Food imports 20.5% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 51.4% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 7.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 30.4% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 3.0% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 1.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 595.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0744 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Jamaica?
- Travel services in Jamaica was 8.8% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 23.2% in 1976.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 2021.
- How does Jamaica rank for travel services?
- Jamaica ranks 159th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jamaica 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 49 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.