Travel services in Mauritius
Mauritius: Travel services was 23.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Mauritius, 1976–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 23.5% for travel services in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Mauritius peaked at 30.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 8.7%, in 2021.
Mauritius ranks 76th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Travel services in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 23.5% | — |
| 1977 | 14.1% | -40.0% |
| 1978 | 13.4% | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 15.3% | +14.4% |
| 1980 | 13.4% | -12.3% |
| 1981 | 14.0% | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 14.6% | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 16.5% | +12.9% |
| 1984 | 14.7% | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 14.8% | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 16.3% | +10.3% |
| 1987 | 21.3% | +30.8% |
| 1988 | 21.4% | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 23.8% | +11.3% |
| 1990 | 23.0% | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 25.3% | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 28.0% | +10.8% |
| 1993 | 25.4% | -9.3% |
| 1994 | 27.2% | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 25.2% | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 26.8% | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 26.4% | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 26.1% | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 26.0% | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 24.3% | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 24.7% | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 26.3% | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 24.7% | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 25.4% | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 23.0% | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 24.9% | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 22.8% | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 23.7% | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 22.3% | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 20.4% | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 16.5% | -19.2% |
| 2012 | 15.4% | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 20.4% | +33.1% |
| 2014 | 23.3% | +14.1% |
| 2015 | 27.3% | +17.3% |
| 2016 | 30.4% | +11.2% |
| 2017 | 30.8% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 27.4% | -11.0% |
| 2019 | 27.9% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 15.7% | -43.9% |
| 2021 | 8.7% | -44.3% |
| 2022 | 18.4% | +110.6% |
| 2023 | 23.5% | +28.0% |
| 2024 | 23.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16.6% | 13.4% | 23.5% | 4 |
| 1980s | 17.1% | 13.4% | 23.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.9% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.2% | 22.3% | 26.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.0% | 15.4% | 30.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.9% | 8.7% | 23.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More private sector data for Mauritius
- Merchandise trade 57.4% (2025)
- Food imports 21.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 54.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 6.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 50.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 46.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 2.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,883 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1449 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -1.1 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Mauritius?
- Travel services in Mauritius was 23.5% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 30.8% in 2017.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.7% in 2021.
- How does Mauritius rank for travel services?
- Mauritius ranks 76th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.