Travel services in Pacific island small states
Pacific island small states: Travel services was 26.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Pacific island small states, 1982–2024
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 Pacific island small states is 26.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Pacific island small states peaked at 26.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13.1%, in 1992.
Pacific island small states ranks 11th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Travel services in Pacific island small states, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 13.8% | — |
| 1983 | 14.4% | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 15.7% | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 14.9% | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 16.9% | +13.7% |
| 1987 | 25.0% | +47.4% |
| 1988 | 17.5% | -29.7% |
| 1989 | 16.9% | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 14.7% | -13.3% |
| 1991 | 14.3% | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 13.1% | -8.2% |
| 1993 | 14.0% | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 15.8% | +13.1% |
| 1995 | 16.1% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 16.9% | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 15.7% | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 14.4% | -7.9% |
| 1999 | 16.5% | +14.2% |
| 2000 | 21.9% | +32.7% |
| 2001 | 18.9% | -13.8% |
| 2002 | 18.2% | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 15.9% | -12.5% |
| 2004 | 19.4% | +21.9% |
| 2005 | 19.0% | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 20.1% | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 20.2% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 19.1% | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 21.6% | +13.0% |
| 2010 | 20.6% | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 20.9% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 19.4% | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 17.9% | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 18.4% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 19.7% | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 22.0% | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 23.6% | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 23.4% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 25.0% | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 19.8% | -20.9% |
| 2021 | 18.8% | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 23.0% | +21.9% |
| 2023 | 25.3% | +10.2% |
| 2024 | 26.0% | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16.9% | 13.8% | 25.0% | 8 |
| 1990s | 15.1% | 13.1% | 16.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.4% | 15.9% | 21.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.1% | 17.9% | 25.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.6% | 18.8% | 26.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pacific island small states
More private sector data for Pacific island small states
- Merchandise trade 66.2% (2025)
- Food imports 23.7% (2021)
- Manufactures imports 58.1% (2021)
- Merchandise imports 6.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 47.5% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 16.2% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 2.15 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 781.41 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1656 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Pacific island small states?
- Travel services in Pacific island small states was 26.0% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The highest recorded value was 26.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.1% in 1992.
- How does Pacific island small states rank for travel services?
- Pacific island small states ranks 11th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Pacific island small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pacific island small states 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.