Travel services in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Travel services was 18.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Solomon Islands, 1982–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 18.2% for travel services in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.0% on the previous year and down 38.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Solomon Islands peaked at 38.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 2003.
Solomon Islands ranks 109th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 43 years of available data.
Travel services in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 8.5% | — |
| 1983 | 8.6% | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 10.4% | +20.8% |
| 1985 | 11.0% | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 18.3% | +65.9% |
| 1987 | 14.6% | -20.2% |
| 1988 | 18.4% | +26.3% |
| 1989 | 19.3% | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 19.1% | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 18.6% | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 18.3% | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 14.9% | -18.6% |
| 1994 | 12.3% | -17.6% |
| 1995 | 17.7% | +44.4% |
| 1996 | 19.1% | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 8.7% | -54.3% |
| 1998 | 10.8% | +23.7% |
| 1999 | 8.3% | -22.9% |
| 2000 | 13.7% | +64.7% |
| 2001 | 8.2% | -40.0% |
| 2002 | 12.0% | +45.7% |
| 2003 | 7.2% | -40.1% |
| 2004 | 21.1% | +194.0% |
| 2005 | 8.4% | -60.4% |
| 2006 | 33.4% | +299.0% |
| 2007 | 30.6% | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 30.6% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 31.5% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 26.3% | -16.3% |
| 2011 | 35.4% | +34.5% |
| 2012 | 36.1% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 28.8% | -20.2% |
| 2014 | 29.7% | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 34.3% | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 38.0% | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 35.9% | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 26.8% | -25.3% |
| 2019 | 26.9% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 24.0% | -11.0% |
| 2021 | 19.0% | -20.7% |
| 2022 | 17.5% | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 20.7% | +18.3% |
| 2024 | 18.2% | -12.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13.6% | 8.5% | 19.3% | 8 |
| 1990s | 14.8% | 8.3% | 19.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.7% | 7.2% | 33.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.8% | 26.3% | 38.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.9% | 17.5% | 24.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More private sector data for Solomon Islands
- Merchandise trade 83.8% (2025)
- Food imports 22.2% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 59.9% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 790.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 20.1% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 2.2% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 677.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 807.25 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.387 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 33.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Solomon Islands?
- Travel services in Solomon Islands was 18.2% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 38.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 2003.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for travel services?
- Solomon Islands ranks 109th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.