Travel services in Pacific island small states
Pacific island small states: Travel services was 52.7% 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 service exports, BoP.
Analysis
Pacific island small states recorded 52.7% for travel services in 2024.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Pacific island small states peaked at 66.9% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 40.2%, in 2000.
Pacific island small states ranks 2nd of 45 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Travel services in Pacific island small states, year by year
| Year | % of service exports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 60.1% | — |
| 1983 | 51.3% | -14.6% |
| 1984 | 57.6% | +12.3% |
| 1985 | 51.5% | -10.6% |
| 1986 | 57.2% | +11.0% |
| 1987 | 52.3% | -8.5% |
| 1988 | 50.9% | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 48.9% | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 47.7% | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 44.7% | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 46.7% | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 47.0% | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 49.0% | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 52.0% | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 49.4% | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 46.6% | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 48.2% | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 50.1% | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 40.2% | -19.7% |
| 2001 | 43.4% | +7.9% |
| 2002 | 49.3% | +13.7% |
| 2003 | 52.4% | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 56.0% | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 53.7% | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 56.7% | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 56.8% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 62.0% | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 66.4% | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 66.9% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 65.6% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 64.9% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 63.0% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 65.1% | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 65.8% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 66.1% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 66.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 61.5% | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 63.9% | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 46.4% | -27.4% |
| 2022 | 50.4% | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 54.3% | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 52.7% | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 53.7% | 48.9% | 60.1% | 8 |
| 1990s | 48.1% | 44.7% | 52.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 53.7% | 40.2% | 66.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.9% | 61.5% | 66.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.0% | 46.4% | 54.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Pacific island small states
- 1 Turks and Caicos Islands 95.9% compare
- 2 Maldives 95.1% compare
- 3 Bahamas 93.9% compare
- 4 Saint Lucia 93.3% compare
- 5 Gambia 89.8% compare
More economy & growth data for Pacific island small states
- GDP per capita 4,720 current US$ (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator 3.0% (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) 10.84 billion current US$ (2024)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) 9.11 billion constant 2015 US$ (2024)
- GDP 13.01 billion current US$ (2025)
- GDP 11.21 billion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- GDP growth 3.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 539.57 constant 2015 US$ per person (2024)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0692 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GNI 13.23 billion current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Pacific island small states?
- Travel services in Pacific island small states was 52.7% 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 66.9% in 2010.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.2% in 2000.
- How does Pacific island small states rank for travel services?
- Pacific island small states ranks 2nd out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Pacific island small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.0%. 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 service exports, BoP). 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 exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.