Travel services in Pacific island small states
Pacific island small states: Travel services was 25.5% 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 imports, BoP.
Analysis
Pacific island small states recorded 25.5% for travel services in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 33.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Pacific island small states peaked at 25.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 11.2%, in 1982.
That places Pacific island small states 12th out of 47 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 11.2% | — |
| 1983 | 12.2% | +8.3% |
| 1984 | 13.0% | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 12.8% | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 14.5% | +13.5% |
| 1987 | 23.5% | +61.6% |
| 1988 | 15.7% | -33.4% |
| 1989 | 15.2% | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 13.7% | -9.8% |
| 1991 | 13.3% | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 12.5% | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 13.4% | +7.8% |
| 1994 | 15.3% | +13.5% |
| 1995 | 15.7% | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 16.4% | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 14.9% | -9.2% |
| 1998 | 14.0% | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 15.0% | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 21.2% | +40.9% |
| 2001 | 17.9% | -15.6% |
| 2002 | 18.0% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 16.1% | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 19.3% | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 19.3% | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 19.1% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 19.2% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 18.1% | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 20.1% | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 19.9% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 20.9% | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 19.7% | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 18.4% | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 19.2% | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 19.6% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 22.5% | +15.1% |
| 2017 | 24.3% | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 24.1% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 25.8% | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 21.4% | -16.9% |
| 2021 | 21.4% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 23.6% | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 24.5% | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 25.5% | +3.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Pacific island small states changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +61.6% | 14.5% | 23.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.8% | 11.2% | 23.5% | 8 |
| 1990s | 14.4% | 12.5% | 16.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.8% | 16.1% | 21.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.4% | 18.4% | 25.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.3% | 21.4% | 25.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pacific island small states
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 25.5% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The highest recorded value was 25.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.2% in 1982.
- How does Pacific island small states rank for travel services?
- Pacific island small states ranks 12th 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 33.0%. 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 imports, 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 imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.