Haiti: Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Haiti's travel services (% of service imports, BoP) fell 3.42 percentage points on 2023 (from 6% to 2.58%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2023), the average change was −0.85 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 34.04 percentage points in 1990 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.62 percentage points in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.29 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 41% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Haiti had the 29th highest value of the 28 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Haiti in the 2024 ranking

• Papua New Guinea — 25th of 28: 3.2%
• Liberia — 26th of 28: 2.99%
• Djibouti — 27th of 28: 2.9%

What this measures

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.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 50 values

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — 15.68% (2025)
• Argentina — 40.32% (2025)
• Aruba — 37.48% (2023)
• Bahamas, The — 10.95% (2024)
• Barbados — 7.45% (2017)
• Belize — 25.07% (2025)
• Bolivia — 19.73% (2025)
• Brazil — 20.92% (2025)
• Chile — 14.36% (2025)
• Colombia — 31.5% (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Haiti

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$3.39 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$3.14 billion (2025)
• GDP (current US$) — US$32.08 billion (2025)
• GDP (current LCU) — 4.19 trillion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$13.22 billion (2025)
• GDP (constant LCU) — 552.51 billion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$2,694 (2025)
• GDP per capita (current LCU) — 352,104 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,111 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 46,405 (2025)
• GDP (annual % growth)

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Questions people ask

What is Haiti's travel services (% of service imports, BoP)?

2.58% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is down 18.12 percentage points from 20.7% in 1971. The highest value was 51.39% in 1990 and the lowest 2.58% in 2024.

How does Haiti rank?

29th highest of 28 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in travel services (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Haiti?

In 2024, Haiti's travel services (% of service imports, BoP) fell 3.42 percentage points on 2023 (from 6% to 2.58%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1988 to 2023), the average change was −0.85 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.5 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BM.GSR.TRVL.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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