Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)'s travel services (% of service imports, BoP) rose 0.44 percentage points on 2023 (from 9.18% to 9.61%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above 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 2.61 percentage points in 1988 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.64 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 0.67 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 56% 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

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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 47 values

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

• Afghanistan — 2.72% (2020)
• Algeria — 14.56% (2025)
• Bahrain — 11.68% (2025)
• Djibouti — 2.9% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 14.47% (2025)
• Iraq — 32.6% (2025)
• Israel — 20.04% (2025)
• Jordan — 29.76% (2024)
• Kuwait — 43.03% (2025)
• Lebanon — 55.66% (2023)

More economic policy & debt data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

• GDP (current US$) — US$1.29 trillion (2025)
• GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$1.01 trillion (2025)
• GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,332 (2025)
• GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,048 (2025)
• GNI (current US$) — US$1.24 trillion (2025)
• GDP (annual % growth) — 5.83% (2025)
• GDP per capita (annual % growth) — 3.1% (2025)
• GNI, Atlas method (current US$) — US$1.19 trillion (2025)
• GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)'s travel services (% of service imports, BoP)?

9.61% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1978?

It is down 4.13 percentage points from 13.75% in 1978. The highest value was 21.26% in 2006 and the lowest 5.94% in 2020.

Is the latest change in travel services (% of service imports, BoP) unusual for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?

In 2024, Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)'s travel services (% of service imports, BoP) rose 0.44 percentage points on 2023 (from 9.18% to 9.61%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.22 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.57 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above 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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