Rwanda's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) was 53.6% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3.42 percentage points from 50.18% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 53.6% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 45.12% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 50.18% | 2014 |
| Highest | 53.97% | 2023 |
| Lowest | 23.1% | 2020 |
| Average since 2015 | 42.42% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 49.73% | 2010 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Rwanda's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.37 percentage points on 2023 (from 53.97% to 53.6%).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +0.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.18 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 19.29 percentage points in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.02 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Rwanda had the 5th highest value of the 29 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 53.6% | 2024 |
| World | 19.75% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.15% | 2025 |
| Low income | 31.96% | 2024 |
Closest to Rwanda in the 2024 ranking
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 exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 15 values
| Year | Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 53.6 |
| 2023 | 53.97 |
| 2022 | 45.3 |
| 2021 | 26.01 |
| 2020 | 23.1 |
| 2019 | 45.12 |
| 2018 | 42.91 |
| 2017 | 44.13 |
| 2016 | 45.95 |
| 2015 | 44.08 |
| 2014 |
Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Angola — 13.7% (2025)
- Benin — 54.43% (2023)
- Botswana — 55.17% (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 20.08% (2024)
- Burundi — 2.18% (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 78.29% (2025)
- Cameroon — 12.51% (2024)
- Comoros — 72.9% (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 51.49% (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 3.14% (2021)
More economic policy & debt data for Rwanda
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$2.47 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 3.52 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$2.46 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 3.28 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 15.06% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$10.54 billion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 15.06 trillion (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Rwanda's travel services (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 53.6% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2010?
- It is up 3.87 percentage points from 49.73% in 2010. The highest value was 53.97% in 2023 and the lowest 23.1% in 2020.
- How does Rwanda rank?
- 5th highest of 29 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in travel services (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Rwanda?
- In 2024, Rwanda's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) fell 0.37 percentage points on 2023 (from 53.97% to 53.6%). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +0.33 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 9.18 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 BX.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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