Tanzania's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) was 57.01% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 2.19 percentage points from 59.19% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 57.01% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 60.84% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 59.19% | 2014 |
| Highest | 86.1% | 1995 |
| Lowest | 7.76% | 1976 |
| Average since 2015 | 53.45% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 7.76% | 1976 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Tanzania's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) rose 2.87 percentage points on 2023 (from 54.14% to 57.01%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.84 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 42.33 percentage points in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 28.12 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 8% 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, Tanzania had the 4th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 57.01% | 2024 |
| World | 19.75% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 37.15% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 15.98% | 2025 |
Closest to Tanzania in the 2024 ranking
- Bahamas, The — 1st of 29: 93.9%
- Jordan — 2nd of 29: 76.5%
- Bhutan — 3rd of 29: 69.1%
- Rwanda — 5th of 29: 53.6%
- Sierra Leone — 6th of 29: 53.14%
- Fiji — 7th of 29: 53.08%
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 49 values
| Year | Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 57.01 |
| 2023 | 54.14 |
| 2022 | 53.08 |
| 2021 | 42.03 |
| 2020 | 32.72 |
| 2019 | 60.84 |
| 2018 | 61.01 |
| 2017 | 58.73 |
| 2016 | 59.22 |
| 2015 | 55.74 |
| 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 Tanzania
- GDP (current US$) — US$90.14 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 229.06 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$78.82 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 156.85 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$1,319 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 3.35 million (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$1,153 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 2.29 million (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$88.07 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 223.78 trillion (2025)
- GNI per capita (current LCU) — 3.27 million (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Tanzania's travel services (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 57.01% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1976?
- It is up 49.25 percentage points from 7.76% in 1976. The highest value was 86.1% in 1995 and the lowest 7.76% in 1976.
- How does Tanzania rank?
- 4th highest of 29 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in travel services (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Tanzania?
- In 2024, Tanzania's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) rose 2.87 percentage points on 2023 (from 54.14% to 57.01%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.4 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 10.84 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 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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