Vanuatu's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) was 49.76% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 30.22 percentage points from 79.98% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 49.76% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 81.71% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 79.98% | 2012 |
| Highest | 82% | 2019 |
| Lowest | 7.89% | 2021 |
| Average since 2013 | 68.27% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 57.6% | 1982 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Vanuatu's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) rose 41.86 percentage points on 2021 (from 7.89% to 49.76%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was −1.49 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.95 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 41.86 percentage points in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 55.65 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is downward, about 5.26 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 45% 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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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Vanuatu | 49.76% | 2022 |
| World | 19.75% | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 23.42% | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 15.98% | 2025 |
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 41 values
| Year | Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 49.76 |
| 2021 | 7.89 |
| 2020 | 63.54 |
| 2019 | 82 |
| 2018 | 77.51 |
| 2017 | 81.71 |
| 2016 | 78.23 |
| 2015 | 80.58 |
| 2014 | 80 |
| 2013 | 81.43 |
| 2012 |
Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in nearby economies
- Australia — 60.27% (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 34.85% (2025)
- Cambodia — 72.58% (2025)
- China — 14.34% (2025)
- Fiji — 53.08% (2024)
- French Polynesia — 47.68% (2016)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 21.54% (2025)
- Indonesia — 42.92% (2025)
- Japan — 26.03% (2025)
- Kiribati — 27.03% (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Vanuatu
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$153.1 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$118.44 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$150.05 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$150.05 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$150.05 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$) — US$150.05 million (2023)
- Net ODA received per capita (current US$) — US$468.32 (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Vanuatu's travel services (% of service exports, BoP)?
- 49.76% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1982?
- It is down 7.84 percentage points from 57.6% in 1982. The highest value was 82% in 2019 and the lowest 7.89% in 2021.
- Is the latest change in travel services (% of service exports, BoP) unusual for Vanuatu?
- In 2022, Vanuatu's travel services (% of service exports, BoP) rose 41.86 percentage points on 2021 (from 7.89% to 49.76%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was −1.49 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 11.95 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 3.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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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