CHAPTER 1. The Services Sector in Africa: Emerging Trends
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Figure 3. Exports and imports of services, 2001–2012 180 000 160 000 140 000
Value (million $)
120 000 100 000 80 000 60 000 40 000 20 000 0
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Exports
Imports
Source: UNCTAD secretariat calculations, based on data from UNCTADStat (accessed 1 February 2015).
Morocco; Namibia; Seychelles; Tunisia; and the United Republic of Tanzania. With the exception of Djibouti and Kenya, these countries are mainly dependent on exports of travel services (see table 5). Cabo Verde and Seychelles are among the world’s 10 most tourism-intensive countries, measured as the share of tourism in GDP. Based on averages for the period 2009–2012, the largest net services importers in Africa as a share of GDP were Liberia (-64.5 per cent), the Congo (-32.2 per cent), Angola (-21.7 per cent), Chad (-19.6 per cent) and Equatorial Guinea (-18.9 per cent). More than 60 per cent of the services imports of Chad — a landlocked country – originated in the transport sector. Over 70 per cent of the services imports of Angola, the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Liberia originated in the other services category, that is, other than transportation and travel services. The other services category is divided into the following nine subsectors: financial; construction; communications; insurance; computers and information; Government; royalties; personal, cultural and recreational; and other business (see table 7). About 92.2