Travel services (% of commercial service exports) by country
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 commercial...
Countries reporting
198
Highest
96.3%
Maldives
Lowest
1.1%
Papua New Guinea
Median
38.2%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,590
What the numbers show
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 96.3% in Maldives; the lowest is 1.1% in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.2%, and the mean is 41.0%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 90.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 121 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 61,408.8%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 85.0%).
Travel services (% of commercial service exports): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maldives | 96.3% | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 2 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 95.9% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 3 | Bahamas | 94.8% | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 4 | Palau | 93.9% | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 5 | Saint Lucia | 93.5% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 6 | Gambia | 92.9% | 2025 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 7 | Macao | 90.4% | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 8 | Grenada | 88.9% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 9 | Aruba | 88.8% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 10 | Syria | 87.9% | 2010 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 11 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 85.5% | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 12 | Tuvalu | 85.4% | 2023 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 13 | Andorra | 84.4% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 14 | Antigua and Barbuda | 84.4% | 2025 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 15 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 83.8% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 16 | East Timor | 82.7% | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 17 | Jamaica | 81.7% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 18 | Laos | 81.1% | 2025 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 81.1% | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 20 | Cape Verde | 80.3% | 2025 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 80.2% | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 22 | Sao Tome and Principe | 79.4% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 23 | Bhutan | 77.5% | 2024 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 24 | Comoros | 77.0% | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 25 | Jordan | 76.7% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 26 | Zambia | 76.6% | 2025 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Guyana | 76.1% | 2023 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Micronesia (country) | 75.7% | 2014 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 29 | Kosovo | 75.7% | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 29 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 75.7% | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 31 | Lesotho | 75.5% | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 32 | Cambodia | 75.2% | 2025 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 33 | Uganda | 74.0% | 2025 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 34 | Samoa | 72.9% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 35 | Iraq | 72.6% | 2025 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 36 | Dominica | 72.3% | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 37 | Tonga | 72.3% | 2025 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 38 | Barbados | 72.0% | 2017 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 39 | Belize | 71.1% | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 40 | Lebanon | 68.5% | 2023 | up 62.9% | flat |
| 41 | Albania | 68.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Rwanda | 67.6% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 43 | Seychelles | 67.3% | 2025 | up 43.9% | flat |
| 44 | Curacao | 67.1% | 2023 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 45 | Croatia | 66.0% | 2025 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 46 | Bolivia | 64.6% | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 47 | South Sudan | 64.4% | 2023 | up 2,149.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Eritrea | 64.2% | 2000 | up 1,980.3% | rising |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 63.7% | 2025 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 50 | Australia | 60.7% | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 51 | El Salvador | 60.7% | 2025 | up 79.0% | rising |
| 52 | Thailand | 59.3% | 2025 | down 17.0% | flat |
| 53 | Tanzania | 57.4% | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 54 | French Polynesia | 56.7% | 2016 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 55 | Georgia | 56.0% | 2025 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 56 | Benin | 55.6% | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 57 | Montenegro | 55.6% | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 58 | Fiji | 55.2% | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 59 | Botswana | 55.2% | 2025 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 60 | Egypt | 54.4% | 2025 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 61 | Mexico | 53.3% | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 62 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 53.3% | 2025 | up 61,408.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Peru | 53.2% | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.2% | 2025 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 65 | Sierra Leone | 53.1% | 2024 | up 210.6% | rising |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 52.8% | 2022 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 67 | New Zealand | 51.7% | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 68 | Marshall Islands | 51.1% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 69 | Uzbekistan | 50.5% | 2025 | up 124.0% | rising |
| 70 | Chad | 49.8% | 1994 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 71 | Oman | 49.4% | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 72 | Turkey | 49.0% | 2025 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 73 | Colombia | 49.0% | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 74 | Portugal | 48.3% | 2025 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 75 | Kenya | 48.2% | 2025 | up 147.1% | falling |
| 76 | Armenia | 48.2% | 2025 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 77 | Mauritius | 48.1% | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 78 | Ecuador | 47.3% | 2025 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 79 | Greece | 46.9% | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 80 | Spain | 46.7% | 2025 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 81 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.5% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 82 | Senegal | 46.5% | 2023 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 83 | Madagascar | 46.5% | 2025 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 46.2% | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 85 | New Caledonia | 46.1% | 2016 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 86 | Iceland | 46.0% | 2025 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 87 | Sri Lanka | 45.6% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 88 | Morocco | 45.4% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 89 | Indonesia | 43.2% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 42.9% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 91 | Haiti | 41.8% | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 92 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.5% | 2024 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 93 | Nepal | 40.7% | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 94 | Malaysia | 39.9% | 2025 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 95 | Mali | 38.9% | 2024 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 96 | Kiribati | 38.7% | 2025 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 97 | Italy | 38.6% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 98 | South Africa | 38.5% | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 99 | Myanmar | 38.4% | 2019 | up 117.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Guatemala | 38.0% | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.4% | 2025 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 102 | Iran | 36.9% | 2000 | up 352.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Mongolia | 36.6% | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Brunei | 36.4% | 2025 | up 55.3% | falling |
| 105 | Namibia | 34.8% | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 106 | Niger | 34.6% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 107 | Uruguay | 33.9% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 108 | San Marino | 33.9% | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 109 | Central African Republic | 33.9% | 1993 | up 125.5% | rising |
| 110 | Bahrain | 33.5% | 2025 | up 93.8% | flat |
| 111 | Paraguay | 33.4% | 2025 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 112 | Palestine | 32.9% | 2025 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 113 | Panama | 32.8% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 114 | Yemen | 32.4% | 2016 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 30.9% | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 116 | Chile | 30.6% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 117 | Moldova | 30.4% | 2025 | up 31.4% | flat |
| 118 | Canada | 30.1% | 2025 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 29.1% | 2024 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 120 | Bermuda | 28.8% | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 121 | Austria | 27.8% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 122 | Argentina | 26.8% | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 123 | Japan | 26.4% | 2025 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 26.2% | 2025 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 125 | Slovenia | 26.1% | 2025 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 126 | Tunisia | 26.1% | 2025 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 23.7% | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Liberia | 23.3% | 2024 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Honduras | 23.2% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | 23.2% | 2025 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 23.0% | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | 22.8% | 2024 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Qatar | 22.2% | 2025 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 134 | Mozambique | 21.8% | 2025 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 135 | Hungary | 21.7% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 136 | Hong Kong | 21.5% | 2025 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 137 | Czechia | 21.4% | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 138 | France | 20.5% | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 139 | Faroe Islands | 19.9% | 2011 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 140 | Russia | 19.8% | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 141 | Brazil | 19.5% | 2025 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 142 | North Macedonia | 19.1% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 19.1% | 2025 | up 4,781.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Serbia | 19.1% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 145 | Malawi | 18.7% | 2025 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 146 | Cayman Islands | 17.8% | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 147 | United States | 17.7% | 2025 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 148 | Kuwait | 17.5% | 2025 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Latvia | 17.1% | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 150 | Philippines | 16.9% | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 151 | Ghana | 16.8% | 2025 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Eswatini | 16.3% | 2025 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Togo | 16.1% | 2020 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 154 | Sudan | 16.0% | 2025 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Suriname | 15.8% | 2025 | down 69.9% | falling |
| 156 | Venezuela | 15.7% | 2025 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 157 | Norway | 14.9% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 158 | South Korea | 14.9% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 159 | China | 14.4% | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 160 | Ethiopia | 14.3% | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Libya | 14.1% | 2020 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Angola | 13.9% | 2025 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Nigeria | 13.6% | 2025 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Cyprus | 13.4% | 2025 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 165 | Cameroon | 13.0% | 2024 | down 57.6% | rising |
| 166 | Slovakia | 12.6% | 2025 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 167 | United Kingdom | 12.6% | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 168 | Switzerland | 12.3% | 2025 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Estonia | 12.0% | 2025 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 170 | Poland | 11.9% | 2025 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Romania | 11.6% | 2025 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 172 | Afghanistan | 10.8% | 2020 | up 202.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Malta | 10.7% | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Pakistan | 10.0% | 2025 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 175 | Sweden | 9.6% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 176 | Denmark | 9.5% | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 177 | Finland | 9.4% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 178 | Gabon | 9.2% | 2015 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Guinea | 9.2% | 2024 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Germany | 8.4% | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 181 | Ukraine | 8.1% | 2025 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 182 | India | 7.7% | 2025 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Netherlands | 7.6% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 184 | Lithuania | 7.2% | 2025 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 185 | Bangladesh | 7.1% | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 186 | Singapore | 6.5% | 2025 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Belgium | 6.5% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 188 | Djibouti | 6.2% | 2024 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Nauru | 6.1% | 2024 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Burundi | 4.2% | 2025 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Belarus | 4.1% | 2021 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 192 | Luxembourg | 4.0% | 2025 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 193 | Algeria | 3.9% | 2025 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 194 | Israel | 3.6% | 2025 | down 73.9% | falling |
| 195 | Congo | 3.4% | 2021 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 196 | Mauritania | 2.8% | 2024 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 197 | Ireland | 1.5% | 2025 | down 55.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Papua New Guinea | 1.1% | 2024 | down 31.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Pacific island small states 46.3%
- Low income 43.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 42.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 42.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 41.2%
- Latin America & Caribbean 40.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 40.1%
- Pre-demographic dividend 39.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 39.2%
- Early-demographic dividend 37.8%
- Caribbean Small States 37.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 36.5%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 36.1%
- IDA only 34.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 30.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 30.0%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 29.9%
- Small states 29.0%
- Least developed countries 28.5%
- Upper middle income 27.0%
- IDA total 27.0%
- Low & middle income 26.0%
- Middle income 25.9%
- IDA & IBRD total 25.1%
- Other small states 25.1%
- IBRD only 25.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 23.6%
- East Asia & Pacific 21.9%
- World 21.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 21.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 21.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 21.1%
- OECD members 20.7%
- North America 20.3%
- High income 20.1%
- IDA blend 19.5%
- Post-demographic dividend 18.9%
- Lower middle income 17.8%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 17.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 17.4%
About this data
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 commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.