Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Belgium
Belgium: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 6.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Belgium, 2002–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in Belgium stood at 6.5%.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Belgium peaked at 18.5% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 5.6%, in 2021.
That places Belgium 187th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 18.5% | — |
| 2003 | 18.3% | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 17.7% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 17.8% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 17.7% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 15.4% | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 12.7% | -17.4% |
| 2009 | 12.7% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 11.9% | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 12.4% | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 12.0% | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 12.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 7.3% | -34.8% |
| 2016 | 7.2% | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 7.3% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 8.1% | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 6.2% | -23.1% |
| 2021 | 5.6% | -10.4% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | +12.2% |
| 2023 | 6.5% | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 6.6% | +0.7% |
| 2025 | 6.5% | -2.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 6.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.1%, 24% of the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 6.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20.5%, 31% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Belgium changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -34.8% | 11.3% | 7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.3% | 12.7% | 18.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 9.7% | 7.2% | 12.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.3% | 5.6% | 6.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More private sector data for Belgium
- Merchandise trade 152.4% (2025)
- Food imports 12.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 65.8% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 537.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 170.83 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 69.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 568.11 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 158.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 47,573 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Belgium?
- Travel services in Belgium was 6.5% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 18.5% in 2002.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6% in 2021.
- How does Belgium rank for travel services?
- Belgium ranks 187th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.