Travel services in Belize
Belize: Travel services was 71.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Belize, 1984–2025
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 Belize stood at 71.1%.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Belize peaked at 83.3% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 43.2%, in 1984.
That places Belize 36th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Travel services in Belize, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 43.2% | — |
| 1985 | 49.3% | +14.2% |
| 1986 | 60.1% | +21.9% |
| 1987 | 55.0% | -8.5% |
| 1988 | 43.7% | -20.6% |
| 1989 | 47.0% | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 46.1% | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 50.8% | +10.1% |
| 1992 | 55.7% | +9.7% |
| 1993 | 60.1% | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 65.5% | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 66.3% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 74.5% | +12.4% |
| 1997 | 76.5% | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 81.4% | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 72.6% | -10.7% |
| 2000 | 76.9% | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 74.9% | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 71.8% | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 75.1% | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 74.3% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 73.9% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 75.8% | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 77.8% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 78.3% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 80.7% | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 81.3% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 79.6% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 80.2% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 83.3% | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 81.6% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 79.4% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 77.1% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 79.4% | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 82.6% | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 83.1% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 65.1% | -21.6% |
| 2021 | 65.2% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 73.8% | +13.2% |
| 2023 | 73.2% | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 72.3% | -1.1% |
| 2025 | 71.1% | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 49.7% | 43.2% | 60.1% | 6 |
| 1990s | 64.9% | 46.1% | 81.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.9% | 71.8% | 80.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.7% | 77.1% | 83.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.1% | 65.1% | 73.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belize
More private sector data for Belize
- Merchandise trade 56.4% (2025)
- Food imports 19.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 64.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 1.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 95.3% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 3.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 444.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,050 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1335 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -7.88 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Belize?
- Travel services in Belize was 71.1% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 83.3% in 2013.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.2% in 1984.
- How does Belize rank for travel services?
- Belize ranks 36th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize 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.