Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Bhutan
Bhutan: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 77.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Bhutan, 2006–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Bhutan is 77.5%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 8.1% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Bhutan peaked at 79.0% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2022.
That places Bhutan 23rd out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 54.8% | — |
| 2007 | 54.6% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 72.0% | +31.9% |
| 2009 | 79.0% | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 60.0% | -24.0% |
| 2011 | 59.1% | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 63.1% | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 68.7% | +8.9% |
| 2014 | 68.3% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 75.9% | +11.1% |
| 2016 | 63.5% | -16.4% |
| 2017 | 65.7% | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 56.8% | -13.6% |
| 2019 | 71.8% | +26.4% |
| 2020 | 63.3% | -11.9% |
| 2021 | 9.5% | -85.0% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | -87.6% |
| 2023 | 71.6% | +5955.3% |
| 2024 | 77.5% | +8.1% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 77.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.7%, 2.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 77.5% is above the median for South Asia, which is 43.2%, 1.8× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +5955.3% | 1.2% | 71.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65.1% | 54.6% | 79.0% | 4 |
| 2010s | 65.3% | 56.8% | 75.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.6% | 1.2% | 77.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 20 Cape Verde 80.3% compare
- 21 Dominican Republic 80.2% compare
- 22 Sao Tome and Principe 79.4% compare
- 24 Comoros 77.0% compare
- 25 Jordan 76.7% compare
- 26 Zambia 76.6% compare
More private sector data for Bhutan
- Merchandise trade 83.3% (2025)
- Food imports 11.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.3% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 2.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 220.69 million current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 5.9% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 58.7% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 800.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 257.09 million current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,004 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Bhutan?
- Travel services in Bhutan was 77.5% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 79.0% in 2009.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2022.
- How does Bhutan rank for travel services?
- Bhutan ranks 23rd out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.