Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 37.6% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Travel services in Caribbean Small States, 1975–2025
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 Caribbean Small States is 37.6%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Caribbean Small States peaked at 53.7% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 18.2%, in 2021.
Caribbean Small States ranks 11th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 40.1% | — |
| 1976 | 40.2% | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 41.6% | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 47.7% | +14.7% |
| 1979 | 45.4% | -4.9% |
| 1980 | 43.1% | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 43.1% | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 46.4% | +7.5% |
| 1983 | 40.6% | -12.4% |
| 1984 | 42.3% | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 45.9% | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 39.1% | -14.8% |
| 1987 | 52.2% | +33.4% |
| 1988 | 41.1% | -21.3% |
| 1989 | 38.0% | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 36.2% | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 33.4% | -7.6% |
| 1992 | 32.8% | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 31.8% | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 34.5% | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 31.2% | -9.5% |
| 1996 | 36.2% | +15.8% |
| 1997 | 45.5% | +25.7% |
| 1998 | 44.9% | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 43.8% | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 45.4% | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 41.8% | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 44.6% | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 41.5% | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 44.4% | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 49.8% | +12.3% |
| 2006 | 49.8% | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 51.2% | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 46.0% | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 48.1% | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 52.0% | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 45.8% | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 39.0% | -14.8% |
| 2013 | 43.4% | +11.4% |
| 2014 | 41.3% | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 52.1% | +26.3% |
| 2016 | 53.7% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 50.2% | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 52.1% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 53.2% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 34.2% | -35.7% |
| 2021 | 18.2% | -46.7% |
| 2022 | 38.3% | +110.1% |
| 2023 | 42.6% | +11.3% |
| 2024 | 38.3% | -10.3% |
| 2025 | 37.6% | -1.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Caribbean Small States 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +110.1% | 18.2% | 38.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43.0% | 40.1% | 47.7% | 5 |
| 1980s | 43.2% | 38.0% | 52.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 37.0% | 31.2% | 45.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.3% | 41.5% | 51.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.3% | 39.0% | 53.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.9% | 18.2% | 42.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
More private sector data for Caribbean Small States
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 19.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 69.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 31.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 20.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.2% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 44.9% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 30.03 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 15.97 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,590 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Caribbean Small States?
- Travel services in Caribbean Small States was 37.6% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 53.7% in 2016.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.2% in 2021.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for travel services?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 11th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States 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.