Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Czechia
Czechia: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 21.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Czechia, 1993–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 21.4% for travel services in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Czechia peaked at 46.7% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 11.9%, in 2021.
That places Czechia 137th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 28.2% | — |
| 1994 | 34.9% | +23.5% |
| 1995 | 35.4% | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 46.7% | +31.9% |
| 1997 | 45.1% | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 43.4% | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 32.9% | -24.3% |
| 2000 | 30.7% | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 31.1% | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 29.1% | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 31.2% | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 32.9% | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 37.6% | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 38.1% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 36.7% | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 34.7% | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 35.2% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 32.7% | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 32.5% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 30.8% | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 29.4% | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 27.2% | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 26.0% | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 25.9% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 26.3% | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 25.2% | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 24.7% | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 14.2% | -42.6% |
| 2021 | 11.9% | -15.7% |
| 2022 | 16.0% | +33.9% |
| 2023 | 19.7% | +23.0% |
| 2024 | 21.2% | +7.6% |
| 2025 | 21.4% | +1.1% |
Czechia compared with similar countries
- Czechia's 21.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.1%, 79% of the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Czechia's 21.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20.5%, 1.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Czechia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -42.6% | 24.7% | 14.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 38.1% | 28.2% | 46.7% | 7 |
| 2000s | 33.7% | 29.1% | 38.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.1% | 24.7% | 32.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.4% | 11.9% | 21.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More private sector data for Czechia
- Merchandise trade 137.3% (2025)
- Food imports 7.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 83.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 253.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 42.84 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.5% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 90.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 283.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 47.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 26,051 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Czechia?
- Travel services in Czechia was 21.4% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 46.7% in 1996.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.9% in 2021.
- How does Czechia rank for travel services?
- Czechia ranks 137th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia 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.