Travel services in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Travel services was 38.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Early-demographic dividend, 1977–2025
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 Early-demographic dividend stood at 38.3%.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 51.2% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 24.4%, in 2021.
That places Early-demographic dividend 10th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Travel services in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 40.6% | — |
| 1978 | 43.8% | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 43.4% | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 43.0% | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 39.4% | -8.2% |
| 1982 | 39.7% | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 41.6% | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 40.5% | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 38.8% | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 41.9% | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 43.7% | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 43.0% | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 41.5% | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 41.2% | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 41.3% | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 43.5% | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 44.4% | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 42.6% | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 42.9% | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 43.8% | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 41.6% | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 48.6% | +17.0% |
| 1999 | 49.3% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 48.6% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 51.2% | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 46.7% | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 48.5% | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 45.1% | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 42.5% | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 42.7% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 41.8% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 44.2% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 43.5% | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 42.7% | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 41.8% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 41.4% | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 40.1% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 41.2% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 42.6% | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 42.1% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 43.0% | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 43.1% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 43.0% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 26.0% | -39.6% |
| 2021 | 24.4% | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 36.3% | +48.5% |
| 2023 | 39.5% | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 38.8% | -1.7% |
| 2025 | 38.3% | -1.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Early-demographic dividend 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 | +48.5% | 24.4% | 36.3% |
| 2020 | -39.6% | 43.0% | 26.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 42.6% | 40.6% | 43.8% | 3 |
| 1980s | 41.3% | 38.8% | 43.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 43.9% | 41.2% | 49.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.5% | 41.8% | 51.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.1% | 40.1% | 43.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.9% | 24.4% | 39.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
- 7 Gambia 89.8% compare
- 8 Macau, China 89.4% compare
- 9 Grenada 88.9% compare
- 10 Aruba 88.8% compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 87.9% compare
- 12 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 85.5% compare
- 13 Tuvalu 85.4% compare
More private sector data for Early-demographic dividend
- Merchandise trade 41.4% (2025)
- Food imports 9.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 62.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.69 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 55.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.12 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 867.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1901 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.37 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Early-demographic dividend?
- Travel services in Early-demographic dividend was 38.3% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 51.2% in 2001.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.4% in 2021.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for travel services?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 10th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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.