Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Travel services was 19.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1982–2025
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 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) stood at 19.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and down 30.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 50.1% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 4.8%, in 2021.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 32nd of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 32.8% | — |
| 1983 | 35.6% | +8.4% |
| 1984 | 37.5% | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 36.9% | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 38.2% | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 43.3% | +13.3% |
| 1988 | 42.3% | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 38.7% | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 36.5% | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 39.2% | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 42.3% | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 45.0% | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 46.9% | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 48.8% | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 50.1% | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 27.2% | -45.7% |
| 1998 | 26.4% | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 28.6% | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 28.7% | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 28.8% | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 27.9% | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 35.2% | +26.3% |
| 2004 | 35.6% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 38.6% | +8.4% |
| 2006 | 39.3% | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 32.6% | -16.9% |
| 2008 | 30.6% | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 32.6% | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 30.9% | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 29.9% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 30.4% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 31.0% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 27.6% | -11.2% |
| 2015 | 28.4% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 28.8% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 26.7% | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 25.9% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 24.6% | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 9.4% | -62.0% |
| 2021 | 4.8% | -48.6% |
| 2022 | 9.6% | +100.3% |
| 2023 | 15.8% | +63.8% |
| 2024 | 19.1% | +20.9% |
| 2025 | 19.8% | +3.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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 | +100.3% | 4.8% | 9.6% |
| 2020 | -62.0% | 24.6% | 9.4% |
| 2023 | +63.8% | 9.6% | 15.8% |
| 2021 | -48.6% | 9.4% | 4.8% |
| 1997 | -45.7% | 50.1% | 27.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 38.2% | 32.8% | 43.3% | 8 |
| 1990s | 39.1% | 26.4% | 50.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.0% | 27.9% | 39.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.4% | 24.6% | 31.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.1% | 4.8% | 19.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More private sector data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Merchandise trade 41.4% (2025)
- Food imports 8.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 53.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 85.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 5.42 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,528 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 19.8% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 50.1% in 1996.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.8% in 2021.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for travel services?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 32nd out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.