Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 21.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in East Asia & Pacific, 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific recorded 21.9% for travel services in 2025.
The figure is up 8.1% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 43.6% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 6.0%, in 2021.
East Asia & Pacific ranks 28th 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 (% of commercial service exports) in East Asia & Pacific, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 28.4% | — |
| 1983 | 31.0% | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 33.1% | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 33.7% | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 36.5% | +8.2% |
| 1987 | 40.7% | +11.4% |
| 1988 | 40.7% | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 38.0% | -6.6% |
| 1990 | 36.0% | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 37.2% | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 39.2% | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 41.0% | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 41.8% | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 43.6% | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 39.0% | -10.5% |
| 1997 | 23.9% | -38.7% |
| 1998 | 23.7% | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 24.8% | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 24.4% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 24.6% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 24.2% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 28.4% | +17.5% |
| 2004 | 28.6% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 30.2% | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 29.8% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 25.8% | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 25.0% | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 27.0% | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 26.4% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 26.1% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 26.8% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 27.6% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 25.7% | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 26.5% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 27.3% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 25.7% | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 25.9% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 24.9% | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 10.2% | -59.3% |
| 2021 | 6.0% | -41.2% |
| 2022 | 9.7% | +61.6% |
| 2023 | 17.6% | +82.7% |
| 2024 | 20.3% | +15.1% |
| 2025 | 21.9% | +8.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in East Asia & Pacific 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 | +82.7% | 9.7% | 17.6% |
| 2020 | -59.3% | 24.9% | 10.2% |
| 2022 | +61.6% | 6.0% | 9.7% |
| 2021 | -41.2% | 10.2% | 6.0% |
| 1997 | -38.7% | 39.0% | 23.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 35.3% | 28.4% | 40.7% | 8 |
| 1990s | 35.0% | 23.7% | 43.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.8% | 24.2% | 30.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.3% | 24.9% | 27.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.3% | 6.0% | 21.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
More private sector data for East Asia & Pacific
- Merchandise trade 50.6% (2025)
- Food imports 7.3% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 62.3% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 7.80 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 2.07 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 81.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 9.23 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.82 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,860 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in East Asia & Pacific?
- Travel services in East Asia & Pacific was 21.9% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 43.6% in 1995.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.0% in 2021.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for travel services?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 28th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific 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.