Travel services in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Travel services was 21.1% 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 21.1% for travel services in 2025.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 20.2% 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 29th 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, 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% | +82.6% |
| 2024 | 20.2% | +14.9% |
| 2025 | 21.1% | +4.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services 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 | +82.6% | 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 | 14.1% | 6.0% | 21.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
- 26 Micronesia, Federated States of 75.7% compare
- 27 Kosovo 75.7% compare
- 27 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 75.7% compare
- 29 Cambodia 75.2% compare
- 30 Lao People's Democratic Republic 74.9% compare
- 31 Uganda 73.4% compare
- 32 Iraq 73.3% compare
More private sector data for East Asia & Pacific
- Merchandise trade 50.6% (2025)
- Food imports 7.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 60.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 7.80 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 81.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 9.23 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,860 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2742 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in East Asia & Pacific?
- Travel services in East Asia & Pacific was 21.1% 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 29th 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 20.2%. 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.