Travel services in Egypt
Egypt: Travel services was 54.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Egypt, 1977–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 54.4% for travel services in 2025. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 62.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Egypt peaked at 54.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 8.5%, in 1986.
That places Egypt 62nd out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Travel services in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 41.8% | — |
| 1978 | 38.4% | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 27.8% | -27.6% |
| 1980 | 25.5% | -8.2% |
| 1981 | 17.2% | -32.7% |
| 1982 | 12.8% | -25.4% |
| 1983 | 9.6% | -24.8% |
| 1984 | 11.6% | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 14.3% | +23.3% |
| 1986 | 8.5% | -40.7% |
| 1987 | 18.5% | +119.0% |
| 1988 | 21.0% | +13.3% |
| 1989 | 28.5% | +35.8% |
| 1990 | 22.9% | -19.9% |
| 1991 | 22.4% | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 30.7% | +37.3% |
| 1993 | 27.2% | -11.3% |
| 1994 | 26.1% | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 32.5% | +24.6% |
| 1996 | 35.3% | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 41.0% | +16.1% |
| 1998 | 32.8% | -20.1% |
| 1999 | 42.1% | +28.5% |
| 2000 | 44.9% | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 43.1% | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 41.2% | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 42.3% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 43.6% | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 47.4% | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 47.9% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 47.3% | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 44.5% | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 50.5% | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 53.0% | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 45.8% | -13.7% |
| 2012 | 46.6% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 33.8% | -27.4% |
| 2014 | 35.6% | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 33.5% | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 19.9% | -40.7% |
| 2017 | 41.8% | +110.2% |
| 2018 | 50.7% | +21.4% |
| 2019 | 53.7% | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 30.6% | -43.1% |
| 2021 | 42.6% | +39.2% |
| 2022 | 43.1% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 43.8% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 53.9% | +23.1% |
| 2025 | 54.4% | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 36.0% | 27.8% | 41.8% | 3 |
| 1980s | 16.8% | 8.5% | 28.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.3% | 22.4% | 42.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.3% | 41.2% | 50.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.4% | 19.9% | 53.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.7% | 30.6% | 54.4% | 6 |
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More private sector data for Egypt
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 20.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 97.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 51.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 51.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 434.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1407 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Egypt?
- Travel services in Egypt was 54.4% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 54.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.5% in 1986.
- How does Egypt rank for travel services?
- Egypt ranks 62nd out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.