Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Egypt
Egypt: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) 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 60th 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 (% of commercial service exports) 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% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 54.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.7%, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 54.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 32.6%, 1.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +119.0% | 8.5% | 18.5% |
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 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More private sector data for Egypt
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 19.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 50.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 97.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 26.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.6% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 47.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 51.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 33.52 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 434.27 current US$ per person (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 60th 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.