Travel services in Estonia
Estonia: Travel services was 12.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Estonia, 1992–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 12.1% for travel services in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 52.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Estonia peaked at 41.8% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 6.2%, in 2021.
That places Estonia 168th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Travel services in Estonia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 13.7% | — |
| 1993 | 14.8% | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 16.5% | +11.3% |
| 1995 | 39.2% | +137.6% |
| 1996 | 41.8% | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 34.1% | -18.6% |
| 1998 | 33.8% | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 35.2% | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 32.2% | -8.5% |
| 2001 | 27.9% | -13.4% |
| 2002 | 30.0% | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 21.1% | -29.5% |
| 2009 | 23.9% | +12.8% |
| 2010 | 23.1% | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 22.9% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 22.0% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 25.1% | +14.1% |
| 2014 | 26.2% | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 25.6% | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 25.4% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 24.1% | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 22.8% | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 21.7% | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 9.1% | -58.3% |
| 2021 | 6.2% | -31.1% |
| 2022 | 10.7% | +71.4% |
| 2023 | 11.3% | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 12.1% | +6.5% |
| 2025 | 12.1% | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.6% | 13.7% | 41.8% | 8 |
| 2000s | 27.0% | 21.1% | 32.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 23.9% | 21.7% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.3% | 6.2% | 12.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 165 Slovakia 12.6% compare
- 166 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.6% compare
- 167 Switzerland 12.3% compare
- 169 Poland 11.9% compare
- 170 Romania 11.6% compare
- 171 Afghanistan 10.8% compare
More private sector data for Estonia
- Merchandise trade 98.4% (2025)
- Food imports 14.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 25.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 20.98 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 15,353 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4461 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.63 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Estonia?
- Travel services in Estonia was 12.1% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 41.8% in 1996.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 2021.
- How does Estonia rank for travel services?
- Estonia ranks 168th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Estonia 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.