Travel services in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries): Travel services was 18.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), 1994–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) is 18.4%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.6% on the previous year and down 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 40.3% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 14.9%, in 2020.
That places Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 37th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Travel services in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 32.2% | — |
| 1995 | 32.2% | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 40.3% | +24.9% |
| 1997 | 35.3% | -12.4% |
| 1998 | 40.3% | +14.2% |
| 1999 | 32.6% | -18.9% |
| 2000 | 36.4% | +11.6% |
| 2001 | 36.6% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 36.6% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 35.9% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 36.4% | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 33.4% | -8.4% |
| 2006 | 32.7% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 32.8% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 31.3% | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 30.8% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 29.0% | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 29.7% | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 30.0% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 28.2% | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 27.1% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 26.1% | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 24.9% | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 25.6% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 26.1% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 26.5% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 14.9% | -43.9% |
| 2021 | 16.3% | +9.9% |
| 2022 | 20.8% | +27.5% |
| 2023 | 22.7% | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 22.9% | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 18.4% | -19.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -43.9% | 26.5% | 14.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.5% | 32.2% | 40.3% | 6 |
| 2000s | 34.3% | 30.8% | 36.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.3% | 24.9% | 30.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.3% | 14.9% | 22.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
More private sector data for Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Merchandise trade 47.8% (2025)
- Food imports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.78 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.3% (2021)
- Manufactures exports 49.6% (2021)
- Merchandise exports 1.60 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,468 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2266 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 2.64 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Travel services in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) was 18.4% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 40.3% in 1996.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.9% in 2020.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for travel services?
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 37th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.