Travel services in Europe & Central Asia
Europe & Central Asia: Travel services was 17.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Europe & Central Asia, 1976–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Europe & Central Asia recorded 17.5% for travel services in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Europe & Central Asia peaked at 35.2% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 11.1%, in 2020.
Europe & Central Asia ranks 40th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 47 years of available data.
Travel services in Europe & Central Asia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 25.5% | — |
| 1977 | 28.3% | +11.0% |
| 1978 | 29.2% | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 28.7% | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 28.4% | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 25.8% | -8.9% |
| 1982 | 26.2% | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 27.5% | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 28.2% | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 29.0% | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 29.9% | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 31.1% | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 31.6% | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 31.0% | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 30.3% | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 32.8% | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 33.4% | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 35.2% | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 33.4% | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 34.1% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 29.8% | -12.7% |
| 2000 | 29.2% | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 28.4% | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 27.0% | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 26.6% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 25.8% | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 24.7% | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 24.3% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 23.5% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 22.8% | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 22.8% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 21.6% | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 21.8% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 21.5% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 21.6% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 21.1% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 20.3% | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 19.9% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 20.0% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 19.8% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 19.8% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 11.1% | -43.9% |
| 2021 | 11.2% | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 15.4% | +37.1% |
| 2023 | 17.0% | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 17.2% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 17.5% | +1.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Europe & Central Asia 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% | 19.8% | 11.1% |
| 2022 | +37.1% | 11.2% | 15.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 27.9% | 25.5% | 29.2% | 4 |
| 1980s | 28.9% | 25.8% | 31.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 32.7% | 29.8% | 35.2% | 7 |
| 2000s | 25.5% | 22.8% | 29.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.7% | 19.8% | 21.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.9% | 11.1% | 17.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia
More private sector data for Europe & Central Asia
- Merchandise trade 62.2% (2025)
- Food imports 10.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 10.09 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 9.97 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,690 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3089 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.75 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Europe & Central Asia?
- Travel services in Europe & Central Asia was 17.5% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 35.2% in 1996.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Europe & Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.1% in 2020.
- How does Europe & Central Asia rank for travel services?
- Europe & Central Asia ranks 40th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia 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.