Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in IDA blend
IDA blend: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 19.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in IDA blend, 1977–2025
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 IDA blend is 19.5%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 6.2% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in IDA blend peaked at 48.7% in 1986 and was at its lowest, 8.6%, in 2004.
That places IDA blend 36th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 23.6% | — |
| 1978 | 17.4% | -26.2% |
| 1979 | 13.6% | -21.9% |
| 1980 | 17.0% | +24.8% |
| 1981 | 22.8% | +34.1% |
| 1982 | 25.2% | +10.8% |
| 1983 | 27.4% | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 19.0% | -30.6% |
| 1985 | 18.7% | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 48.7% | +160.2% |
| 1987 | 29.9% | -38.7% |
| 1988 | 20.1% | -32.9% |
| 1989 | 12.7% | -36.5% |
| 1990 | 11.8% | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 12.8% | +8.7% |
| 1992 | 11.4% | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 10.3% | -9.9% |
| 1994 | 10.2% | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 9.8% | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 10.5% | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 11.0% | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 10.0% | -8.9% |
| 1999 | 8.9% | -10.7% |
| 2000 | 8.9% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 9.5% | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 9.8% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 8.9% | -9.2% |
| 2004 | 8.6% | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 10.9% | +27.2% |
| 2006 | 13.4% | +23.0% |
| 2007 | 17.9% | +33.6% |
| 2008 | 21.7% | +21.0% |
| 2009 | 24.9% | +14.8% |
| 2010 | 18.5% | -25.6% |
| 2011 | 21.0% | +13.4% |
| 2012 | 21.7% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 22.1% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 24.9% | +12.8% |
| 2015 | 17.4% | -30.3% |
| 2016 | 27.1% | +55.7% |
| 2017 | 36.5% | +34.8% |
| 2018 | 32.7% | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 27.2% | -16.8% |
| 2020 | 12.8% | -52.9% |
| 2021 | 13.3% | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 25.2% | +89.8% |
| 2023 | 22.5% | -10.8% |
| 2024 | 18.3% | -18.4% |
| 2025 | 19.5% | +6.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in IDA blend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +160.2% | 18.7% | 48.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18.2% | 13.6% | 23.6% | 3 |
| 1980s | 24.1% | 12.7% | 48.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.7% | 8.9% | 12.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.5% | 8.6% | 24.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.9% | 17.4% | 36.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.6% | 12.8% | 25.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
More private sector data for IDA blend
- Merchandise trade 33.7% (2025)
- Food imports 14.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 53.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 236.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 77.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 23.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 191.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 42.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 277.76 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in IDA blend?
- Travel services in IDA blend was 19.5% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 48.7% in 1986.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.6% in 2004.
- How does IDA blend rank for travel services?
- IDA blend ranks 36th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA blend 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.