Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in IDA total
IDA total: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 27.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in IDA total, 1977–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in IDA total stood at 27.0%.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in IDA total peaked at 37.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 17.2%, in 1989.
That places IDA total 21st out of 45 groups 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 IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 21.6% | — |
| 1978 | 19.3% | -10.5% |
| 1979 | 18.5% | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 21.4% | +16.1% |
| 1981 | 23.8% | +10.8% |
| 1982 | 25.6% | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 26.3% | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 21.9% | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 20.4% | -7.0% |
| 1986 | 33.8% | +66.0% |
| 1987 | 24.6% | -27.2% |
| 1988 | 19.9% | -19.2% |
| 1989 | 17.2% | -13.4% |
| 1990 | 17.5% | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 17.9% | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 19.2% | +7.3% |
| 1993 | 21.6% | +12.3% |
| 1994 | 21.4% | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 20.8% | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 23.3% | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 22.8% | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 25.8% | +12.8% |
| 1999 | 25.8% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 25.8% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 26.2% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 27.6% | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 25.9% | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 27.3% | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 27.3% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 27.8% | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 29.6% | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 30.5% | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 31.9% | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 28.1% | -11.9% |
| 2011 | 29.6% | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 28.9% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 29.8% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 32.3% | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 27.7% | -14.3% |
| 2016 | 33.0% | +19.1% |
| 2017 | 37.6% | +14.0% |
| 2018 | 35.9% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 33.4% | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 20.0% | -40.1% |
| 2021 | 19.7% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 29.3% | +48.5% |
| 2023 | 28.6% | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 26.7% | -6.4% |
| 2025 | 27.0% | +0.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in IDA total 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 | +66.0% | 20.4% | 33.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19.8% | 18.5% | 21.6% | 3 |
| 1980s | 23.5% | 17.2% | 33.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.6% | 17.5% | 25.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.0% | 25.8% | 31.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.6% | 27.7% | 37.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.2% | 19.7% | 29.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
- 18 Laos 81.1% compare
- 19 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 81.1% compare
- 20 Cape Verde 80.3% compare
- 21 Dominican Republic 80.2% compare
- 22 Sao Tome and Principe 79.4% compare
- 23 Bhutan 77.5% compare
- 24 Comoros 77.0% compare
More private sector data for IDA total
- Merchandise trade 40.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 56.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 720.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 177.73 billion current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 22.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 26.0% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 565.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 141.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 284.71 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in IDA total?
- Travel services in IDA total was 27.0% 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 total?
- The highest recorded value was 37.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.2% in 1989.
- How does IDA total rank for travel services?
- IDA total ranks 21st out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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.