Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 26.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Low & middle income, 1982–2025
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 Low & middle income stood at 26.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.3% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Low & middle income peaked at 44.2% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 12.8%, in 2021.
Low & middle income ranks 22nd of 45 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 33.6% | — |
| 1983 | 35.3% | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 35.8% | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 35.3% | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 37.8% | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 40.9% | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 39.8% | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 38.4% | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 36.7% | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 38.2% | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 40.6% | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 42.1% | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 42.2% | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 43.2% | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 44.2% | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 29.3% | -33.7% |
| 1998 | 31.9% | +9.0% |
| 1999 | 33.1% | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 33.0% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 33.9% | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 32.6% | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 38.0% | +16.4% |
| 2004 | 38.5% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 40.0% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 39.7% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 35.8% | -9.8% |
| 2008 | 34.3% | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 35.8% | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 34.2% | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 33.2% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 33.6% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 33.7% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 31.6% | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 32.0% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 32.4% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 31.6% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 30.8% | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 30.2% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 14.8% | -51.0% |
| 2021 | 12.8% | -13.8% |
| 2022 | 18.4% | +43.8% |
| 2023 | 22.5% | +22.5% |
| 2024 | 24.6% | +9.5% |
| 2025 | 26.0% | +5.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Low & middle income 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 | -51.0% | 30.2% | 14.8% |
| 2022 | +43.8% | 12.8% | 18.4% |
| 1997 | -33.7% | 44.2% | 29.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 37.1% | 33.6% | 40.9% | 8 |
| 1990s | 38.1% | 29.3% | 44.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.2% | 32.6% | 40.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.3% | 30.2% | 34.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.8% | 12.8% | 26.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
- 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
- 25 Jordan 76.7% compare
More private sector data for Low & middle income
- Merchandise trade 41.5% (2025)
- Food imports 8.4% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 59.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 8.33 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.91 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.5% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 74.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 8.84 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.80 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,301 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Low & middle income?
- Travel services in Low & middle income was 26.0% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 44.2% in 1996.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.8% in 2021.
- How does Low & middle income rank for travel services?
- Low & middle income ranks 22nd out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.