Travel services in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Travel services was 24.0% 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 24.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Low & middle income peaked at 44.2% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 12.7%, in 2021.
Low & middle income ranks 23rd 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 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% | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 33.1% | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 33.6% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 33.7% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 31.6% | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 32.0% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 32.6% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 31.6% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 30.8% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 30.2% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 14.7% | -51.2% |
| 2021 | 12.7% | -13.7% |
| 2022 | 18.5% | +45.2% |
| 2023 | 22.7% | +22.7% |
| 2024 | 24.7% | +9.2% |
| 2025 | 24.0% | -2.8% |
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 | 19.6% | 12.7% | 24.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
- 20 Cape Verde 80.3% compare
- 21 Dominican Republic 80.2% compare
- 22 Bhutan 77.5% compare
- 23 Comoros 77.0% compare
- 24 Jordan 76.7% compare
- 25 Guyana 76.1% compare
- 26 Micronesia, Federated States of 75.7% compare
More private sector data for Low & middle income
- Merchandise trade 41.5% (2025)
- Food imports 8.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.33 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.84 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,301 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.213 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.48 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Low & middle income?
- Travel services in Low & middle income was 24.0% 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 12.7% in 2021.
- How does Low & middle income rank for travel services?
- Low & middle income ranks 23rd 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 24.8%. 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.