Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Travel services was 42.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1977–2024
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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) is 42.1%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 15.4% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 46.5% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 22.1%, in 2020.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 4th of 45 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 33.9% | — |
| 1978 | 31.3% | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 24.6% | -21.4% |
| 1980 | 25.8% | +4.8% |
| 1981 | 25.0% | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 22.9% | -8.4% |
| 1983 | 22.3% | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 22.4% | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 23.8% | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 24.3% | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 24.1% | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 24.5% | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 22.8% | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 22.7% | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 23.8% | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 39.4% | +65.7% |
| 2006 | 37.2% | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 44.3% | +19.0% |
| 2008 | 43.4% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 46.5% | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 44.8% | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 43.5% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 40.4% | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 39.5% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 37.9% | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 37.5% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 35.7% | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 35.9% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 31.4% | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 36.9% | +17.6% |
| 2020 | 22.1% | -40.1% |
| 2021 | 28.3% | +28.1% |
| 2022 | 36.3% | +28.2% |
| 2023 | 36.5% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 42.1% | +15.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +65.7% | 23.8% | 39.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 29.9% | 24.6% | 33.9% | 3 |
| 1980s | 23.8% | 22.3% | 25.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.2% | 22.7% | 23.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 42.2% | 37.2% | 46.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 38.4% | 31.4% | 44.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 33.0% | 22.1% | 42.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- 1 Turks and Caicos Islands 95.9% compare
- 2 Maldives 95.3% compare
- 3 Bahamas 94.8% compare
- 4 Sao Tome and Principe 94.5% compare
- 5 Palau 93.9% compare
- 6 Saint Lucia 93.5% compare
- 7 Gambia 89.8% compare
More private sector data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Merchandise trade 49.0% (2025)
- Food imports 18.8% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 57.7% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 582.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2017)
- Manufactures exports 37.1% (2017)
- Merchandise exports 468.21 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 621.05 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2195 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2025)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 42.1% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 46.5% in 2009.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.1% in 2020.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for travel services?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 4th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high 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.