Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Travel services was 42.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), 1977–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) recorded 42.3% for travel services in 2024.
The figure is up 16.2% on the previous year and up 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) peaked at 46.3% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 21.6%, in 2020.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 3rd 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 (IDA & IBRD), 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 | 39.5% | +66.3% |
| 2006 | 37.5% | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 44.3% | +18.4% |
| 2008 | 43.3% | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 46.3% | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 44.5% | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 43.0% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 40.0% | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 39.3% | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 37.7% | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 37.3% | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 35.6% | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 35.8% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 31.2% | -12.8% |
| 2019 | 36.4% | +16.6% |
| 2020 | 21.6% | -40.8% |
| 2021 | 27.8% | +28.8% |
| 2022 | 35.8% | +29.0% |
| 2023 | 36.4% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 42.3% | +16.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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 | +66.3% | 23.8% | 39.5% |
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% | 37.5% | 46.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 38.1% | 31.2% | 44.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.8% | 21.6% | 42.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
- 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
More private sector data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
- Merchandise trade 49.0% (2025)
- Food imports 18.5% (2019)
- Manufactures imports 57.9% (2019)
- Merchandise imports 572.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.2% (2017)
- Manufactures exports 36.9% (2017)
- Merchandise exports 464.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 620.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2197 current US$ 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 (IDA & IBRD) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) was 42.3% 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 (IDA & IBRD)?
- The highest recorded value was 46.3% in 2009.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.6% in 2020.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank for travel services?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 3rd out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 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.