Travel services in Middle income
Middle income: Travel services was 24.0% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in 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 Middle income stood at 24.0%.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Middle income peaked at 44.2% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 12.5%, in 2021.
Middle income ranks 24th 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 Middle income, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 33.6% | — |
| 1983 | 35.3% | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 35.8% | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 35.4% | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 37.8% | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 41.0% | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 39.8% | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 38.4% | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 36.7% | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 38.2% | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 40.7% | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 42.2% | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 42.2% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 43.2% | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 44.2% | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 29.2% | -33.9% |
| 1998 | 31.9% | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 33.0% | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 33.0% | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 33.9% | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 32.5% | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 37.9% | +16.6% |
| 2004 | 38.5% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 39.9% | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 39.7% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 35.8% | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 34.2% | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 35.8% | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 34.1% | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 33.1% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 33.6% | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 33.7% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 31.6% | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 32.0% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 32.6% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 31.6% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 30.7% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 30.1% | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 14.6% | -51.5% |
| 2021 | 12.5% | -14.1% |
| 2022 | 18.3% | +46.2% |
| 2023 | 22.6% | +23.3% |
| 2024 | 24.6% | +8.9% |
| 2025 | 24.0% | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 37.1% | 33.6% | 41.0% | 8 |
| 1990s | 38.1% | 29.2% | 44.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 36.1% | 32.5% | 39.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.3% | 30.1% | 34.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.4% | 12.5% | 24.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
More private sector data for Middle income
- Merchandise trade 41.5% (2025)
- Food imports 8.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 58.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.18 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 8.73 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,449 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2138 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Middle income?
- Travel services in 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 Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 44.2% in 1996.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.5% in 2021.
- How does Middle income rank for travel services?
- Middle income ranks 24th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.