Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Montenegro
Montenegro: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 55.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Montenegro, 2007–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Montenegro recorded 55.6% for travel services in 2025.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Montenegro peaked at 70.7% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 21.6%, in 2020.
Montenegro ranks 57th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 67.5% | — |
| 2008 | 68.2% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 70.7% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 68.0% | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 68.9% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 67.2% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 66.8% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 66.3% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 67.0% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 66.8% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 67.0% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 63.9% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 64.4% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 21.6% | -66.4% |
| 2021 | 49.9% | +130.8% |
| 2022 | 46.2% | -7.4% |
| 2023 | 54.7% | +18.3% |
| 2024 | 54.6% | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 55.6% | +1.8% |
Montenegro compared with similar countries
- Montenegro's 55.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.0%, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Montenegro's 55.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20.5%, 2.7× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Montenegro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +130.8% | 21.6% | 49.9% |
| 2020 | -66.4% | 64.4% | 21.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 68.8% | 67.5% | 70.7% | 3 |
| 2010s | 66.6% | 63.9% | 68.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.1% | 21.6% | 55.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
More private sector data for Montenegro
- Merchandise trade 61.8% (2025)
- Food imports 23.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.8% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 5.06 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.21 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.6% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 36.9% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 646.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 3.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,037 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Montenegro?
- Travel services in Montenegro was 55.6% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 70.7% in 2009.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.6% in 2020.
- How does Montenegro rank for travel services?
- Montenegro ranks 57th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Montenegro 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.