Travel services in New Zealand
New Zealand: Travel services was 51.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in New Zealand, 2000–2025
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 New Zealand stood at 51.7%.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 18.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in New Zealand peaked at 66.5% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 29.5%, in 2021.
New Zealand ranks 69th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Travel services in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 56.1% | — |
| 2001 | 57.5% | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 62.7% | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 65.4% | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 66.5% | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 64.5% | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 63.1% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 62.6% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 59.5% | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 59.3% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 57.0% | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 55.7% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 55.0% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 55.8% | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 59.6% | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 63.1% | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 61.3% | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 60.4% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 59.9% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 58.2% | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 47.8% | -17.8% |
| 2021 | 29.5% | -38.3% |
| 2022 | 32.6% | +10.3% |
| 2023 | 47.2% | +45.0% |
| 2024 | 52.4% | +10.9% |
| 2025 | 51.7% | -1.3% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 51.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.1%, 1.9× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 51.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 48.6%, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in New Zealand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +45.0% | 32.6% | 47.2% |
| 2021 | -38.3% | 47.8% | 29.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 61.7% | 56.1% | 66.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.6% | 55.0% | 63.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.5% | 29.5% | 52.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 66 Sierra Leone 53.1% compare
- 67 Vanuatu 52.8% compare
- 68 Madagascar 52.0% compare
- 70 Marshall Islands 51.1% compare
- 71 Uzbekistan 50.5% compare
- 72 Chad 49.8%
More private sector data for New Zealand
- Merchandise trade 35.7% (2025)
- Food imports 12.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 70.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 47.55 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 69.0% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 14.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 46.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 8,770 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1769 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 10.43 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in New Zealand?
- Travel services in New Zealand was 51.7% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 66.5% in 2004.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.5% in 2021.
- How does New Zealand rank for travel services?
- New Zealand ranks 69th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.