Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 19.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in North Macedonia, 1996–2025
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 North Macedonia stood at 19.1%.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in North Macedonia peaked at 21.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 1998.
North Macedonia ranks 142nd of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7.8% | — |
| 1997 | 7.4% | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 5.4% | -27.2% |
| 1999 | 10.6% | +97.8% |
| 2000 | 9.0% | -15.0% |
| 2001 | 7.1% | -21.2% |
| 2002 | 10.9% | +52.9% |
| 2003 | 11.0% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 12.0% | +9.4% |
| 2005 | 13.6% | +12.8% |
| 2006 | 17.5% | +29.2% |
| 2007 | 18.0% | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 18.4% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 20.0% | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 20.2% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 16.7% | -17.7% |
| 2012 | 17.2% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 17.5% | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 17.1% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 17.4% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 18.3% | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 20.2% | +10.4% |
| 2018 | 20.6% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 21.9% | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 15.3% | -30.3% |
| 2021 | 18.7% | +22.5% |
| 2022 | 19.8% | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 20.9% | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 19.8% | -5.6% |
| 2025 | 19.1% | -3.2% |
North Macedonia compared with similar countries
- North Macedonia's 19.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.0%, 39% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- North Macedonia's 19.1% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20.5%, 93% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in North Macedonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +97.8% | 5.4% | 10.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.8% | 5.4% | 10.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 13.7% | 7.1% | 20.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.7% | 16.7% | 21.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.9% | 15.3% | 20.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
More private sector data for North Macedonia
- Merchandise trade 115.8% (2025)
- Food imports 12.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 63.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 13.06 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 2.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 80.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 9.06 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 3.55 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,973 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in North Macedonia?
- Travel services in North Macedonia was 19.1% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 21.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 1998.
- How does North Macedonia rank for travel services?
- North Macedonia ranks 142nd out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.