Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Portugal
Portugal: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 48.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Portugal, 1975–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 48.3% for travel services in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Portugal peaked at 72.4% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 34.0%, in 2020.
Portugal ranks 74th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Portugal, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 48.6% | — |
| 1976 | 52.4% | +7.9% |
| 1977 | 51.2% | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 57.8% | +13.0% |
| 1979 | 63.8% | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 60.7% | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 56.4% | -7.1% |
| 1982 | 57.5% | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 57.4% | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 59.0% | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 60.0% | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 64.5% | +7.6% |
| 1987 | 68.7% | +6.4% |
| 1988 | 71.3% | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 72.4% | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 70.4% | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 71.8% | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 68.5% | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 58.5% | -14.6% |
| 1994 | 60.1% | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 57.9% | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 59.4% | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 58.8% | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 60.5% | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 57.3% | -5.3% |
| 2000 | 57.0% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 58.6% | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 56.8% | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 54.5% | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 52.8% | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 51.4% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 45.7% | -11.0% |
| 2007 | 43.4% | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 41.9% | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 42.4% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 43.8% | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 42.7% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 43.6% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 42.0% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 44.4% | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 46.3% | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 48.2% | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 50.5% | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 50.6% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 50.7% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 34.0% | -33.0% |
| 2021 | 36.2% | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 47.1% | +30.3% |
| 2023 | 47.9% | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 48.0% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 48.3% | +0.6% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 48.3% is above the median for high income countries, which is 27.1%, 1.8× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 48.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20.5%, 2.4× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -33.0% | 50.7% | 34.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 54.8% | 48.6% | 63.8% | 5 |
| 1980s | 62.8% | 56.4% | 72.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 62.3% | 57.3% | 71.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.5% | 41.9% | 58.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.3% | 42.0% | 50.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.6% | 34.0% | 48.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More private sector data for Portugal
- Merchandise trade 62.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 71.6% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 125.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 31.21 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.4% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 75.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 89.42 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 68.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 8,276 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Portugal?
- Travel services in Portugal was 48.3% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 72.4% in 1989.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.0% in 2020.
- How does Portugal rank for travel services?
- Portugal ranks 74th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.