Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 18.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Post-demographic dividend, 1976–2025
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 Post-demographic dividend stood at 18.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 33.6% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 9.8%, in 2021.
Post-demographic dividend ranks 37th of 45 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 50 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 26.1% | — |
| 1977 | 27.5% | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 27.5% | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 27.2% | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 27.1% | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 26.7% | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 26.5% | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 27.1% | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 29.1% | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 29.9% | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 32.0% | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 32.6% | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 33.5% | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 33.6% | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 33.1% | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 33.3% | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 33.4% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 32.8% | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 32.2% | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 32.4% | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 30.1% | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 29.1% | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 28.5% | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 27.6% | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 26.6% | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 25.7% | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 24.6% | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 24.1% | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 23.3% | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 23.0% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 22.0% | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 21.1% | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 20.9% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 21.2% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 21.1% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 21.2% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 21.4% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 22.1% | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 21.9% | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 21.8% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 22.0% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 21.6% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 21.7% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 21.4% | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 10.9% | -49.1% |
| 2021 | 9.8% | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 14.1% | +44.3% |
| 2023 | 18.2% | +28.8% |
| 2024 | 18.9% | +3.7% |
| 2025 | 18.9% | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in Post-demographic dividend 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 | -49.1% | 21.4% | 10.9% |
| 2022 | +44.3% | 9.8% | 14.1% |
| 2023 | +28.8% | 14.1% | 18.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 27.1% | 26.1% | 27.5% | 4 |
| 1980s | 29.8% | 26.5% | 33.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.2% | 27.6% | 33.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.2% | 20.9% | 26.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.6% | 21.1% | 22.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.1% | 9.8% | 18.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Post-demographic dividend
More private sector data for Post-demographic dividend
- Merchandise trade 43.6% (2025)
- Food imports 8.9% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 71.1% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 15.40 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 5.41 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 69.1% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 13.94 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 6.25 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,309 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Post-demographic dividend?
- Travel services in Post-demographic dividend was 18.9% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 33.6% in 1989.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.8% in 2021.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for travel services?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 37th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Post-demographic dividend 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.