Travel services in Romania
Romania: Travel services was 11.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Romania, 1971–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Romania is 11.6%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 13.5% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Romania peaked at 40.3% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 2020.
Romania ranks 170th of 198 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Travel services in Romania, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 27.5% | — |
| 1972 | 36.2% | +31.7% |
| 1973 | 39.6% | +9.4% |
| 1974 | 36.3% | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 39.5% | +8.9% |
| 1976 | 32.9% | -16.8% |
| 1977 | 32.3% | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 35.0% | +8.2% |
| 1979 | 36.5% | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 30.5% | -16.5% |
| 1981 | 27.7% | -9.2% |
| 1982 | 24.6% | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 27.8% | +12.9% |
| 1984 | 24.9% | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 19.6% | -21.3% |
| 1986 | 20.7% | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 22.9% | +10.4% |
| 1988 | 20.1% | -12.0% |
| 1989 | 20.0% | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 17.4% | -13.2% |
| 1991 | 21.3% | +22.7% |
| 1992 | 39.8% | +86.4% |
| 1993 | 24.7% | -38.0% |
| 1994 | 40.3% | +63.3% |
| 1995 | 39.7% | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 33.9% | -14.7% |
| 1997 | 34.6% | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 19.9% | -42.6% |
| 1999 | 18.6% | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 20.7% | +11.3% |
| 2001 | 17.8% | -13.9% |
| 2002 | 14.0% | -21.2% |
| 2003 | 14.7% | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 13.5% | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 10.9% | -19.4% |
| 2006 | 10.7% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 12.3% | +15.6% |
| 2008 | 12.2% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 10.5% | -14.3% |
| 2010 | 11.0% | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 11.8% | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 11.6% | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 9.6% | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 9.7% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 9.8% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 12.5% | +28.3% |
| 2018 | 12.1% | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 11.8% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | -55.1% |
| 2021 | 10.0% | +87.5% |
| 2022 | 12.1% | +21.1% |
| 2023 | 12.5% | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 13.4% | +6.5% |
| 2025 | 11.6% | -13.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 35.1% | 27.5% | 39.6% | 9 |
| 1980s | 23.9% | 19.6% | 30.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 29.0% | 17.4% | 40.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.7% | 10.5% | 20.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.0% | 9.6% | 12.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.8% | 5.3% | 13.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More private sector data for Romania
- Merchandise trade 59.5% (2025)
- Food imports 10.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 77.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 146.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 79.3% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 109.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 5,738 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2546 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.82 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Romania?
- Travel services in Romania was 11.6% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 40.3% in 1994.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 2020.
- How does Romania rank for travel services?
- Romania ranks 170th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.