Travel services in Slovakia
Slovakia: Travel services was 12.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Slovakia, 1993–2025
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 Slovakia stood at 12.6%.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 58.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Slovakia peaked at 35.5% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 9.4%, in 2021.
Slovakia ranks 165th of 198 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Travel services in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 19.8% | — |
| 1994 | 25.6% | +29.4% |
| 1995 | 26.2% | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 32.7% | +24.7% |
| 1997 | 25.3% | -22.5% |
| 1998 | 21.5% | -15.2% |
| 1999 | 24.4% | +13.9% |
| 2000 | 19.5% | -20.1% |
| 2001 | 34.1% | +74.7% |
| 2002 | 15.0% | -56.1% |
| 2003 | 12.3% | -17.9% |
| 2008 | 28.4% | +131.3% |
| 2009 | 35.5% | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 34.8% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 33.5% | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 29.6% | -11.6% |
| 2013 | 28.7% | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 28.4% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 30.1% | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 29.5% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 26.9% | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 25.6% | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 25.2% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 12.1% | -52.1% |
| 2021 | 9.4% | -22.5% |
| 2022 | 10.3% | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 12.0% | +17.0% |
| 2024 | 12.3% | +2.1% |
| 2025 | 12.6% | +2.6% |
Slovakia compared with similar countries
- Slovakia's 12.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 27.1%, 46% of the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Slovakia's 12.6% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 20.6%, 61% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Slovakia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +131.3% | 12.3% | 28.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.1% | 19.8% | 32.7% | 7 |
| 2000s | 24.1% | 12.3% | 35.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 29.2% | 25.2% | 34.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.4% | 9.4% | 12.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More private sector data for Slovakia
- Merchandise trade 160.5% (2025)
- Food imports 7.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 80.7% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 122.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 88.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 125.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 23,171 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.8118 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 8.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Slovakia?
- Travel services in Slovakia was 12.6% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 35.5% in 2009.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.4% in 2021.
- How does Slovakia rank for travel services?
- Slovakia ranks 165th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia 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.