Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in East Timor
East Timor: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) was 82.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in East Timor, 2006–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 82.7% for travel services in 2025.
That represents a change of down 9.9% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in East Timor peaked at 96.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 57.3%, in 2014.
East Timor ranks 16th of 198 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in East Timor, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service exports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 80.0% | — |
| 2007 | 83.1% | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 61.7% | -25.8% |
| 2009 | 69.0% | +11.9% |
| 2010 | 78.1% | +13.2% |
| 2011 | 71.0% | -9.2% |
| 2012 | 70.0% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 59.3% | -15.3% |
| 2014 | 57.3% | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 89.4% | +56.2% |
| 2016 | 93.6% | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 94.4% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 95.1% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 96.4% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 94.5% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 72.9% | -22.9% |
| 2022 | 89.0% | +22.2% |
| 2023 | 90.0% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 91.8% | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 82.7% | -9.9% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 82.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38.7%, 2.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 82.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 48.6%, 1.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service exports) in East Timor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +56.2% | 57.3% | 89.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 73.5% | 61.7% | 83.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 80.5% | 57.3% | 96.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.8% | 72.9% | 94.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
- 13 Andorra 84.4% compare
- 14 Antigua and Barbuda 84.4% compare
- 15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 83.8% compare
- 17 Jamaica 81.7% compare
- 18 Laos 81.1% compare
- 19 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 81.1% compare
More private sector data for East Timor
- Merchandise trade 56.9% (2025)
- Food imports 28.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 49.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 979.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 453.40 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 21.9% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 103.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 132.58 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 72.61 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in East Timor?
- Travel services in East Timor was 82.7% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 96.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.3% in 2014.
- How does East Timor rank for travel services?
- East Timor ranks 16th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor 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.