Travel services in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Travel services was 82.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Timor-Leste, 2006–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service exports.
Analysis
Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste peaked at 96.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 57.3%, in 2014.
Timor-Leste ranks 17th 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 in Timor-Leste, 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% |
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 Timor-Leste
- 14 Andorra 85.2% compare
- 15 Antigua and Barbuda 84.4% compare
- 16 Saint Kitts and Nevis 83.8% compare
- 18 Jamaica 82.6% compare
- 19 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 81.1% compare
- 20 Cape Verde 80.3% compare
More private sector data for Timor-Leste
- Merchandise trade 56.9% (2025)
- Food imports 28.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 49.6% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 979.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 21.9% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 103.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 72.61 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0541 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 19.77 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Timor-Leste?
- Travel services in Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 96.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.3% in 2014.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for travel services?
- Timor-Leste ranks 17th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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.