Travel services (% of commercial service imports) by country
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 imports which are commercial...
Countries reporting
198
Highest
77.7%
Lesotho
Lowest
0.0%
Guinea
Median
20.1%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,670
What the numbers show
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 77.7% in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.0% in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 20.1%, and the mean is 22.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7,034.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 114,682.0%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 99.6%).
Travel services (% of commercial service imports): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 77.7% | 2025 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 2 | Albania | 76.7% | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Nepal | 65.6% | 2025 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 4 | Laos | 65.4% | 2025 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Kosovo | 55.9% | 2025 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 5 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 55.9% | 2025 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 7 | Lebanon | 55.8% | 2023 | up 64.0% | flat |
| 8 | Armenia | 54.7% | 2025 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Curacao | 53.0% | 2023 | up 60.2% | rising |
| 10 | Russia | 52.6% | 2025 | up 31.3% | falling |
| 11 | Ukraine | 52.6% | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 12 | Vanuatu | 51.5% | 2022 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Eritrea | 49.3% | 2000 | up 610.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Bhutan | 47.0% | 2024 | up 103.8% | falling |
| 15 | East Timor | 44.9% | 2025 | up 102.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Kuwait | 44.5% | 2025 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 17 | Syria | 43.9% | 2010 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 18 | Qatar | 42.7% | 2025 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 19 | Australia | 41.8% | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 41.4% | 2025 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 21 | Guinea-Bissau | 41.2% | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 22 | China | 41.0% | 2025 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 23 | Argentina | 40.6% | 2025 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 24 | Tonga | 40.3% | 2025 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 25 | Moldova | 40.1% | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 26 | Philippines | 40.0% | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Macao | 39.9% | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 28 | Comoros | 39.9% | 2023 | up 109.5% | rising |
| 29 | French Polynesia | 39.7% | 2016 | up 76.4% | falling |
| 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.5% | 2025 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 31 | Tuvalu | 39.0% | 2023 | up 79.8% | falling |
| 32 | Aruba | 38.7% | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 33 | Andorra | 38.7% | 2025 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 34 | Palestine | 38.3% | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 38.0% | 1994 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 36 | Rwanda | 37.7% | 2024 | up 128.8% | rising |
| 37 | Brunei | 37.1% | 2025 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 38 | Nauru | 36.5% | 2024 | up 33.2% | falling |
| 39 | Serbia | 36.5% | 2025 | up 28.4% | flat |
| 40 | Mongolia | 36.2% | 2025 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Iceland | 36.0% | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 42 | El Salvador | 35.4% | 2025 | up 76.9% | falling |
| 43 | Croatia | 33.5% | 2025 | up 59.8% | falling |
| 44 | Iraq | 32.9% | 2025 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 45 | Hong Kong | 32.5% | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 46 | Colombia | 31.7% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 47 | Nigeria | 31.7% | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 48 | Spain | 31.2% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 49 | Jordan | 30.8% | 2024 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 50 | Romania | 30.4% | 2025 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 51 | Cape Verde | 30.0% | 2025 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 52 | Fiji | 29.5% | 2024 | up 95.8% | rising |
| 53 | Libya | 28.8% | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 54 | Slovenia | 28.1% | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 55 | Maldives | 27.9% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 27.9% | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 57 | San Marino | 27.5% | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 58 | Belize | 27.2% | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 59 | Norway | 26.6% | 2025 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 60 | Pakistan | 26.5% | 2025 | up 31.1% | flat |
| 61 | Portugal | 26.2% | 2025 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 62 | Canada | 25.8% | 2025 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 63 | Guatemala | 25.2% | 2025 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 64 | Peru | 25.0% | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 24.9% | 2025 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 24.7% | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 24.7% | 2025 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 24.7% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.5% | 2025 | up 239.6% | falling |
| 70 | Faroe Islands | 24.4% | 2011 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 71 | Tunisia | 24.1% | 2025 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 24.1% | 2025 | down 24.2% | flat |
| 73 | Bermuda | 24.1% | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 74 | Kiribati | 23.9% | 2025 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 75 | Latvia | 23.7% | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 76 | Morocco | 23.7% | 2025 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 77 | Mauritius | 23.5% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 78 | Czechia | 23.4% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 79 | Paraguay | 23.2% | 2025 | down 46.1% | rising |
| 80 | Malaysia | 22.9% | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 81 | Oman | 22.8% | 2025 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 82 | Ecuador | 22.7% | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 83 | Indonesia | 22.5% | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 84 | Germany | 22.4% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 85 | Palau | 22.3% | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 86 | New Zealand | 22.0% | 2025 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 87 | Italy | 21.8% | 2025 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 88 | United States | 21.8% | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 89 | Panama | 21.8% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 90 | Zimbabwe | 21.5% | 2024 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 91 | Brazil | 21.4% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 92 | Uruguay | 21.2% | 2025 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 21.2% | 2025 | up 38.8% | falling |
| 94 | South Sudan | 21.2% | 2023 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 20.8% | 2025 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 96 | Marshall Islands | 20.3% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20.2% | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 98 | Cambodia | 20.2% | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Israel | 20.1% | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 100 | Slovakia | 20.1% | 2025 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 101 | Bolivia | 19.7% | 2025 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 102 | South Korea | 19.5% | 2025 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 103 | Tanzania | 19.4% | 2024 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Thailand | 19.1% | 2025 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 105 | Austria | 18.8% | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 106 | Solomon Islands | 18.2% | 2024 | down 38.7% | rising |
| 107 | Honduras | 18.1% | 2025 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 108 | Cayman Islands | 18.0% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17.9% | 2025 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 110 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 17.8% | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 111 | India | 17.6% | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 112 | Kenya | 17.6% | 2025 | up 148.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Mexico | 17.5% | 2025 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 114 | France | 17.2% | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.1% | 2024 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Zambia | 17.0% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 117 | Angola | 16.9% | 2025 | up 1,816.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Venezuela | 16.3% | 2025 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 119 | Nicaragua | 16.2% | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Micronesia (country) | 16.1% | 2014 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 121 | Egypt | 15.9% | 2025 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 122 | Poland | 15.7% | 2025 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15.7% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 124 | Turkey | 15.5% | 2025 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 125 | Algeria | 15.3% | 2025 | up 135.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Belgium | 15.3% | 2025 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 127 | Azerbaijan | 15.3% | 2025 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Saint Lucia | 14.9% | 2025 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 129 | Chad | 14.9% | 1994 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 130 | Chile | 14.8% | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 131 | Hungary | 14.3% | 2025 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Estonia | 14.1% | 2025 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 14.1% | 2025 | up 144.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Samoa | 13.9% | 2025 | up 479.7% | volatile |
| 135 | New Caledonia | 13.8% | 2016 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 136 | South Africa | 13.2% | 2025 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 137 | Iran | 13.0% | 2000 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Gabon | 12.5% | 2015 | down 53.9% | rising |
| 139 | Bahamas | 12.3% | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 140 | Lithuania | 12.2% | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 141 | Georgia | 12.1% | 2025 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Finland | 12.1% | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 143 | Greece | 12.0% | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 144 | Madagascar | 11.9% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 145 | Malawi | 11.8% | 2025 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Bahrain | 11.7% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 147 | Netherlands | 11.6% | 2025 | up 22.4% | falling |
| 148 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.0% | 2025 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Sweden | 10.9% | 2025 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 150 | Seychelles | 10.6% | 2025 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Switzerland | 10.5% | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Denmark | 10.4% | 2025 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 153 | Dominica | 10.4% | 2025 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 154 | Belarus | 10.2% | 2021 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 155 | Cyprus | 9.4% | 2025 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 156 | Eswatini | 9.4% | 2025 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Botswana | 9.4% | 2025 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 158 | Niger | 9.4% | 2024 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 159 | Ghana | 9.3% | 2025 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Burundi | 9.3% | 2025 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Gambia | 9.2% | 2025 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Mozambique | 8.9% | 2025 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Singapore | 8.8% | 2025 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 164 | Jamaica | 8.8% | 2025 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 165 | Montenegro | 8.5% | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 166 | Uganda | 8.2% | 2025 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 167 | Mali | 8.1% | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 168 | Sudan | 8.1% | 2025 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Cameroon | 7.8% | 2024 | down 68.1% | rising |
| 170 | Barbados | 7.6% | 2017 | down 57.7% | flat |
| 171 | Grenada | 7.4% | 2025 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Japan | 7.3% | 2025 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | 7.3% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 174 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.9% | 2024 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 175 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.4% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 176 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.6% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 177 | Togo | 5.2% | 2020 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Myanmar | 5.2% | 2019 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Senegal | 4.8% | 2023 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 180 | Namibia | 4.7% | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Sierra Leone | 4.6% | 2024 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Ethiopia | 4.5% | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Mauritania | 3.9% | 2024 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Malta | 3.9% | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Luxembourg | 3.6% | 2025 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 186 | Tajikistan | 3.6% | 2025 | up 114,682.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Yemen | 3.4% | 2016 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 188 | Benin | 3.3% | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 189 | Papua New Guinea | 3.2% | 2024 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 190 | Djibouti | 3.0% | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Liberia | 3.0% | 2024 | up 834.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Afghanistan | 2.9% | 2020 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Congo | 2.8% | 2021 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 194 | Haiti | 2.6% | 2024 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Suriname | 2.6% | 2025 | down 84.5% | falling |
| 196 | Ireland | 2.5% | 2025 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 197 | Guyana | 2.0% | 2023 | down 87.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Guinea | 0.0% | 2022 | down 99.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 36.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 36.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 32.7%
- Upper middle income 30.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 29.4%
- IBRD only 29.3%
- Middle income 29.0%
- IDA & IBRD total 29.0%
- Low & middle income 28.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 28.4%
- IDA blend 27.9%
- Pacific island small states 26.0%
- Arab World 25.4%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 25.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 24.4%
- Pre-demographic dividend 24.1%
- World 23.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 23.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 22.8%
- North America 22.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 21.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean 21.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 21.3%
- High income 21.1%
- Europe & Central Asia 20.7%
- Post-demographic dividend 20.6%
- Early-demographic dividend 20.4%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 20.4%
- Lower middle income 20.2%
- Caribbean Small States 20.1%
- OECD members 19.7%
- Small states 19.5%
- IDA total 19.5%
- Euro area 19.3%
- Other small states 19.1%
- European Union 18.9%
- South Asia 18.3%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 18.3%
- IDA only 17.7%
- Least developed countries 17.6%
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 imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.