Travel services in Australia
Australia: Travel services was 41.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Australia, 1989–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Australia is 41.9%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Australia peaked at 48.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2021.
That places Australia 19th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Travel services in Australia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 29.0% | — |
| 1990 | 30.6% | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 28.6% | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 28.6% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 27.2% | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 27.6% | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 29.6% | +7.0% |
| 1996 | 31.2% | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 32.4% | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 32.7% | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 32.8% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 33.7% | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 33.4% | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 32.8% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 33.5% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 38.3% | +14.2% |
| 2005 | 38.5% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 42.4% | +10.1% |
| 2007 | 42.9% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 42.7% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 45.7% | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 46.6% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 46.7% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 47.3% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 47.4% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 46.5% | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 45.9% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 48.5% | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 48.0% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 47.9% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 46.5% | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 16.1% | -65.3% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | -85.1% |
| 2022 | 24.6% | +925.5% |
| 2023 | 42.3% | +71.7% |
| 2024 | 42.5% | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 41.9% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 29.0% | 29.0% | 29.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 30.1% | 27.2% | 32.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 38.4% | 32.8% | 45.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 47.1% | 45.9% | 48.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.3% | 2.4% | 42.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 16 Kuwait 44.5% compare
- 17 Syrian Arab Republic 43.9% compare
- 18 Qatar 42.7% compare
- 20 Argentina 41.5% compare
- 21 Uzbekistan 41.4% compare
- 22 Guinea-Bissau 41.2% compare
More private sector data for Australia
- Merchandise trade 36.0% (2025)
- Food imports 6.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 74.3% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 310.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 9.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 337.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,225 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1877 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -0.9521 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Australia?
- Travel services in Australia was 41.9% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 48.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2021.
- How does Australia rank for travel services?
- Australia ranks 19th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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 imports). 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 imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.