Travel services in Brazil
Brazil: Travel services was 21.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Brazil, 1975–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in Brazil stood at 21.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.7% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Brazil peaked at 36.0% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 1984.
That places Brazil 91st out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Travel services in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 17.6% | — |
| 1976 | 14.5% | -17.9% |
| 1977 | 8.6% | -40.9% |
| 1978 | 8.6% | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 9.2% | +6.9% |
| 1980 | 8.3% | -10.3% |
| 1981 | 8.8% | +6.4% |
| 1982 | 18.7% | +112.9% |
| 1983 | 11.5% | -38.3% |
| 1984 | 6.6% | -42.4% |
| 1985 | 12.9% | +94.4% |
| 1986 | 14.7% | +14.0% |
| 1987 | 7.8% | -47.0% |
| 1988 | 16.0% | +105.1% |
| 1989 | 14.7% | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 22.4% | +51.8% |
| 1991 | 19.0% | -14.9% |
| 1992 | 19.9% | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 20.1% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 21.9% | +9.0% |
| 1995 | 25.8% | +17.5% |
| 1996 | 36.0% | +39.5% |
| 1997 | 32.1% | -10.6% |
| 1998 | 33.2% | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 23.0% | -30.8% |
| 2000 | 24.2% | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 19.9% | -17.7% |
| 2002 | 17.4% | -12.7% |
| 2003 | 15.4% | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 17.0% | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 20.6% | +21.2% |
| 2006 | 21.0% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 23.0% | +9.9% |
| 2008 | 23.4% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 24.3% | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 24.6% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 26.8% | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 26.4% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 28.0% | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 27.1% | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 22.4% | -17.3% |
| 2016 | 21.5% | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 26.1% | +21.3% |
| 2018 | 25.7% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 25.3% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 10.7% | -57.7% |
| 2021 | 9.2% | -13.7% |
| 2022 | 16.8% | +81.6% |
| 2023 | 20.7% | +23.3% |
| 2024 | 19.5% | -5.6% |
| 2025 | 21.4% | +9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.7% | 8.6% | 17.6% | 5 |
| 1980s | 12.0% | 6.6% | 18.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.3% | 19.0% | 36.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.6% | 15.4% | 24.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.4% | 21.5% | 28.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.4% | 9.2% | 21.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More private sector data for Brazil
- Merchandise trade 28.2% (2025)
- Food imports 5.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 79.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 293.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 40.7% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 23.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 348.28 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,637 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1528 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Brazil?
- Travel services in Brazil was 21.4% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 36.0% in 1996.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 1984.
- How does Brazil rank for travel services?
- Brazil ranks 91st out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.