Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Canada
Canada: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 25.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Canada, 1960–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Canada recorded 25.8% for travel services in 2025.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Canada peaked at 46.8% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 2021.
That places Canada 62nd out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Canada, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 46.8% | — |
| 1961 | 39.3% | -16.1% |
| 1962 | 36.9% | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 35.0% | -5.0% |
| 1964 | 38.0% | +8.4% |
| 1965 | 39.1% | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 39.5% | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 36.1% | -8.5% |
| 1968 | 36.5% | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 36.8% | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 37.3% | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 36.0% | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 34.5% | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 34.6% | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 31.0% | -10.2% |
| 1975 | 33.2% | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 35.2% | +5.8% |
| 1977 | 37.3% | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 37.1% | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 33.0% | -11.3% |
| 1980 | 32.6% | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 29.1% | -10.9% |
| 1982 | 30.4% | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 34.3% | +12.8% |
| 1984 | 33.4% | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 32.8% | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 30.9% | -5.8% |
| 1987 | 34.0% | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 34.5% | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 35.8% | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 41.3% | +15.2% |
| 1991 | 42.2% | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 40.8% | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 36.4% | -10.8% |
| 1994 | 32.9% | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 32.5% | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 33.0% | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 32.0% | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 30.0% | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 29.5% | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 29.0% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 28.5% | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 27.0% | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 26.4% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 26.7% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 27.9% | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 28.6% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 30.2% | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 30.6% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 29.4% | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 30.8% | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 31.5% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 33.0% | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 33.1% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 33.3% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 32.7% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 31.6% | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 31.2% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 28.6% | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 28.2% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 11.7% | -58.6% |
| 2021 | 6.7% | -42.3% |
| 2022 | 19.9% | +195.8% |
| 2023 | 25.0% | +25.5% |
| 2024 | 26.0% | +4.3% |
| 2025 | 25.8% | -1.1% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 25.8% is above the median for high income countries, which is 21.8%, 1.2× the median. (72 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Canada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +195.8% | 6.7% | 19.9% |
| 2020 | -58.6% | 28.2% | 11.7% |
| 2021 | -42.3% | 11.7% | 6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38.4% | 35.0% | 46.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 34.9% | 31.0% | 37.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 32.8% | 29.1% | 35.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 35.1% | 29.5% | 42.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.4% | 26.4% | 30.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.4% | 28.2% | 33.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.2% | 6.7% | 26.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More private sector data for Canada
- Merchandise trade 48.8% (2025)
- Food imports 9.5% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 74.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 577.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 168.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.6% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 40.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 554.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 170.93 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 13,317 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Canada?
- Travel services in Canada was 25.8% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 46.8% in 1960.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 2021.
- How does Canada rank for travel services?
- Canada ranks 62nd out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Canada 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.