Travel services in Caribbean Small States
Caribbean Small States: Travel services was 19.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Caribbean Small States, 1976–2025
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 Caribbean Small States is 19.7%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 17.2% on the previous year and up 56.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Caribbean Small States peaked at 39.6% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 5.1%, in 2021.
That places Caribbean Small States 32nd out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 50 years of available data.
Travel services in Caribbean Small States, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 20.4% | — |
| 1977 | 20.0% | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 22.7% | +13.8% |
| 1979 | 21.9% | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 22.3% | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 25.2% | +13.1% |
| 1982 | 26.1% | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 27.3% | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 29.6% | +8.4% |
| 1985 | 29.4% | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 26.3% | -10.4% |
| 1987 | 29.6% | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 32.9% | +11.2% |
| 1989 | 27.5% | -16.6% |
| 1990 | 26.9% | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 24.9% | -7.5% |
| 1992 | 23.5% | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 23.8% | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 22.8% | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 27.9% | +22.8% |
| 1996 | 34.0% | +21.5% |
| 1997 | 29.1% | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 27.2% | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 31.2% | +14.7% |
| 2000 | 33.5% | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 35.8% | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 39.6% | +10.5% |
| 2003 | 28.0% | -29.3% |
| 2004 | 26.6% | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 27.7% | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 24.0% | -13.6% |
| 2007 | 23.1% | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 21.6% | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 24.0% | +10.7% |
| 2010 | 18.4% | -23.2% |
| 2011 | 11.5% | -37.6% |
| 2012 | 11.6% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 9.5% | -18.6% |
| 2014 | 9.6% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 12.6% | +31.4% |
| 2016 | 13.4% | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 10.8% | -18.9% |
| 2018 | 10.0% | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 9.7% | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 5.6% | -42.3% |
| 2021 | 5.1% | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 9.7% | +91.2% |
| 2023 | 15.6% | +60.9% |
| 2024 | 16.8% | +8.2% |
| 2025 | 19.7% | +17.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Caribbean Small States 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 | +91.2% | 5.1% | 9.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.3% | 20.0% | 22.7% | 4 |
| 1980s | 27.6% | 22.3% | 32.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.1% | 22.8% | 34.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.4% | 21.6% | 39.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.7% | 9.5% | 18.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.1% | 5.1% | 19.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean Small States
- 29 Tuvalu 39.0% compare
- 30 Aruba 38.7% compare
- 31 Iraq 38.6% compare
- 32 Palestine, State of 38.3% compare
- 33 Andorra 38.0% compare
- 34 Central African Republic 38.0% compare
- 35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.8% compare
More private sector data for Caribbean Small States
- Merchandise trade 70.0% (2025)
- Food imports 17.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 31.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 45.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 30.03 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 6,590 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3156 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -3.4 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Caribbean Small States?
- Travel services in Caribbean Small States was 19.7% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The highest recorded value was 39.6% in 2002.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Caribbean Small States?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.1% in 2021.
- How does Caribbean Small States rank for travel services?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 32nd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Caribbean Small States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean Small States 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.