Travel services in Colombia
Colombia: Travel services was 32.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Colombia, 1968–2025
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 Colombia is 32.3%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Colombia peaked at 40.5% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 13.5%, in 2020.
Colombia ranks 44th of 198 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Travel services in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 27.3% | — |
| 1969 | 23.2% | -14.8% |
| 1970 | 21.8% | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 20.9% | -3.9% |
| 1972 | 23.3% | +11.5% |
| 1973 | 24.3% | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 27.5% | +13.2% |
| 1975 | 25.6% | -7.0% |
| 1976 | 26.3% | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 24.8% | -5.8% |
| 1978 | 26.5% | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 27.9% | +5.2% |
| 1980 | 21.2% | -24.2% |
| 1981 | 22.7% | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 20.1% | -11.8% |
| 1983 | 25.9% | +29.3% |
| 1984 | 26.6% | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 22.8% | -14.5% |
| 1986 | 37.6% | +65.2% |
| 1987 | 40.5% | +7.6% |
| 1988 | 33.3% | -17.7% |
| 1989 | 32.7% | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 27.0% | -17.5% |
| 1991 | 29.1% | +7.8% |
| 1992 | 32.7% | +12.4% |
| 1993 | 30.9% | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 32.9% | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 31.4% | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 33.6% | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 33.3% | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 33.4% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 32.9% | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 31.5% | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 31.1% | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 30.9% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 30.3% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 28.1% | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 28.8% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 28.5% | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 25.8% | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 25.2% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 26.0% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 25.1% | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 25.2% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 26.2% | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 27.0% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 29.1% | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 31.2% | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 33.1% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 32.3% | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 32.4% | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 33.3% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 13.5% | -59.3% |
| 2021 | 18.5% | +36.6% |
| 2022 | 24.0% | +29.9% |
| 2023 | 29.3% | +22.2% |
| 2024 | 32.9% | +12.1% |
| 2025 | 32.3% | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.3% | 23.2% | 27.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 24.9% | 20.9% | 27.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 28.3% | 20.1% | 40.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.7% | 27.0% | 33.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.6% | 25.2% | 31.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.5% | 25.1% | 33.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.1% | 13.5% | 32.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More private sector data for Colombia
- Merchandise trade 26.4% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 72.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 70.50 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 18.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 21.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 50.09 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 937.49 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1095 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Colombia?
- Travel services in Colombia was 32.3% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 40.5% in 1987.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.5% in 2020.
- How does Colombia rank for travel services?
- Colombia ranks 44th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.