Travel services in Cyprus
Cyprus: Travel services was 9.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Cyprus, 1976–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 9.4% for travel services in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.3% on the previous year and down 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Cyprus peaked at 40.6% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 2021.
Cyprus ranks 154th of 198 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 50 years of available data.
Travel services in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 21.8% | — |
| 1977 | 20.7% | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 22.4% | +8.4% |
| 1979 | 20.4% | -8.9% |
| 1980 | 21.4% | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 21.3% | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 23.6% | +10.4% |
| 1983 | 23.6% | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 24.2% | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 26.3% | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 28.4% | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 27.0% | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 27.2% | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 24.4% | -10.4% |
| 1990 | 26.7% | +9.6% |
| 1991 | 26.7% | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 25.7% | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 28.9% | +12.2% |
| 1994 | 29.1% | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 25.5% | -12.4% |
| 1996 | 26.3% | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 28.1% | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 27.6% | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 28.0% | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 26.4% | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 26.9% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 30.9% | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 28.6% | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 31.7% | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 35.6% | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 33.5% | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 40.6% | +21.3% |
| 2008 | 28.8% | -29.1% |
| 2009 | 27.8% | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 25.1% | -9.9% |
| 2011 | 24.4% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 24.2% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 19.6% | -18.8% |
| 2014 | 19.0% | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 16.5% | -13.2% |
| 2016 | 16.3% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 16.7% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 17.4% | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 15.0% | -13.6% |
| 2020 | 6.1% | -59.7% |
| 2021 | 5.3% | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 6.7% | +25.8% |
| 2023 | 9.1% | +35.2% |
| 2024 | 8.8% | -3.7% |
| 2025 | 9.4% | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.3% | 20.4% | 22.4% | 4 |
| 1980s | 24.7% | 21.3% | 28.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.3% | 25.5% | 29.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.1% | 26.4% | 40.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.4% | 15.0% | 25.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.6% | 5.3% | 9.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More private sector data for Cyprus
- Merchandise trade 52.1% (2025)
- Food imports 15.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 15.29 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 22.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 6.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,513 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1501 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 11.94 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Cyprus?
- Travel services in Cyprus was 9.4% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 40.6% in 2007.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 2021.
- How does Cyprus rank for travel services?
- Cyprus ranks 154th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.