Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Czechia
Czechia: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 23.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Czechia, 1993–2025
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 Czechia is 23.4%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Czechia peaked at 47.0% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 13.0%, in 2021.
That places Czechia 78th 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 33 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Czechia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 13.8% | — |
| 1994 | 33.1% | +138.9% |
| 1995 | 32.6% | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 47.0% | +44.3% |
| 1997 | 43.0% | -8.5% |
| 1998 | 33.0% | -23.3% |
| 1999 | 25.4% | -23.0% |
| 2000 | 23.3% | -8.5% |
| 2001 | 24.9% | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 25.1% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 26.0% | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 23.9% | -8.2% |
| 2005 | 23.6% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 23.3% | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 24.7% | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 26.6% | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 26.3% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 23.9% | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 23.7% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 22.1% | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 22.8% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 23.0% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 24.2% | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 24.7% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 24.8% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 23.9% | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 22.9% | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 16.2% | -29.2% |
| 2021 | 13.0% | -20.0% |
| 2022 | 16.3% | +26.0% |
| 2023 | 21.0% | +28.7% |
| 2024 | 23.1% | +9.9% |
| 2025 | 23.4% | +1.4% |
Czechia compared with similar countries
- Czechia's 23.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 21.8%, 1.1× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Czechia's 23.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 21.8%, 1.1× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Czechia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +138.9% | 13.8% | 33.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32.6% | 13.8% | 47.0% | 7 |
| 2000s | 24.8% | 23.3% | 26.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.6% | 22.1% | 24.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.8% | 13.0% | 23.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Czechia
More private sector data for Czechia
- Merchandise trade 137.3% (2025)
- Food imports 7.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 83.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 253.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 42.84 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.5% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 90.0% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 283.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 47.51 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 26,051 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Czechia?
- Travel services in Czechia was 23.4% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 47.0% in 1996.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.0% in 2021.
- How does Czechia rank for travel services?
- Czechia ranks 78th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Czechia 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.