Travel services in Dominica
Dominica: Travel services was 10.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Dominica, 1976–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 10.4% for travel services in 2025.
The figure is up 13.3% on the previous year and down 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Dominica peaked at 33.2% in 1982 and was at its lowest, 5.4%, in 1976.
Dominica ranks 149th 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 Dominica, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5.4% | — |
| 1977 | 13.1% | +140.6% |
| 1978 | 23.6% | +80.2% |
| 1979 | 20.1% | -14.8% |
| 1980 | 18.9% | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 27.4% | +45.0% |
| 1982 | 33.2% | +21.1% |
| 1983 | 32.0% | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 24.3% | -24.1% |
| 1985 | 21.2% | -12.7% |
| 1986 | 14.9% | -29.6% |
| 1987 | 13.5% | -9.2% |
| 1988 | 10.5% | -22.3% |
| 1989 | 14.2% | +34.9% |
| 1990 | 14.9% | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 16.3% | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 18.8% | +15.1% |
| 1993 | 15.0% | -20.1% |
| 1994 | 16.9% | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 15.3% | -9.6% |
| 1996 | 16.2% | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 15.0% | -7.4% |
| 1998 | 17.3% | +15.5% |
| 1999 | 17.4% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 17.6% | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 18.0% | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 19.3% | +7.4% |
| 2003 | 16.7% | -13.7% |
| 2004 | 16.9% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 17.7% | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 16.0% | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 14.9% | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 15.0% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 18.2% | +21.5% |
| 2010 | 15.7% | -13.8% |
| 2011 | 16.8% | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 17.7% | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 15.9% | -10.2% |
| 2014 | 19.4% | +22.0% |
| 2015 | 17.0% | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 16.6% | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 15.8% | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 20.1% | +26.8% |
| 2019 | 18.5% | -7.6% |
| 2020 | 5.8% | -68.6% |
| 2021 | 8.2% | +41.2% |
| 2022 | 12.1% | +47.2% |
| 2023 | 13.6% | +12.8% |
| 2024 | 9.1% | -32.9% |
| 2025 | 10.4% | +13.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15.5% | 5.4% | 23.6% | 4 |
| 1980s | 21.0% | 10.5% | 33.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.3% | 14.9% | 18.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.0% | 14.9% | 19.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.3% | 15.7% | 20.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.9% | 5.8% | 13.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
More private sector data for Dominica
- Merchandise trade 39.1% (2025)
- Food imports 25.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 53.5% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 259.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 41.2% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 57.8% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 24.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 364.35 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -17.24 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Dominica?
- Travel services in Dominica was 10.4% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 33.2% in 1982.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.4% in 1976.
- How does Dominica rank for travel services?
- Dominica ranks 149th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominica 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.