Travel services in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Travel services was 21.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Dominican Republic, 1968–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in Dominican Republic stood at 21.2%.
That represents a change of up 14.5% on the previous year and up 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Dominican Republic peaked at 46.5% in 1969 and was at its lowest, 6.9%, in 2020.
That places Dominican Republic 93rd 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 58 years of available data.
Travel services in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 44.7% | — |
| 1969 | 46.5% | +3.9% |
| 1970 | 43.8% | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 37.7% | -13.9% |
| 1972 | 36.7% | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 36.8% | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 31.3% | -14.8% |
| 1975 | 32.2% | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 40.0% | +24.0% |
| 1977 | 41.6% | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 43.6% | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 46.1% | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 41.9% | -9.0% |
| 1981 | 35.4% | -15.7% |
| 1982 | 32.0% | -9.6% |
| 1983 | 30.1% | -5.8% |
| 1984 | 30.5% | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 31.0% | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 32.3% | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 26.8% | -17.0% |
| 1988 | 32.4% | +20.9% |
| 1989 | 29.6% | -8.8% |
| 1990 | 33.1% | +11.9% |
| 1991 | 32.4% | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 29.1% | -10.2% |
| 1993 | 14.6% | -49.6% |
| 1994 | 15.9% | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 18.1% | +14.0% |
| 1996 | 18.0% | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 19.0% | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 19.6% | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 21.6% | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 23.1% | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 23.3% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 23.2% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 23.0% | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 26.5% | +15.2% |
| 2005 | 24.6% | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 22.0% | -10.4% |
| 2007 | 19.3% | -12.6% |
| 2008 | 17.3% | -10.4% |
| 2009 | 20.6% | +19.4% |
| 2010 | 16.1% | -21.9% |
| 2011 | 14.3% | -10.9% |
| 2012 | 14.2% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 14.5% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 14.4% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 15.3% | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 15.6% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 16.8% | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 14.6% | -13.4% |
| 2019 | 15.3% | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 6.9% | -54.8% |
| 2021 | 16.2% | +135.2% |
| 2022 | 17.7% | +9.0% |
| 2023 | 22.3% | +26.1% |
| 2024 | 18.5% | -16.9% |
| 2025 | 21.2% | +14.5% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 21.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23.2%, 91% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 21.2% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20.0%, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Dominican Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +135.2% | 6.9% | 16.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45.6% | 44.7% | 46.5% | 2 |
| 1970s | 39.0% | 31.3% | 46.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 32.2% | 26.8% | 41.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.1% | 14.6% | 33.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.3% | 17.3% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.1% | 14.2% | 16.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.1% | 6.9% | 22.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More private sector data for Dominican Republic
- Merchandise trade 35.6% (2025)
- Food imports 17.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 63.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 29.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 25.0% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 58.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 15.58 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,352 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1223 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.31 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Dominican Republic?
- Travel services in Dominican Republic was 21.2% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 46.5% in 1969.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9% in 2020.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for travel services?
- Dominican Republic ranks 93rd out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.