Travel services in Early-demographic dividend
Early-demographic dividend: Travel services was 21.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Early-demographic dividend, 1977–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Early-demographic dividend recorded 21.2% for travel services in 2025.
The figure is up 10.4% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Early-demographic dividend peaked at 27.7% in 1979 and was at its lowest, 10.8%, in 2021.
That places Early-demographic dividend 25th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Travel services in Early-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 18.2% | — |
| 1978 | 19.7% | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 27.7% | +40.9% |
| 1980 | 23.8% | -13.9% |
| 1981 | 22.7% | -4.6% |
| 1982 | 19.7% | -13.2% |
| 1983 | 19.6% | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 21.9% | +11.9% |
| 1985 | 22.0% | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 22.2% | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 23.2% | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 24.5% | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 25.6% | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 24.6% | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 25.4% | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 26.0% | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 25.3% | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 24.3% | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 21.9% | -9.7% |
| 1996 | 22.5% | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 22.3% | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 22.5% | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 23.4% | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 24.4% | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 26.2% | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 25.2% | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 25.4% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 23.6% | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 24.4% | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 24.2% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 23.5% | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 22.7% | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 24.4% | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 23.4% | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 22.3% | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 21.5% | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 21.4% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 22.2% | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 23.2% | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 23.2% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 22.8% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 22.4% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 21.6% | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 11.1% | -48.3% |
| 2021 | 10.8% | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 15.4% | +42.6% |
| 2023 | 19.0% | +23.3% |
| 2024 | 19.2% | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 21.2% | +10.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Early-demographic dividend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -48.3% | 21.6% | 11.1% |
| 2022 | +42.6% | 10.8% | 15.4% |
| 1979 | +40.9% | 19.7% | 27.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.9% | 18.2% | 27.7% | 3 |
| 1980s | 22.5% | 19.6% | 25.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 23.8% | 21.9% | 26.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.4% | 22.7% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.4% | 21.4% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.1% | 10.8% | 21.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Early-demographic dividend
- 22 Guinea-Bissau 41.2% compare
- 23 China 41.0% compare
- 24 Republic of Moldova 40.1% compare
- 25 Philippines 39.9% compare
- 26 Comoros 39.9% compare
- 27 French Polynesia 39.7% compare
- 28 Macau, China 39.1% compare
More private sector data for Early-demographic dividend
- Merchandise trade 41.4% (2025)
- Food imports 9.3% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 62.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 3.69 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 55.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 3.12 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 867.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1901 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.37 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Early-demographic dividend?
- Travel services in Early-demographic dividend 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 Early-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 27.7% in 1979.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Early-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.8% in 2021.
- How does Early-demographic dividend rank for travel services?
- Early-demographic dividend ranks 25th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Early-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Early-demographic dividend 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.