Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries): Travel services was 37.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), 1982–2025
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 East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) is 37.5%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 48.8% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 1983.
That places East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1st out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 7.2% | — |
| 1983 | 7.1% | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 8.6% | +21.7% |
| 1985 | 14.8% | +71.9% |
| 1986 | 16.4% | +10.5% |
| 1987 | 17.5% | +6.5% |
| 1988 | 19.1% | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 13.7% | -28.1% |
| 1990 | 13.7% | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 14.9% | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 25.3% | +69.8% |
| 1993 | 22.4% | -11.4% |
| 1994 | 18.9% | -15.8% |
| 1995 | 15.4% | -18.3% |
| 1996 | 19.2% | +24.2% |
| 1997 | 25.3% | +32.1% |
| 1998 | 29.1% | +14.8% |
| 1999 | 30.0% | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 31.5% | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 31.2% | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 29.4% | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 24.8% | -15.9% |
| 2004 | 24.7% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 24.2% | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 23.0% | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 22.2% | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 21.9% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 26.1% | +19.3% |
| 2010 | 27.2% | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 27.6% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 32.9% | +19.4% |
| 2013 | 34.9% | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 45.1% | +29.4% |
| 2015 | 48.8% | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 48.6% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 47.3% | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 46.1% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 46.1% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 29.0% | -37.1% |
| 2021 | 21.4% | -26.1% |
| 2022 | 24.0% | +12.1% |
| 2023 | 33.2% | +38.1% |
| 2024 | 37.3% | +12.5% |
| 2025 | 37.5% | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +71.9% | 8.6% | 14.8% |
| 1992 | +69.8% | 14.9% | 25.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 13.0% | 7.1% | 19.1% | 8 |
| 1990s | 21.4% | 13.7% | 30.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.9% | 21.9% | 31.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.5% | 27.2% | 48.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.4% | 21.4% | 37.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
More private sector data for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Merchandise trade 41.4% (2025)
- Food imports 8.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 53.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 4.19 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 5.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 85.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 5.42 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,560 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2334 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.69 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) was 37.5% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 48.8% in 2015.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 1983.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for travel services?
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 1st out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.