Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Egypt
Egypt: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 15.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Egypt, 1977–2025
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 Egypt is 15.9%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Egypt peaked at 28.3% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 1988.
Egypt ranks 121st of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 10.7% | — |
| 1978 | 15.0% | +40.1% |
| 1979 | 12.2% | -19.0% |
| 1980 | 7.7% | -36.7% |
| 1981 | 7.7% | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 7.1% | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 6.0% | -15.8% |
| 1984 | 5.1% | -14.3% |
| 1985 | 3.7% | -27.9% |
| 1986 | 1.9% | -48.4% |
| 1987 | 3.1% | +63.7% |
| 1988 | 1.6% | -50.4% |
| 1989 | 3.0% | +95.7% |
| 1990 | 3.9% | +27.5% |
| 1991 | 7.5% | +93.5% |
| 1992 | 19.8% | +163.3% |
| 1993 | 20.3% | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 19.8% | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 28.3% | +42.9% |
| 1996 | 28.0% | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 23.2% | -17.1% |
| 1998 | 19.6% | -15.5% |
| 1999 | 18.1% | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 15.0% | -17.2% |
| 2001 | 17.8% | +18.9% |
| 2002 | 21.1% | +18.3% |
| 2003 | 21.9% | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 16.8% | -23.1% |
| 2005 | 17.1% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 17.3% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 18.7% | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 17.8% | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 19.9% | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 17.2% | -13.3% |
| 2011 | 16.8% | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 16.8% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 20.4% | +20.9% |
| 2014 | 18.6% | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 20.6% | +10.4% |
| 2016 | 25.1% | +21.9% |
| 2017 | 13.4% | -46.5% |
| 2018 | 15.0% | +11.4% |
| 2019 | 17.2% | +15.2% |
| 2020 | 14.7% | -15.0% |
| 2021 | 15.5% | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 23.0% | +48.6% |
| 2023 | 25.1% | +9.0% |
| 2024 | 16.1% | -35.7% |
| 2025 | 15.9% | -1.4% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 15.9% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17.1%, 93% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 15.9% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 23.9%, 67% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +163.3% | 7.5% | 19.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.6% | 10.7% | 15.0% | 3 |
| 1980s | 4.7% | 1.6% | 7.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.8% | 3.9% | 28.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.3% | 15.0% | 21.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.1% | 13.4% | 25.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.4% | 14.7% | 25.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More private sector data for Egypt
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 19.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 50.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 97.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 26.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.6% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 47.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 51.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 33.52 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 434.27 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Egypt?
- Travel services in Egypt was 15.9% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 28.3% in 1995.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 1988.
- How does Egypt rank for travel services?
- Egypt ranks 121st out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.