Travel services in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): Travel services was 24.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), 1994–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
In 2024, travel services in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) stood at 24.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) peaked at 32.4% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 13.1%, in 2020.
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 14th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Travel services in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 23.4% | — |
| 1995 | 21.7% | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 22.6% | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 23.5% | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 22.1% | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 20.9% | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 24.4% | +16.8% |
| 2001 | 30.8% | +25.8% |
| 2002 | 32.4% | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 30.1% | -7.2% |
| 2004 | 29.7% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 28.7% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 26.8% | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 25.2% | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 23.3% | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 27.3% | +17.4% |
| 2010 | 26.8% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 25.8% | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 24.6% | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 25.5% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 25.0% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 28.5% | +13.7% |
| 2016 | 26.7% | -6.2% |
| 2017 | 26.7% | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 25.9% | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 24.4% | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 13.1% | -46.3% |
| 2021 | 15.5% | +18.3% |
| 2022 | 23.9% | +54.0% |
| 2023 | 26.1% | +9.3% |
| 2024 | 24.2% | -7.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +54.0% | 15.5% | 23.9% |
| 2020 | -46.3% | 24.4% | 13.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.4% | 20.9% | 23.5% | 6 |
| 2000s | 27.9% | 23.3% | 32.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.0% | 24.4% | 28.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.5% | 13.1% | 26.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
More private sector data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
- Merchandise trade 49.0% (2025)
- Food imports 8.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 796.25 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 17.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 52.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 584.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,309 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 2.23 % change on previous year (2025)
All data for Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Travel services in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) was 24.2% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 32.4% in 2002.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.1% in 2020.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) rank for travel services?
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ranks 14th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 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.