Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries): Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 29.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), 1994–2025
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 Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) is 29.4%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 4.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 35.9% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 2020.
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 5th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 26.6% | — |
| 1995 | 27.6% | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 27.5% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 27.5% | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 27.0% | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 27.3% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 34.2% | +25.3% |
| 2001 | 35.5% | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 35.9% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 32.9% | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 34.4% | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 33.0% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 31.5% | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 28.8% | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 27.3% | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 29.0% | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 28.4% | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 27.6% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 27.9% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 28.6% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 28.1% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 29.0% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 26.8% | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 28.2% | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 27.9% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 27.2% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 14.3% | -47.3% |
| 2021 | 15.8% | +10.0% |
| 2022 | 23.4% | +48.2% |
| 2023 | 28.4% | +21.7% |
| 2024 | 28.2% | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 29.4% | +4.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Europe & Central Asia (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +48.2% | 15.8% | 23.4% |
| 2020 | -47.3% | 27.2% | 14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.2% | 26.6% | 27.6% | 6 |
| 2000s | 32.3% | 27.3% | 35.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.0% | 26.8% | 29.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.2% | 14.3% | 29.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
More private sector data for Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Merchandise trade 47.8% (2025)
- Food imports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.1% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 1.78 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 404.68 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.3% (2021)
- Manufactures exports 49.6% (2021)
- Merchandise exports 1.60 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 519.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,468 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Travel services in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) was 29.4% in 2025, 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 35.9% in 2002.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 2020.
- How does Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for travel services?
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 5th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia (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.