Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in High income
High income: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 21.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in High income, 1976–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
High income recorded 21.1% for travel services in 2025.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in High income peaked at 34.2% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 10.2%, in 2020.
That places High income 24th 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 50 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in High income, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 26.9% | — |
| 1977 | 28.2% | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 29.1% | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 28.8% | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 28.9% | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 27.9% | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 27.8% | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 28.3% | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 31.2% | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 31.5% | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 32.3% | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 33.3% | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 34.2% | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 34.2% | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 34.1% | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 33.0% | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 34.1% | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 33.1% | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 33.6% | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 33.2% | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 33.3% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 32.4% | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 31.4% | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 31.7% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 30.6% | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 29.6% | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 29.1% | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 28.7% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 28.0% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 27.5% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 26.1% | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 25.4% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 24.2% | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 24.9% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 24.1% | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 23.6% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 23.4% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 23.4% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 23.2% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 22.7% | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 23.0% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 23.2% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 23.1% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 23.0% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 10.2% | -55.8% |
| 2021 | 10.4% | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 16.1% | +55.8% |
| 2023 | 20.7% | +28.2% |
| 2024 | 21.0% | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 21.1% | +0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in 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 | +55.8% | 10.4% | 16.1% |
| 2020 | -55.8% | 23.0% | 10.2% |
| 2023 | +28.2% | 16.1% | 20.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 28.3% | 26.9% | 29.1% | 4 |
| 1980s | 31.0% | 27.8% | 34.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 33.0% | 31.4% | 34.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.4% | 24.2% | 30.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.3% | 22.7% | 24.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.6% | 10.2% | 21.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near High income
More private sector data for High income
- Merchandise trade 45.2% (2025)
- Food imports 9.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 71.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 18.36 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 6.76 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 67.8% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 17.55 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 7.69 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,325 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in High income?
- Travel services in High income was 21.1% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 34.2% in 1989.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.2% in 2020.
- How does High income rank for travel services?
- High income ranks 24th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.