Travel services in High income
High income: Travel services 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 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in High income peaked at 34.2% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 2020.
That places High income 26th 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 48 years of available data.
Travel services 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% |
| 1993 | 31.3% | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 31.8% | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 31.6% | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 31.9% | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 31.3% | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 30.3% | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 31.0% | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 30.0% | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 29.0% | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 28.7% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 28.3% | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 27.6% | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 27.2% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 25.8% | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 25.1% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 24.0% | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 24.6% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 23.9% | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 23.3% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 23.2% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 23.2% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 23.0% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 22.5% | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 22.8% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 23.0% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 22.9% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 22.8% | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 10.1% | -55.5% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 16.0% | +55.3% |
| 2023 | 20.6% | +28.6% |
| 2024 | 21.0% | +1.9% |
| 2025 | 21.1% | +0.6% |
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 | 31.7% | 30.3% | 34.1% | 8 |
| 2000s | 27.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.0% | 22.5% | 23.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.5% | 10.1% | 21.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near High income
- 23 China 41.0% compare
- 24 Republic of Moldova 40.1% compare
- 25 Philippines 39.9% compare
- 26 Comoros 39.9% compare
- 27 French Polynesia 39.7% compare
- 28 Macau, China 39.1% compare
- 29 Tuvalu 39.0% compare
More private sector data for High income
- Merchandise trade 45.2% (2025)
- Food imports 8.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 71.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 18.36 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 67.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 17.55 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 12,325 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.52 % change on previous year (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 10.1% in 2020.
- How does High income rank for travel services?
- High income ranks 26th 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 6.0%. 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.