Travel services in IBRD only
IBRD only: Travel services was 30.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in IBRD only, 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in IBRD only stood at 30.5%.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in IBRD only peaked at 35.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 13.1%, in 1983.
IBRD only ranks 5th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Travel services in IBRD only, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 13.2% | — |
| 1983 | 13.1% | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 14.9% | +14.3% |
| 1985 | 18.2% | +21.6% |
| 1986 | 18.9% | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 19.8% | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 21.4% | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 18.9% | -11.6% |
| 1990 | 19.2% | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 19.4% | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 25.1% | +29.2% |
| 1993 | 23.7% | -5.5% |
| 1994 | 22.7% | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 20.8% | -8.8% |
| 1996 | 23.0% | +10.8% |
| 1997 | 25.9% | +12.6% |
| 1998 | 27.6% | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 27.9% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 29.8% | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 30.2% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 29.1% | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 26.1% | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 26.0% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 25.0% | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 23.9% | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 22.9% | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 22.6% | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 25.0% | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 24.9% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 25.1% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 27.3% | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 28.5% | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 33.5% | +17.4% |
| 2015 | 35.7% | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 35.5% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 35.2% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 34.5% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 34.3% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 20.2% | -41.2% |
| 2021 | 17.1% | -15.3% |
| 2022 | 21.2% | +24.1% |
| 2023 | 27.5% | +29.9% |
| 2024 | 29.4% | +6.8% |
| 2025 | 30.5% | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17.3% | 13.1% | 21.4% | 8 |
| 1990s | 23.5% | 19.2% | 27.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.1% | 22.6% | 30.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.4% | 24.9% | 35.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.3% | 17.1% | 30.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IBRD only
More private sector data for IBRD only
- Merchandise trade 42.3% (2025)
- Food imports 8.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 8.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.4% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 73.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 9.47 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,891 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2199 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 5.68 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in IBRD only?
- Travel services in IBRD only was 30.5% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in IBRD only?
- The highest recorded value was 35.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in IBRD only?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.1% in 1983.
- How does IBRD only rank for travel services?
- IBRD only ranks 5th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in IBRD only?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IBRD only 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.