Travel services in IDA & IBRD total
IDA & IBRD total: Travel services was 30.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in IDA & IBRD total, 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
IDA & IBRD total recorded 30.2% for travel services in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in IDA & IBRD total peaked at 34.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 13.1%, in 1983.
IDA & IBRD total ranks 8th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Travel services in IDA & IBRD total, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 13.3% | — |
| 1983 | 13.1% | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 14.9% | +13.1% |
| 1985 | 17.8% | +19.9% |
| 1986 | 18.6% | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 19.5% | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 21.1% | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 19.0% | -10.0% |
| 1990 | 19.2% | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 19.6% | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 24.7% | +26.4% |
| 1993 | 23.3% | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 22.5% | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 20.6% | -8.5% |
| 1996 | 22.8% | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 25.5% | +11.7% |
| 1998 | 27.1% | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 27.2% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 29.0% | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 29.3% | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 28.2% | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 25.7% | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 25.5% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 24.3% | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 23.5% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 22.6% | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 22.4% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 24.5% | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 24.4% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 24.5% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 26.6% | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 27.7% | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 32.2% | +16.3% |
| 2015 | 34.4% | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 34.0% | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 34.0% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 33.3% | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 33.1% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 19.6% | -40.8% |
| 2021 | 16.8% | -14.4% |
| 2022 | 20.8% | +24.1% |
| 2023 | 26.9% | +29.5% |
| 2024 | 28.7% | +6.5% |
| 2025 | 30.2% | +5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17.2% | 13.1% | 21.1% | 8 |
| 1990s | 23.2% | 19.2% | 27.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.5% | 22.4% | 29.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.4% | 24.4% | 34.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.8% | 16.8% | 30.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA & IBRD total
More private sector data for IDA & IBRD total
- Merchandise trade 42.2% (2025)
- Food imports 9.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.3% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 9.47 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 71.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 10.03 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,434 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2169 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.09 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in IDA & IBRD total?
- Travel services in IDA & IBRD total was 30.2% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in IDA & IBRD total?
- The highest recorded value was 34.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in IDA & IBRD total?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.1% in 1983.
- How does IDA & IBRD total rank for travel services?
- IDA & IBRD total ranks 8th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in IDA & IBRD total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA & IBRD total 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.