Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in IDA blend
IDA blend: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 27.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in IDA blend, 1977–2025
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 IDA blend is 27.9%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 26.1% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in IDA blend peaked at 27.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 13.1%, in 1979.
That places IDA blend 11th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 14.7% | — |
| 1978 | 13.2% | -10.1% |
| 1979 | 13.1% | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 14.5% | +10.8% |
| 1981 | 15.7% | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 16.9% | +7.4% |
| 1983 | 16.9% | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 15.9% | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 14.6% | -8.1% |
| 1986 | 14.9% | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 14.5% | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 16.0% | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 22.6% | +41.7% |
| 1990 | 22.2% | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 24.9% | +12.2% |
| 1992 | 19.9% | -20.2% |
| 1993 | 18.1% | -9.3% |
| 1994 | 20.6% | +14.2% |
| 1995 | 18.6% | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 24.2% | +30.1% |
| 1997 | 22.2% | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 23.5% | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 14.4% | -38.7% |
| 2000 | 15.8% | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 15.4% | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 15.8% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 26.2% | +65.8% |
| 2005 | 13.5% | -48.5% |
| 2006 | 20.7% | +53.7% |
| 2007 | 23.5% | +13.2% |
| 2008 | 24.1% | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 19.9% | -17.6% |
| 2010 | 18.7% | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 20.4% | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 20.7% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 20.5% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 19.1% | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 23.5% | +23.0% |
| 2016 | 16.7% | -28.9% |
| 2017 | 23.9% | +43.1% |
| 2018 | 22.4% | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 22.0% | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 16.5% | -25.1% |
| 2021 | 16.6% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 18.3% | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 21.5% | +17.9% |
| 2024 | 22.1% | +2.8% |
| 2025 | 27.9% | +26.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13.7% | 13.1% | 14.7% | 3 |
| 1980s | 16.3% | 14.5% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.9% | 14.4% | 24.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.4% | 13.5% | 26.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 20.8% | 16.7% | 23.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.5% | 16.5% | 27.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
More private sector data for IDA blend
- Merchandise trade 33.7% (2025)
- Food imports 14.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 53.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 236.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 77.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 19.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 23.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 191.60 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 42.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 277.76 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in IDA blend?
- Travel services in IDA blend was 27.9% 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 blend?
- The highest recorded value was 27.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.1% in 1979.
- How does IDA blend rank for travel services?
- IDA blend ranks 11th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA blend 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.