Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in IDA only
IDA only: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 17.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in IDA only, 1977–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
IDA only recorded 17.7% for travel services in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in IDA only peaked at 20.7% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 10.7%, in 2020.
IDA only ranks 39th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in IDA only, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 11.1% | — |
| 1978 | 13.7% | +23.8% |
| 1979 | 13.5% | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 13.0% | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 11.3% | -13.3% |
| 1982 | 13.1% | +16.3% |
| 1983 | 11.9% | -8.9% |
| 1984 | 12.3% | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 12.0% | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 14.3% | +18.8% |
| 1987 | 14.9% | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 17.6% | +17.9% |
| 1989 | 18.1% | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 17.0% | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 19.1% | +12.0% |
| 1992 | 19.7% | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 17.2% | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 18.8% | +9.6% |
| 1995 | 18.7% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 17.3% | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 18.0% | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 18.4% | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 18.7% | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 20.7% | +11.0% |
| 2001 | 17.0% | -18.2% |
| 2002 | 16.9% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 16.9% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 17.3% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 18.0% | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 18.6% | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 17.6% | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 17.7% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 19.1% | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 18.2% | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 16.9% | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 17.7% | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 16.7% | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 16.9% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 17.3% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 18.1% | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 17.6% | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 17.5% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 18.2% | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 10.7% | -41.3% |
| 2021 | 10.7% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 14.8% | +37.9% |
| 2023 | 17.4% | +17.9% |
| 2024 | 17.7% | +1.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in IDA only 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -41.3% | 18.2% | 10.7% |
| 2022 | +37.9% | 10.7% | 14.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12.7% | 11.1% | 13.7% | 3 |
| 1980s | 13.8% | 11.3% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.3% | 17.0% | 19.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.0% | 16.9% | 20.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.5% | 16.7% | 18.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.3% | 10.7% | 17.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near IDA only
More private sector data for IDA only
- Merchandise trade 44.3% (2025)
- Food imports 15.2% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 59.2% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 484.00 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 111.70 billion current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 26.0% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 31.4% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 374.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 90.27 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 289.07 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in IDA only?
- Travel services in IDA only was 17.7% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in IDA only?
- The highest recorded value was 20.7% in 2000.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.7% in 2020.
- How does IDA only rank for travel services?
- IDA only ranks 39th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA 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.