Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Indonesia
Indonesia: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 22.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Indonesia, 1981–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 22.5% for travel services in 2025.
That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Indonesia peaked at 28.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2021.
That places Indonesia 83rd out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Indonesia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 12.3% | — |
| 1982 | 11.9% | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 12.3% | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 12.5% | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 11.8% | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 13.8% | +17.0% |
| 1987 | 11.9% | -14.1% |
| 1988 | 13.2% | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 13.6% | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 14.2% | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 15.2% | +7.2% |
| 1992 | 14.8% | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 16.0% | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 17.1% | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 16.4% | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 16.2% | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 14.9% | -8.4% |
| 1998 | 17.7% | +19.0% |
| 1999 | 19.4% | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 20.8% | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 21.8% | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 19.6% | -10.2% |
| 2003 | 18.0% | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 17.0% | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 16.3% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 18.9% | +15.8% |
| 2007 | 20.2% | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 19.7% | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 23.2% | +18.0% |
| 2010 | 24.6% | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 20.1% | -18.5% |
| 2012 | 20.1% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 22.3% | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 23.2% | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 23.7% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 24.9% | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 25.4% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 27.4% | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 28.8% | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 7.1% | -75.5% |
| 2021 | 1.7% | -76.6% |
| 2022 | 14.9% | +799.4% |
| 2023 | 22.8% | +53.2% |
| 2024 | 23.4% | +2.6% |
| 2025 | 22.5% | -3.8% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 22.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23.2%, 97% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 22.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 23.4%, 96% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Indonesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +799.4% | 1.7% | 14.9% |
| 2021 | -76.6% | 7.1% | 1.7% |
| 2020 | -75.5% | 28.8% | 7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12.6% | 11.8% | 13.8% | 9 |
| 1990s | 16.2% | 14.2% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.5% | 16.3% | 23.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.1% | 20.1% | 28.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.4% | 1.7% | 23.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More private sector data for Indonesia
- Merchandise trade 36.3% (2025)
- Food imports 10.2% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 65.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 241.86 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 62.67 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 22.9% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 47.4% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 282.91 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 42.34 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 990.16 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Indonesia?
- Travel services in Indonesia was 22.5% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 28.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2021.
- How does Indonesia rank for travel services?
- Indonesia ranks 83rd out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.