Travel services in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Travel services was 27.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Kazakhstan, 1995–2025
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 Kazakhstan is 27.9%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 9.5% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Kazakhstan peaked at 43.1% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 9.3%, in 2007.
Kazakhstan ranks 56th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Travel services in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 36.4% | — |
| 1996 | 34.4% | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 39.6% | +15.2% |
| 1998 | 43.1% | +8.8% |
| 1999 | 35.7% | -17.2% |
| 2000 | 21.6% | -39.6% |
| 2001 | 24.2% | +12.3% |
| 2002 | 20.4% | -15.6% |
| 2003 | 17.6% | -14.0% |
| 2004 | 16.6% | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 10.2% | -38.9% |
| 2006 | 9.5% | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 9.3% | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 9.8% | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 11.4% | +16.9% |
| 2010 | 11.4% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 14.8% | +30.7% |
| 2012 | 23.0% | +54.9% |
| 2013 | 24.8% | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 25.7% | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 26.7% | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 25.1% | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 25.5% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 22.5% | -11.9% |
| 2019 | 24.0% | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 11.3% | -52.7% |
| 2021 | 20.9% | +84.6% |
| 2022 | 25.1% | +20.2% |
| 2023 | 28.0% | +11.3% |
| 2024 | 30.8% | +9.9% |
| 2025 | 27.9% | -9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.8% | 34.4% | 43.1% | 5 |
| 2000s | 15.1% | 9.3% | 24.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.3% | 11.4% | 26.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.0% | 11.3% | 30.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
More private sector data for Kazakhstan
- Merchandise trade 46.8% (2025)
- Food imports 11.0% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 81.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 64.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 6.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 20.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 78.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,780 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2573 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -4.46 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Kazakhstan?
- Travel services in Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 43.1% in 1998.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.3% in 2007.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for travel services?
- Kazakhstan ranks 56th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.