Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Late-demographic dividend
Late-demographic dividend: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 32.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Late-demographic dividend, 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in Late-demographic dividend stood at 32.7%.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Late-demographic dividend peaked at 41.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 1983.
That places Late-demographic dividend 3rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Late-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 9.3% | — |
| 1983 | 9.2% | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 10.7% | +15.5% |
| 1985 | 15.9% | +49.2% |
| 1986 | 17.2% | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 18.0% | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 19.7% | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 14.9% | -24.6% |
| 1990 | 15.3% | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 15.3% | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 24.4% | +59.1% |
| 1993 | 22.0% | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 21.7% | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 20.1% | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 23.7% | +17.6% |
| 1997 | 28.0% | +18.4% |
| 1998 | 30.5% | +9.0% |
| 1999 | 30.2% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 32.5% | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 31.9% | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 30.5% | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 26.3% | -14.0% |
| 2004 | 27.0% | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 25.5% | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 24.3% | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 23.2% | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 22.8% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 25.6% | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 26.1% | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 26.4% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 30.6% | +15.8% |
| 2013 | 32.1% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 39.1% | +21.9% |
| 2015 | 41.5% | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 40.9% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 40.6% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 39.5% | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 39.7% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 24.3% | -38.7% |
| 2021 | 19.8% | -18.4% |
| 2022 | 23.3% | +17.3% |
| 2023 | 30.9% | +32.7% |
| 2024 | 33.1% | +7.3% |
| 2025 | 32.7% | -1.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Late-demographic dividend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +59.1% | 15.3% | 24.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 14.4% | 9.2% | 19.7% | 8 |
| 1990s | 23.1% | 15.3% | 30.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.0% | 22.8% | 32.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.6% | 26.1% | 41.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.4% | 19.8% | 33.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Late-demographic dividend
More private sector data for Late-demographic dividend
- Merchandise trade 43.3% (2025)
- Food imports 8.6% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 61.0% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 6.71 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 2.12 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.6% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 78.1% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 8.30 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.87 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,560 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Late-demographic dividend?
- Travel services in Late-demographic dividend was 32.7% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 41.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Late-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 1983.
- How does Late-demographic dividend rank for travel services?
- Late-demographic dividend ranks 3rd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Late-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Late-demographic dividend 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.