Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 28.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Low & middle income, 1982–2025
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 Low & middle income is 28.8%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Low & middle income peaked at 35.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 13.0%, in 1983.
That places Low & middle income 9th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 13.5% | — |
| 1983 | 13.0% | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 14.8% | +14.0% |
| 1985 | 18.2% | +22.7% |
| 1986 | 19.2% | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 20.0% | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 21.7% | +8.2% |
| 1989 | 19.6% | -9.7% |
| 1990 | 19.3% | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 20.1% | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 25.7% | +27.6% |
| 1993 | 24.1% | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 21.9% | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 19.4% | -11.4% |
| 1996 | 21.9% | +13.0% |
| 1997 | 25.0% | +14.0% |
| 1998 | 26.8% | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 26.8% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 28.0% | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 28.5% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 27.4% | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 25.0% | -8.8% |
| 2004 | 24.4% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 23.3% | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 22.5% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 21.9% | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 21.8% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 24.2% | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 24.1% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 24.4% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 26.6% | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 27.7% | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 32.9% | +18.5% |
| 2015 | 35.3% | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 35.2% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 34.9% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 34.1% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 33.9% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 20.4% | -39.9% |
| 2021 | 17.2% | -15.7% |
| 2022 | 20.8% | +21.1% |
| 2023 | 26.7% | +28.0% |
| 2024 | 28.5% | +6.8% |
| 2025 | 28.8% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17.5% | 13.0% | 21.7% | 8 |
| 1990s | 23.1% | 19.3% | 26.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.7% | 21.8% | 28.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.9% | 24.1% | 35.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.7% | 17.2% | 28.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More private sector data for Low & middle income
- Merchandise trade 41.5% (2025)
- Food imports 8.4% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 59.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 8.33 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 1.91 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.5% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 74.2% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 8.84 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.80 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,301 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Low & middle income?
- Travel services in Low & middle income was 28.8% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 35.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.0% in 1983.
- How does Low & middle income rank for travel services?
- Low & middle income ranks 9th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.