Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 20.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Lower middle income, 1976–2025
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 Lower middle income stood at 20.2%.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Lower middle income peaked at 21.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 1976.
That places Lower middle income 29th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8.9% | — |
| 1977 | 10.1% | +13.5% |
| 1978 | 11.3% | +12.8% |
| 1979 | 10.9% | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 10.1% | -7.6% |
| 1981 | 10.4% | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 11.5% | +11.0% |
| 1983 | 11.3% | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 12.2% | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 11.8% | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 11.1% | -6.4% |
| 1987 | 11.2% | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 11.5% | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 13.1% | +14.2% |
| 1990 | 13.2% | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 14.6% | +10.8% |
| 1992 | 14.5% | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 14.4% | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 15.9% | +10.8% |
| 1995 | 16.1% | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 16.4% | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 16.1% | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 17.0% | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 15.6% | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 17.2% | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 16.7% | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 17.9% | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 19.1% | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 17.0% | -10.8% |
| 2005 | 15.8% | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 16.4% | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 16.5% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 18.9% | +14.6% |
| 2009 | 18.9% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 16.6% | -12.3% |
| 2011 | 18.7% | +12.8% |
| 2012 | 17.8% | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 17.6% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 18.5% | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 19.5% | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 18.7% | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 19.3% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 19.5% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 20.6% | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 13.7% | -33.6% |
| 2021 | 13.2% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 17.8% | +34.6% |
| 2023 | 21.1% | +18.4% |
| 2024 | 19.3% | -8.5% |
| 2025 | 20.2% | +4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.3% | 8.9% | 11.3% | 4 |
| 1980s | 11.4% | 10.1% | 13.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.4% | 13.2% | 17.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.5% | 15.8% | 19.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.7% | 16.6% | 20.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.5% | 13.2% | 21.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
- 26 Philippines 40.0% compare
- 27 Macao 39.9% compare
- 28 Comoros 39.9% compare
- 29 French Polynesia 39.7% compare
- 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.5% compare
- 31 Tuvalu 39.0% compare
- 32 Aruba 38.7% compare
More private sector data for Lower middle income
- Merchandise trade 35.7% (2025)
- Food imports 9.0% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 52.9% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 1.56 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 415.04 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 13.8% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 52.1% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 1.06 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 598.75 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 358.3 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Lower middle income?
- Travel services in Lower middle income was 20.2% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 21.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 1976.
- How does Lower middle income rank for travel services?
- Lower middle income ranks 29th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower 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.