Travel services in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Travel services was 4.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Luxembourg, 1999–2025
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 Luxembourg is 4.2%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 12.5% on the previous year and up 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Luxembourg peaked at 11.5% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2020.
That places Luxembourg 182nd out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Travel services in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 11.2% | — |
| 2000 | 9.7% | -13.4% |
| 2001 | 10.7% | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 11.5% | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 11.3% | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 9.7% | -14.5% |
| 2005 | 8.3% | -14.3% |
| 2006 | 6.6% | -20.6% |
| 2007 | 6.1% | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 6.5% | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 7.1% | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 5.7% | -20.3% |
| 2011 | 5.3% | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 4.3% | -18.4% |
| 2013 | 4.0% | -7.6% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 3.3% | -14.8% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 3.7% | +15.7% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 3.9% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 2.1% | -44.8% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 3.9% | +66.8% |
| 2023 | 3.9% | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 4.8% | +21.8% |
| 2025 | 4.2% | -12.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.2% | 11.2% | 11.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 8.8% | 6.1% | 11.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.1% | 3.2% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 2.1% | 4.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Luxembourg
- 179 Namibia 4.7% compare
- 180 Sierra Leone 4.6% compare
- 181 Ethiopia 4.5% compare
- 183 Mauritania 3.9% compare
- 184 Malta 3.9% compare
- 185 Tajikistan 3.6% compare
More private sector data for Luxembourg
- Merchandise trade 46.0% (2025)
- Food imports 14.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 28.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 11.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 80.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 18.39 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 26,770 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1818 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.54 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Luxembourg?
- Travel services in Luxembourg was 4.2% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 11.5% in 2002.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2020.
- How does Luxembourg rank for travel services?
- Luxembourg ranks 182nd out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.