Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 25.3% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 2011–2025
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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan stood at 25.3%.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 27.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 17.6%, in 2020.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 14th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22.9% | — |
| 2012 | 23.1% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 24.2% | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 25.7% | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 27.0% | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 27.8% | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 27.4% | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 26.1% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 26.6% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 17.6% | -33.9% |
| 2021 | 20.8% | +18.2% |
| 2022 | 24.3% | +17.0% |
| 2023 | 27.4% | +12.7% |
| 2024 | 25.0% | -8.9% |
| 2025 | 25.3% | +1.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -33.9% | 26.6% | 17.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25.7% | 22.9% | 27.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 23.4% | 17.6% | 27.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
More private sector data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Merchandise trade 47.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 60.3% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 1.70 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 592.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 4.1% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 22.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 1.79 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,163 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3487 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 25.3% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 27.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.6% in 2020.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for travel services?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 14th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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.