Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Moldova
Moldova: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 40.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Moldova, 1994–2025
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 Moldova is 40.1%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 14.9% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Moldova peaked at 41.1% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 13.8%, in 1994.
That places Moldova 25th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 13.8% | — |
| 1995 | 29.2% | +111.1% |
| 1996 | 33.6% | +14.9% |
| 1997 | 34.9% | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 31.4% | -10.1% |
| 1999 | 33.8% | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 38.1% | +12.8% |
| 2001 | 38.3% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 39.2% | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 37.0% | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 33.8% | -8.7% |
| 2005 | 35.6% | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 41.1% | +15.4% |
| 2007 | 37.6% | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 36.3% | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 35.4% | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 35.2% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 34.5% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 35.1% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 35.3% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 35.3% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 34.8% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 31.8% | -8.7% |
| 2017 | 32.8% | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 32.2% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 32.4% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 31.0% | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 31.9% | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 32.3% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 34.9% | +7.9% |
| 2024 | 34.9% | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 40.1% | +14.9% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 40.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23.2%, 1.7× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 40.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 21.8%, 1.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Moldova 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +111.1% | 13.8% | 29.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.5% | 13.8% | 34.9% | 6 |
| 2000s | 37.2% | 33.8% | 41.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.9% | 31.8% | 35.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.2% | 31.0% | 40.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More private sector data for Moldova
- Merchandise trade 72.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 59.7% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 10.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 2.14 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 58.5% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 36.5% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 3.78 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 3.16 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,603 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Moldova?
- Travel services in Moldova was 40.1% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 41.1% in 2006.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.8% in 1994.
- How does Moldova rank for travel services?
- Moldova ranks 25th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Moldova 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.