Travel services in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Travel services was 20.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in North Macedonia, 1996–2025
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 North Macedonia stood at 20.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 46.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in North Macedonia peaked at 20.9% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 1996.
That places North Macedonia 97th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Travel services in North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 8.8% | — |
| 1997 | 9.4% | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 15.5% | +64.4% |
| 1999 | 14.0% | -9.7% |
| 2000 | 13.0% | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 15.1% | +16.0% |
| 2002 | 16.5% | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 13.0% | -21.3% |
| 2004 | 11.4% | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 11.8% | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 13.1% | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 14.0% | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 14.5% | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 12.8% | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 11.8% | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 12.3% | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 11.8% | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 13.0% | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 12.5% | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 14.2% | +14.2% |
| 2016 | 15.8% | +11.4% |
| 2017 | 17.6% | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 18.5% | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 19.9% | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 12.9% | -35.2% |
| 2021 | 15.6% | +21.3% |
| 2022 | 19.9% | +27.6% |
| 2023 | 20.7% | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 20.9% | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 20.8% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.9% | 8.8% | 15.5% | 4 |
| 2000s | 13.5% | 11.4% | 16.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.7% | 11.8% | 19.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.5% | 12.9% | 20.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
- 94 Uruguay 21.2% compare
- 95 South Sudan 21.2% compare
- 96 Oman 21.1% compare
- 98 Latvia 20.6% compare
- 99 Marshall Islands 20.3% compare
- 100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20.2% compare
More private sector data for North Macedonia
- Merchandise trade 115.8% (2025)
- Food imports 11.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 13.06 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 10.6% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 80.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 9.06 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,973 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4741 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 7.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in North Macedonia?
- Travel services in North Macedonia was 20.8% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 20.9% in 2024.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 1996.
- How does North Macedonia rank for travel services?
- North Macedonia ranks 97th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.