Travel services in OECD members
OECD members: Travel services was 20.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in OECD members, 1975–2025
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 OECD members is 20.5%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 5.1% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in OECD members peaked at 35.8% in 1989 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 2020.
That places OECD members 28th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Travel services in OECD members, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 32.3% | — |
| 1976 | 28.1% | -12.9% |
| 1977 | 29.4% | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 29.7% | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 31.3% | +5.2% |
| 1980 | 30.9% | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 30.1% | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 28.7% | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 29.0% | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 32.4% | +11.6% |
| 1985 | 32.7% | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 33.6% | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 34.7% | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 35.7% | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 35.8% | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 35.4% | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 33.0% | -7.0% |
| 1992 | 33.8% | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 32.4% | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 32.1% | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 31.2% | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 31.8% | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 31.3% | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 30.2% | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 30.8% | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 30.0% | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 29.2% | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 28.6% | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 28.4% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 27.7% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 27.3% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 25.9% | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 25.0% | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 24.0% | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 24.4% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 23.5% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 23.0% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 22.6% | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 22.5% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 22.2% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 21.8% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 22.1% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 22.2% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 22.1% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 21.7% | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 9.7% | -55.4% |
| 2021 | 10.2% | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 15.9% | +56.0% |
| 2023 | 19.2% | +20.8% |
| 2024 | 19.5% | +1.8% |
| 2025 | 20.5% | +5.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 30.2% | 28.1% | 32.3% | 5 |
| 1980s | 32.3% | 28.7% | 35.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 32.2% | 30.2% | 35.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.4% | 21.7% | 23.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.8% | 9.7% | 20.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near OECD members
- 25 Philippines 39.9% compare
- 26 Comoros 39.9% compare
- 27 French Polynesia 39.7% compare
- 28 Macau, China 39.1% compare
- 29 Tuvalu 39.0% compare
- 30 Aruba 38.7% compare
- 31 Iraq 38.6% compare
More private sector data for OECD members
- Merchandise trade 41.9% (2025)
- Food imports 9.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 70.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 15.86 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 69.2% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 14.51 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 10,347 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in OECD members?
- Travel services in OECD members was 20.5% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 35.8% in 1989.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 2020.
- How does OECD members rank for travel services?
- OECD members ranks 28th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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.