Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Peru
Peru: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 25.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Peru, 1977–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
Peru recorded 25.0% for travel services in 2025.
The figure is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Peru peaked at 27.4% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 7.4%, in 1977.
That places Peru 64th 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 49 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Peru, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 7.4% | — |
| 1978 | 7.8% | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 8.7% | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 13.0% | +49.2% |
| 1981 | 17.2% | +32.7% |
| 1982 | 19.9% | +15.7% |
| 1983 | 21.4% | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 22.4% | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 17.9% | -20.4% |
| 1986 | 18.4% | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 19.0% | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 20.6% | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 23.9% | +15.9% |
| 1990 | 27.4% | +14.9% |
| 1991 | 22.6% | -17.6% |
| 1992 | 19.0% | -15.7% |
| 1993 | 20.5% | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 18.2% | -11.4% |
| 1995 | 16.6% | -8.9% |
| 1996 | 17.5% | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 19.3% | +10.4% |
| 1998 | 19.5% | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 20.9% | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 19.5% | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 23.9% | +22.9% |
| 2002 | 25.9% | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 25.7% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 24.6% | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 24.9% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 24.4% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 22.9% | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 20.1% | -12.3% |
| 2009 | 23.3% | +15.8% |
| 2010 | 21.6% | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 21.3% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 19.2% | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 20.3% | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 19.9% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 22.7% | +14.0% |
| 2016 | 24.5% | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 25.0% | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 26.8% | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 26.1% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 9.6% | -63.3% |
| 2021 | 10.8% | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 17.0% | +57.7% |
| 2023 | 24.5% | +43.6% |
| 2024 | 23.8% | -2.6% |
| 2025 | 25.0% | +5.1% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 25.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23.2%, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Peru's 25.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 18.1%, 1.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Peru 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 | -63.3% | 26.1% | 9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.0% | 7.4% | 8.7% | 3 |
| 1980s | 19.4% | 13.0% | 23.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.2% | 16.6% | 27.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.5% | 19.5% | 25.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.7% | 19.2% | 26.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.5% | 9.6% | 25.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More private sector data for Peru
- Merchandise trade 42.8% (2025)
- Food imports 11.9% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 68.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 60.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 15.66 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 7.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 82.69 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 7.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,392 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Peru?
- Travel services in Peru was 25.0% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 27.4% in 1990.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.4% in 1977.
- How does Peru rank for travel services?
- Peru ranks 64th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.