Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Qatar
Qatar: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 42.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Qatar, 2011–2025
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 Qatar is 42.7%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Qatar peaked at 44.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.6%, in 2011.
That places Qatar 18th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Qatar, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11.6% | — |
| 2012 | 25.5% | +119.6% |
| 2013 | 26.6% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 28.9% | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 28.8% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 30.6% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 32.4% | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 30.2% | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 28.2% | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 20.5% | -27.3% |
| 2021 | 30.4% | +48.4% |
| 2022 | 32.7% | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 43.6% | +33.3% |
| 2024 | 44.1% | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 42.7% | -3.3% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 42.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 21.8%, 2.0× the median. (72 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 42.7% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 23.9%, 1.8× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Qatar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +119.6% | 11.6% | 25.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 27.0% | 11.6% | 32.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 35.7% | 20.5% | 44.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
- 15 East Timor 44.9% compare
- 16 Kuwait 44.5% compare
- 17 Syria 43.9%
- 19 Australia 41.8% compare
- 20 Uzbekistan 41.4% compare
- 21 Guinea-Bissau 41.2% compare
More private sector data for Qatar
- Merchandise trade 58.6% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 74.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 37.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 28.92 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 0.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 11.6% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 88.77 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 23.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 29,867 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Qatar?
- Travel services in Qatar was 42.7% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 44.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.6% in 2011.
- How does Qatar rank for travel services?
- Qatar ranks 18th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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.