Travel services in Singapore
Singapore: Travel services was 8.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Singapore, 1972–2025
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 Singapore is 8.8%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Singapore peaked at 28.0% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1.8%, in 2021.
Singapore ranks 160th of 198 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Travel services in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 24.9% | — |
| 1973 | 22.8% | -8.4% |
| 1974 | 17.7% | -22.3% |
| 1975 | 17.6% | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 16.7% | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 15.6% | -6.9% |
| 1978 | 15.3% | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 13.3% | -12.6% |
| 1980 | 11.5% | -13.6% |
| 1981 | 11.6% | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 13.4% | +15.6% |
| 1983 | 15.0% | +11.8% |
| 1984 | 15.1% | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 17.5% | +15.7% |
| 1986 | 17.1% | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 17.4% | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 16.2% | -6.8% |
| 1989 | 19.6% | +20.9% |
| 1990 | 21.0% | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 20.4% | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 26.7% | +30.9% |
| 1993 | 28.0% | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 28.0% | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 21.5% | -23.3% |
| 1996 | 22.1% | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 19.1% | -13.4% |
| 1998 | 15.9% | -17.0% |
| 1999 | 16.5% | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 16.6% | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 21.0% | +26.8% |
| 2002 | 24.7% | +17.5% |
| 2003 | 21.1% | -14.5% |
| 2004 | 18.7% | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 18.4% | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 17.4% | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 18.0% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 18.1% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 18.9% | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 18.6% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 18.2% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 17.4% | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 16.3% | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 15.3% | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 14.6% | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 15.1% | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 13.6% | -9.7% |
| 2018 | 13.0% | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 13.3% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 3.4% | -74.8% |
| 2021 | 1.8% | -45.9% |
| 2022 | 5.2% | +184.5% |
| 2023 | 8.0% | +53.9% |
| 2024 | 8.4% | +6.1% |
| 2025 | 8.8% | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18.0% | 13.3% | 24.9% | 8 |
| 1980s | 15.4% | 11.5% | 19.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.9% | 15.9% | 28.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.3% | 16.6% | 24.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.6% | 13.0% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 1.8% | 8.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
More private sector data for Singapore
- Merchandise trade 177.6% (2025)
- Food imports 3.7% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 70.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 505.84 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 2.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 74.5% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 566.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 92,760 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.9387 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.11 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Singapore?
- Travel services in Singapore was 8.8% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 28.0% in 1993.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.8% in 2021.
- How does Singapore rank for travel services?
- Singapore ranks 160th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Singapore 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.