Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Small states
Small states: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) was 19.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Small states, 1992–2025
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 Small states is 19.5%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 7.8% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Small states peaked at 29.5% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 9.6%, in 2021.
That places Small states 32nd 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 31 years of available data.
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Small states, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 24.4% | — |
| 1993 | 24.3% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 24.1% | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 25.3% | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 26.9% | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 25.0% | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 24.3% | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 27.2% | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 27.3% | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 27.9% | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 29.5% | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 23.7% | -19.6% |
| 2007 | 23.3% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 22.1% | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 23.1% | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 20.0% | -13.7% |
| 2011 | 17.4% | -12.6% |
| 2012 | 17.1% | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 16.7% | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 17.6% | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 19.3% | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 20.2% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 21.7% | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 21.5% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 22.0% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 10.5% | -52.4% |
| 2021 | 9.6% | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 13.5% | +40.8% |
| 2023 | 17.2% | +27.1% |
| 2024 | 18.0% | +5.1% |
| 2025 | 19.5% | +7.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services (% of commercial service imports) in Small states 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 | -52.4% | 22.0% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | +40.8% | 9.6% | 13.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.2% | 24.1% | 27.2% | 8 |
| 2000s | 25.3% | 22.1% | 29.5% | 7 |
| 2010s | 19.3% | 16.7% | 22.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.7% | 9.6% | 19.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Small states
- 29 French Polynesia 39.7% compare
- 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.5% compare
- 31 Tuvalu 39.0% compare
- 32 Aruba 38.7% compare
- 33 Andorra 38.7% compare
- 34 Palestine 38.3% compare
- 35 Central African Republic 38.0%
More private sector data for Small states
- Merchandise trade 70.4% (2025)
- Food imports 16.1% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 61.4% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 141.38 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 87.95 billion current US$ (2024)
- Food exports 17.2% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 43.9% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 100.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 121.16 billion current US$ (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,958 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Small states?
- Travel services in Small states was 19.5% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 29.5% in 2002.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.6% in 2021.
- How does Small states rank for travel services?
- Small states ranks 32nd out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Small states 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.