Travel services in Thailand
Thailand: Travel services was 19.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Thailand, 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 Thailand is 19.2%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 11.1% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Thailand peaked at 26.7% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 6.0%, in 2021.
Thailand ranks 106th of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Travel services in Thailand, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 21.9% | — |
| 1976 | 26.2% | +19.9% |
| 1977 | 19.0% | -27.7% |
| 1978 | 18.0% | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 17.2% | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 15.2% | -11.9% |
| 1981 | 15.8% | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 16.8% | +6.4% |
| 1983 | 18.6% | +10.5% |
| 1984 | 16.7% | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 16.1% | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 16.6% | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 16.7% | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 17.4% | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 17.0% | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 23.3% | +36.5% |
| 1991 | 24.2% | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 24.0% | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 24.7% | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 26.7% | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 22.9% | -14.1% |
| 1996 | 22.2% | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 19.9% | -10.2% |
| 1998 | 16.5% | -17.2% |
| 1999 | 18.4% | +11.4% |
| 2000 | 18.1% | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 20.2% | +11.7% |
| 2002 | 19.9% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 16.2% | -18.6% |
| 2004 | 19.7% | +21.4% |
| 2005 | 14.3% | -27.6% |
| 2006 | 14.2% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 13.6% | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 10.9% | -19.5% |
| 2009 | 12.9% | +18.3% |
| 2010 | 13.7% | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 12.4% | -9.1% |
| 2012 | 13.7% | +10.4% |
| 2013 | 13.8% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 15.7% | +14.4% |
| 2015 | 18.3% | +16.2% |
| 2016 | 21.0% | +14.9% |
| 2017 | 22.6% | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 22.1% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 21.8% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 9.7% | -55.5% |
| 2021 | 6.0% | -38.3% |
| 2022 | 11.1% | +85.9% |
| 2023 | 18.7% | +67.6% |
| 2024 | 21.6% | +15.8% |
| 2025 | 19.2% | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 20.4% | 17.2% | 26.2% | 5 |
| 1980s | 16.7% | 15.2% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 22.3% | 16.5% | 26.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.0% | 10.9% | 20.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.5% | 12.4% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.4% | 6.0% | 21.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 103 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 20.0% compare
- 104 Korea 19.5% compare
- 105 Tanzania, United Republic of 19.4% compare
- 107 Austria 18.8% compare
- 108 Mexico 18.3% compare
- 109 Solomon Islands 18.2% compare
More private sector data for Thailand
- Merchandise trade 118.6% (2025)
- Food imports 6.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 65.8% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 344.94 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 14.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 72.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 339.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 4,742 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5886 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 12.93 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Thailand?
- Travel services in Thailand was 19.2% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 26.7% in 1994.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.0% in 2021.
- How does Thailand rank for travel services?
- Thailand ranks 106th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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.