Travel services in Upper middle income
Upper middle income: Travel services was 32.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Upper middle income, 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in Upper middle income stood at 32.7%.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and down 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Upper middle income peaked at 39.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 13.4%, in 1983.
That places Upper middle income 4th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Travel services in Upper middle income, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 13.9% | — |
| 1983 | 13.4% | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 15.5% | +15.5% |
| 1985 | 19.8% | +28.1% |
| 1986 | 21.2% | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 22.2% | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 24.1% | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 21.1% | -12.5% |
| 1990 | 20.8% | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 21.6% | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 28.5% | +32.3% |
| 1993 | 26.6% | -6.8% |
| 1994 | 23.4% | -12.0% |
| 1995 | 20.2% | -13.8% |
| 1996 | 23.3% | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 27.2% | +16.8% |
| 1998 | 29.3% | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 29.6% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 30.7% | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 31.5% | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 29.9% | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 26.6% | -11.0% |
| 2004 | 26.2% | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 25.2% | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 24.0% | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 23.3% | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 22.6% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 25.7% | +13.5% |
| 2010 | 26.2% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 26.0% | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 29.1% | +11.9% |
| 2013 | 30.6% | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 36.9% | +20.5% |
| 2015 | 39.8% | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 39.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 39.2% | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 38.1% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 37.7% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 22.3% | -40.7% |
| 2021 | 18.3% | -18.0% |
| 2022 | 21.8% | +19.0% |
| 2023 | 28.4% | +30.2% |
| 2024 | 31.1% | +9.4% |
| 2025 | 32.7% | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18.9% | 13.4% | 24.1% | 8 |
| 1990s | 25.1% | 20.2% | 29.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.6% | 22.6% | 31.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.4% | 26.0% | 39.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.8% | 18.3% | 32.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Upper middle income
More private sector data for Upper middle income
- Merchandise trade 42.8% (2025)
- Food imports 8.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 59.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 6.62 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 9.5% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 75.8% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 7.67 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,493 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2289 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 6.45 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Upper middle income?
- Travel services in Upper middle income was 32.7% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Upper middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 39.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Upper middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.4% in 1983.
- How does Upper middle income rank for travel services?
- Upper middle income ranks 4th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Upper middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Upper middle income 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.