Trade in services (% of GDP) in Turkey
Turkey: Trade in services (% of GDP) was 11.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Trade in services in Turkey, 1974–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, trade in services in Turkey stood at 11.4%.
That represents a change of down 10.6% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, trade in services in Turkey peaked at 14.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 1979.
Turkey ranks 156th of 200 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Trade in services (% of GDP) in Turkey, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 2.6% | — |
| 1975 | 2.3% | -11.6% |
| 1976 | 2.1% | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 2.1% | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 1.2% | -43.3% |
| 1979 | 1.2% | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 1.9% | +60.1% |
| 1981 | 2.4% | +30.8% |
| 1982 | 4.6% | +88.3% |
| 1983 | 5.0% | +9.7% |
| 1984 | 5.9% | +16.8% |
| 1985 | 6.2% | +6.4% |
| 1986 | 5.8% | -6.3% |
| 1987 | 6.3% | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 8.3% | +32.0% |
| 1989 | 8.3% | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 7.4% | -11.2% |
| 1991 | 7.7% | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 8.2% | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 8.1% | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 11.2% | +37.9% |
| 1995 | 8.4% | -25.1% |
| 1996 | 7.8% | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 10.6% | +35.9% |
| 1998 | 12.0% | +13.7% |
| 1999 | 9.9% | -17.9% |
| 2000 | 10.0% | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 10.5% | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 8.4% | -20.2% |
| 2003 | 8.1% | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 8.2% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 7.8% | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 6.8% | -12.6% |
| 2007 | 6.7% | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 7.1% | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 8.1% | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 7.2% | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 7.4% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 8.0% | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 9.6% | +19.9% |
| 2014 | 10.3% | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 10.2% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 8.9% | -12.7% |
| 2017 | 10.0% | +12.8% |
| 2018 | 12.0% | +19.6% |
| 2019 | 13.0% | +8.1% |
| 2020 | 8.6% | -33.5% |
| 2021 | 11.1% | +28.3% |
| 2022 | 14.5% | +30.9% |
| 2023 | 13.6% | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 12.7% | -6.5% |
| 2025 | 11.4% | -10.6% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 11.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26.5%, 43% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 11.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 31.1%, 37% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Trade in services (% of GDP) in Turkey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +88.3% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.9% | 1.2% | 2.6% | 6 |
| 1980s | 5.5% | 1.9% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.1% | 7.4% | 12.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.2% | 6.7% | 10.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.6% | 7.2% | 13.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.0% | 8.6% | 14.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More economy & growth data for Turkey
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0047 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 87.93 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.0288 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0035 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 64.2 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0039 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 72.49 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is trade in services in Turkey?
- Trade in services in Turkey was 11.4% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest trade in services recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest trade in services recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 1979.
- How does Turkey rank for trade in services?
- Turkey ranks 156th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is trade in services rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Trade in services (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total trade in services includes services provided by residents to non-residents plus services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.