Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries): Travel services was 23.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service exports, BoP.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) recorded 23.4% for travel services in 2025.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 46.9% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4.6%, in 2021.
That places East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 25th out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of service exports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 37.1% | — |
| 1983 | 38.5% | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 39.6% | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 37.8% | -4.4% |
| 1986 | 38.9% | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 43.1% | +11.0% |
| 1988 | 46.5% | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 46.0% | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 46.9% | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 46.3% | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 46.1% | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 46.2% | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 45.3% | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 44.7% | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 43.4% | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 29.3% | -32.6% |
| 1998 | 27.3% | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 31.0% | +13.8% |
| 2000 | 30.6% | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 30.4% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 29.7% | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 37.7% | +27.2% |
| 2004 | 38.0% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 39.4% | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 41.4% | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 36.1% | -12.8% |
| 2008 | 33.6% | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 35.4% | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 33.8% | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 33.6% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 34.7% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 36.2% | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 33.2% | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 34.2% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 35.2% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 34.9% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 34.4% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 34.3% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 10.4% | -69.8% |
| 2021 | 4.6% | -55.7% |
| 2022 | 10.7% | +134.2% |
| 2023 | 20.3% | +88.7% |
| 2024 | 23.8% | +17.5% |
| 2025 | 23.4% | -1.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +134.2% | 4.6% | 10.7% |
| 2023 | +88.7% | 10.7% | 20.3% |
| 2020 | -69.8% | 34.3% | 10.4% |
| 2021 | -55.7% | 10.4% | 4.6% |
| 1997 | -32.6% | 43.4% | 29.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 40.9% | 37.1% | 46.5% | 8 |
| 1990s | 40.6% | 27.3% | 46.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 35.2% | 29.7% | 41.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.5% | 33.2% | 36.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.5% | 4.6% | 23.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
More economy & growth data for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 5,894 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5649 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 6,195 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5375 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (current US$), per capita 10,966 current US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9789 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 3,980 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) was 23.4% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 46.9% in 1990.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6% in 2021.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for travel services?
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 25th out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 service exports, BoP). 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 exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.