Travel services in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Travel services was 20.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in East Asia & Pacific, 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 recorded 20.8% for travel services in 2025.
That represents a change of down 6.6% on the previous year and down 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 40.3% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2021.
East Asia & Pacific ranks 31st of 45 groups on this measure, 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, year by year
| Year | % of service exports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 23.4% | — |
| 1983 | 25.6% | +9.6% |
| 1984 | 27.8% | +8.6% |
| 1985 | 30.6% | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 34.6% | +13.2% |
| 1987 | 36.7% | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 40.3% | +9.6% |
| 1989 | 39.9% | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 40.1% | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 38.8% | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 39.1% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 38.8% | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 37.5% | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 37.6% | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 27.2% | -27.8% |
| 1997 | 22.5% | -17.0% |
| 1998 | 21.9% | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 23.6% | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 23.1% | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 23.6% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 24.8% | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 27.2% | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 27.7% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 27.8% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 27.2% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 26.0% | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 25.1% | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 27.5% | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 28.3% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 29.1% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 30.1% | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 31.5% | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 29.6% | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 29.7% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 30.8% | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 30.5% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 30.6% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 29.9% | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 11.1% | -63.0% |
| 2021 | 6.8% | -38.8% |
| 2022 | 9.8% | +43.9% |
| 2023 | 20.1% | +106.2% |
| 2024 | 22.3% | +10.7% |
| 2025 | 20.8% | -6.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in East Asia & Pacific 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +106.2% | 9.8% | 20.1% |
| 2020 | -63.0% | 29.9% | 11.1% |
| 2022 | +43.9% | 6.8% | 9.8% |
| 2021 | -38.8% | 11.1% | 6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.4% | 23.4% | 40.3% | 8 |
| 1990s | 32.7% | 21.9% | 40.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.0% | 23.1% | 27.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.0% | 28.3% | 31.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.1% | 6.8% | 22.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
More economy & growth data for East Asia & Pacific
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.223 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.3301 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 4,646 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 5.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2845 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 4,005 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 4.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.0547 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 769.41 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP 33.66 trillion current US$ (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in East Asia & Pacific?
- Travel services in East Asia & Pacific was 20.8% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 40.3% in 1988.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2021.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for travel services?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 31st out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific 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.