Travel services in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Travel services was 14.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Lower middle income, 1976–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service exports, BoP.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 14.8% for travel services in 2025.
The figure is down 13.5% on the previous year and down 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Lower middle income peaked at 37.7% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 10.1%, in 2021.
That places Lower middle income 43rd out of 45 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 50 years of available data.
Travel services in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of service exports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 34.7% | — |
| 1977 | 37.0% | +6.6% |
| 1978 | 35.0% | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 32.5% | -7.1% |
| 1980 | 35.6% | +9.6% |
| 1981 | 32.1% | -9.8% |
| 1982 | 30.9% | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 29.3% | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 26.8% | -8.5% |
| 1985 | 29.1% | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 32.2% | +10.4% |
| 1987 | 35.6% | +10.7% |
| 1988 | 36.1% | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 33.7% | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 31.0% | -7.9% |
| 1991 | 30.5% | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 35.2% | +15.7% |
| 1993 | 32.6% | -7.6% |
| 1994 | 33.3% | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 36.3% | +8.8% |
| 1996 | 37.7% | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 35.8% | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 33.8% | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 33.6% | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 32.0% | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 32.0% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 33.9% | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 34.4% | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 31.2% | -9.2% |
| 2005 | 29.5% | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 26.9% | -8.8% |
| 2007 | 27.0% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 24.7% | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 27.1% | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 26.0% | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 23.9% | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 23.6% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 22.8% | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 23.4% | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 22.9% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 22.5% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 24.5% | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 24.2% | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 25.0% | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 11.1% | -55.5% |
| 2021 | 10.1% | -9.3% |
| 2022 | 15.2% | +50.6% |
| 2023 | 18.0% | +18.6% |
| 2024 | 17.1% | -5.0% |
| 2025 | 14.8% | -13.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Lower middle income 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -55.5% | 25.0% | 11.1% |
| 2022 | +50.6% | 10.1% | 15.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34.8% | 32.5% | 37.0% | 4 |
| 1980s | 32.1% | 26.8% | 36.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 34.0% | 30.5% | 37.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 29.9% | 24.7% | 34.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.9% | 22.5% | 26.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.4% | 10.1% | 18.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More economy & growth data for Lower middle income
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.7321 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 5.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1054 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 261.65 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 6.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 6.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 1,785 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.7194 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 298.08 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,817 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Lower middle income?
- Travel services in Lower middle income was 14.8% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 37.7% in 1996.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.1% in 2021.
- How does Lower middle income rank for travel services?
- Lower middle income ranks 43rd out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower 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 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.