Travel services in Middle income
Middle income: Travel services was 23.8% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Middle income, 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service exports, BoP.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in Middle income stood at 23.8%.
The figure is down 12.7% on the previous year and down 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Middle income peaked at 41.9% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 2021.
That places Middle income 23rd 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 Middle income, year by year
| Year | % of service exports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 36.0% | — |
| 1983 | 35.9% | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 35.9% | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 35.6% | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 37.9% | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 40.4% | +6.4% |
| 1988 | 41.3% | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 41.3% | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 40.6% | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 39.3% | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 41.2% | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 40.6% | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 40.3% | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 40.2% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 40.9% | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 33.4% | -18.5% |
| 1998 | 33.6% | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 35.5% | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 35.3% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 35.8% | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 35.4% | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 41.9% | +18.1% |
| 2004 | 40.9% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 40.2% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 39.3% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 36.7% | -6.6% |
| 2008 | 34.2% | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 35.9% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 34.1% | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 33.0% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 33.9% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 34.2% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 33.2% | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 33.7% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 33.8% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 34.3% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 33.9% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 34.5% | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 14.5% | -57.9% |
| 2021 | 14.3% | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 21.3% | +49.1% |
| 2023 | 26.2% | +22.9% |
| 2024 | 27.3% | +4.4% |
| 2025 | 23.8% | -12.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in 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 | -57.9% | 34.5% | 14.5% |
| 2022 | +49.1% | 14.3% | 21.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 38.0% | 35.6% | 41.3% | 8 |
| 1990s | 38.6% | 33.4% | 41.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.6% | 34.2% | 41.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 33.9% | 33.0% | 34.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 21.2% | 14.3% | 27.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
- 20 Saint Kitts and Nevis 78.2% compare
- 21 Jordan 76.5% compare
- 22 Guyana 75.4% compare
- 23 Kosovo 75.1% compare
- 23 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 75.1% compare
- 25 Lao People's Democratic Republic 74.9% compare
- 26 Timor-Leste 74.6% compare
More economy & growth data for Middle income
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 267.98 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.081 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 2,171 current US$ per person (2024)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.3019 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 2,046 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 5.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.242 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 1,641 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Middle income?
- Travel services in Middle income was 23.8% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 41.9% in 2003.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 2021.
- How does Middle income rank for travel services?
- Middle income ranks 23rd out of 45 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.