Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) by country

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 imports which are services...

Countries reporting
198
Highest
76.5%
Lesotho
Lowest
0.0%
Guinea
Median
19.9%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,575

What the numbers show

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 76.5% in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.0% in Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.9%, and the mean is 21.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,928.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 113,875.0%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 99.6%).

Travel services: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 76.5% 2025 up 52.7% rising
2 Albania 75.9% 2025 up 2.3% volatile
3 Nepal 65.2% 2024 up 54.9% rising
4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 64.2% 2024 down 29.7% volatile
5 Ukraine 56.5% 2024 up 38.1% rising
6 Lebanon 55.7% 2023 up 63.8% flat
7 Kosovo 55.4% 2025 up 41.8% rising
7 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 55.4% 2025 up 41.8% rising
9 Curaçao 52.3% 2023 up 59.3% rising
10 Russian Federation 52.0% 2025 up 32.1% falling
11 Vanuatu 50.5% 2022 up 98.7% volatile
12 Armenia 49.9% 2025 down 19.4% volatile
13 Bhutan 45.5% 2024 up 103.7% falling
14 Kuwait 43.0% 2025 down 17.3% rising
15 Timor-Leste 42.8% 2025 up 243.1% volatile
16 Syrian Arab Republic 42.7% 2010 up 6.5% rising
17 Australia 41.3% 2025 down 8.7% rising
18 Uzbekistan 41.3% 2025 down 20.0% rising
19 Argentina 41.2% 2025 up 12.4% flat
20 Guinea-Bissau 41.2% 2024 down 9.8% volatile
21 Eritrea 41.0% 2000 up 491.1% volatile
22 China 40.8% 2025 down 28.9% rising
23 Comoros 39.6% 2023 up 108.8% rising
24 French Polynesia 39.6% 2016 up 76.2% falling
25 Philippines 39.4% 2025 down 17.9% volatile
26 Qatar 39.4% 2025 up 48.3% rising
27 Republic of Moldova 39.4% 2025 up 17.8% rising
28 Iraq 38.1% 2024 up 17.1% volatile
29 Central African Republic 38.0% 1994 up 41.6% rising
30 Andorra 37.8% 2024 up 17.4% rising
31 Macau, China 37.8% 2024 up 13.7% rising
32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.6% 2025 up 4.8% rising
33 Aruba 37.5% 2023 up 4.5% rising
34 Rwanda 36.7% 2024 up 189.9% rising
35 Brunei Darussalam 36.4% 2025 up 31.2% falling
36 Serbia 36.2% 2025 up 29.1% rising
37 Iceland 36.1% 2025 up 4.5% rising
38 El Salvador 34.9% 2025 up 80.2% falling
39 Tonga 34.8% 2024 up 10.2% rising
40 Palestine, State of 34.2% 2025 down 15.5% flat
41 Naoero 33.7% 2024 up 31.8% falling
42 Mongolia 32.3% 2024 up 29.6% volatile
43 Tuvalu 32.3% 2023 up 92.8% falling
44 Colombia 32.1% 2025 up 3.7% rising
45 Hong Kong, China 31.7% 2024 up 6.5% falling
46 Spain 31.2% 2025 up 10.7% rising
47 Croatia 31.0% 2024 up 41.1% falling
48 Nigeria 30.5% 2025 up 6.8% rising
49 Romania 30.2% 2025 up 55.1% rising
50 Jordan 29.8% 2024 up 20.8% falling
51 Fiji 29.0% 2024 up 97.6% rising
52 Cape Verde 28.2% 2025 down 22.7% rising
53 Sao Tome and Principe 28.0% 2024 up 41.7% volatile
54 Slovenia 27.8% 2025 up 7.8% falling
55 Kazakhstan 27.5% 2025 up 4.9% falling
56 Maldives 26.9% 2024 up 2.7% rising
57 Norway 26.8% 2025 down 18.0% rising
58 Libya 26.7% 2023 down 6.9% rising
59 Portugal 26.6% 2024 up 3.0% rising
60 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 25.5% 2025 up 1.6% rising
61 Canada 25.3% 2025 down 21.8% falling
62 Belize 25.1% 2025 up 17.3% rising
63 Bermuda 25.0% 2023 up 1.0% falling
64 San Marino 25.0% 2023 down 4.3% falling
65 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 24.9% 2025 down 23.3% rising
66 Pakistan 24.8% 2025 up 31.7% rising
67 Peru 24.7% 2025 up 11.1% rising
68 Bulgaria 24.7% 2025 up 3.1% rising
69 Costa Rica 24.6% 2025 up 10.1% falling
70 Faroe Islands 24.4% 2011 down 26.1% falling
71 Guatemala 24.0% 2024 down 4.2% falling
72 Trinidad and Tobago 23.5% 2025 up 231.0% volatile
73 Mauritius 23.5% 2024 up 3.8% rising
74 Czechia 23.4% 2025 down 3.2% falling
75 Paraguay 23.0% 2025 down 45.4% rising
76 Ecuador 22.9% 2025 up 14.9% falling
77 Saudi Arabia 22.9% 2025 up 10.1% rising
78 Malaysia 22.8% 2024 down 17.1% falling
79 Indonesia 22.4% 2025 down 5.0% rising
80 Tunisia 22.1% 2024 up 10.3% rising
81 New Zealand 22.0% 2025 down 28.9% falling
82 Germany 21.9% 2025 down 14.1% falling
83 Italy 21.8% 2025 down 8.4% rising
84 Sri Lanka 21.7% 2024 down 35.9% volatile
85 Palau 21.4% 2023 down 9.5% rising
86 Panama 21.4% 2025 down 2.0% rising
87 Morocco 21.4% 2025 up 20.8% rising
88 Israel 21.3% 2025 down 14.5% falling
89 United States of America 21.2% 2025 up 3.0% falling
90 Uruguay 21.1% 2025 down 22.0% falling
91 Brazil 20.9% 2025 down 4.3% rising
92 Oman 20.9% 2024 up 26.5% rising
93 Zimbabwe 20.6% 2024 up 17.5% falling
94 Latvia 20.5% 2025 down 12.9% falling
95 Dominican Republic 20.5% 2025 up 40.6% falling
96 Marshall Islands 20.3% 2024 down 0.7% falling
97 Slovakia 20.1% 2025 down 24.7% rising
98 North Macedonia 20.1% 2025 up 43.6% rising
99 Cambodia 20.0% 2025 down 12.3% volatile
100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19.9% 2025 up 3.9% falling
101 Republic of Korea 19.3% 2025 down 14.2% rising
102 Thailand 19.1% 2025 up 5.4% falling
103 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 19.1% 2016 down 6.8% falling
104 Austria 18.7% 2025 down 3.8% falling
105 Tanzania, United Republic of 18.7% 2024 down 55.1% volatile
106 Mexico 18.1% 2025 down 21.1% falling
107 Cayman Islands 17.9% 2024 up 1.7% flat
108 Honduras 17.8% 2025 down 17.1% rising
109 Saint Kitts and Nevis 17.8% 2025 up 1.1% falling
110 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 17.6% 2023 down 48.2% falling
111 France 17.6% 2025 down 0.2% falling
112 India 17.5% 2025 down 2.4% rising
113 Kiribati 17.4% 2025 up 15.7% rising
114 Kyrgyzstan 17.0% 2024 down 45.6% volatile
115 Belgium 17.0% 2025 up 29.5% falling
116 Angola 16.2% 2025 up 1,813.6% volatile
117 Solomon Islands 16.1% 2024 down 44.2% volatile
118 Nicaragua 15.9% 2024 down 4.6% volatile
119 Poland 15.7% 2025 down 34.7% volatile
120 Antigua and Barbuda 15.7% 2025 down 4.2% falling
121 Kenya 15.4% 2024 up 150.8% volatile
122 Micronesia, Federated States of 15.4% 2014 up 26.7% rising
123 Azerbaijan 15.1% 2025 down 49.8% volatile
124 Saint Lucia 14.9% 2025 up 9.4% falling
125 Egypt 14.5% 2025 down 26.3% rising
126 Chile 14.4% 2025 up 2.2% falling
127 Hungary 14.2% 2025 up 32.6% volatile
128 Estonia 13.9% 2025 down 45.6% rising
129 Madagascar 13.9% 2024 up 13.2% falling
130 New Caledonia 13.8% 2016 up 20.3% falling
131 Bangladesh 13.8% 2025 up 149.1% rising
132 Malawi 13.6% 2024 down 50.7% volatile
133 Samoa 13.2% 2025 up 472.7% falling
134 Türkiye 13.2% 2024 down 30.7% falling
135 Chad 13.0% 1994 down 39.3% falling
136 South Africa 13.0% 2025 down 31.8% falling
137 South Sudan 12.6% 2023 up 21.2% volatile
138 Gabon 12.4% 2015 down 53.4% rising
139 Finland 12.3% 2025 down 28.9% falling
140 Lithuania 12.2% 2025 down 39.4% falling
141 Zambia 12.0% 2024 down 11.0% rising
142 Georgia 12.0% 2025 down 38.9% volatile
143 Netherlands 11.0% 2024 down 9.6% falling
144 Bahamas 11.0% 2024 down 10.5% falling
145 Sweden 10.9% 2025 down 42.8% falling
146 Bahrain 10.7% 2024 up 18.9% falling
147 Switzerland 10.7% 2025 down 20.1% volatile
148 Dominica 10.4% 2025 down 38.8% falling
149 Belarus 10.2% 2021 down 41.4% falling
150 Botswana 10.0% 2024 down 55.3% flat
151 Denmark 9.8% 2024 down 38.7% falling
152 Greece 9.7% 2024 down 39.8% falling
153 Cyprus 9.4% 2025 down 42.8% falling
154 Niger 9.3% 2024 up 13.9% flat
155 Ghana 9.2% 2025 down 9.1% volatile
156 Iran, Islamic Republic of 8.9% 2000 up 4.0% volatile
157 Burundi 8.9% 2025 down 31.0% volatile
158 Singapore 8.8% 2025 down 39.8% falling
159 Jamaica 8.7% 2024 down 1.6% falling
160 Seychelles 8.4% 2024 up 13.9% volatile
161 Uganda 8.3% 2024 up 18.1% falling
162 Montenegro 8.3% 2025 down 13.4% falling
163 Mali 8.1% 2024 up 23.1% falling
164 Cameroon 7.7% 2024 down 67.7% rising
165 Algeria 7.6% 2024 up 47.1% volatile
166 Barbados 7.4% 2017 down 56.7% flat
167 Mozambique 7.4% 2024 up 6.7% volatile
168 Grenada 7.3% 2025 down 34.0% volatile
169 Japan 7.2% 2025 down 19.1% volatile
170 Gambia 7.0% 2024 down 84.7% volatile
171 Burkina Faso 7.0% 2024 down 30.9% falling
172 Eswatini 6.8% 2024 down 62.9% falling
173 Côte d'Ivoire 6.7% 2024 down 48.7% falling
174 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.8% 2025 up 0.6% falling
175 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.6% 2018 falling
176 Togo 5.2% 2020 down 54.2% volatile
177 Myanmar 5.1% 2019 down 39.7% volatile
178 Senegal 4.7% 2023 down 54.9% falling
179 Namibia 4.6% 2024 down 17.9% volatile
180 Ethiopia 4.5% 2024 down 28.8% volatile
181 Sierra Leone 4.3% 2024 up 35.0% volatile
182 Luxembourg 4.2% 2025 up 26.3% falling
183 Malta 3.9% 2024 up 1.5% volatile
184 Mauritania 3.7% 2024 down 46.1% volatile
185 Tajikistan 3.5% 2025 up 113,875.0% volatile
186 Yemen 3.4% 2016 down 61.6% falling
187 Benin 3.3% 2023 down 34.7% flat
188 Papua New Guinea 3.2% 2024 down 41.3% falling
189 Ireland 3.0% 2024 down 26.5% volatile
190 Liberia 3.0% 2024 up 835.3% volatile
191 Djibouti 2.9% 2024 down 28.1% falling
192 Congo 2.7% 2021 down 53.3% falling
193 Afghanistan 2.7% 2020 down 71.4% volatile
194 Haiti 2.6% 2024 down 60.7% volatile
195 Suriname 2.5% 2025 down 84.4% flat
196 Guyana 2.0% 2023 down 87.4% volatile
197 Sudan 1.4% 2022 down 95.9% volatile
198 Guinea 0.0% 2022 down 99.6% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)
Unit
% of service imports, BoP
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
245 places, 9,575 data points, 1960–2025
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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 imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.