Travel services in Arab World
Arab World: Travel services was 26.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Arab World, 2011–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
Arab World recorded 26.2% for travel services in 2024.
The figure is down 7.0% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Arab World peaked at 28.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 18.5%, in 2020.
Arab World ranks 11th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Travel services in Arab World, year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22.0% | — |
| 2012 | 23.1% | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 23.7% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 24.5% | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 25.7% | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 27.8% | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 27.0% | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 25.7% | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 27.5% | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 18.5% | -32.8% |
| 2021 | 23.1% | +24.7% |
| 2022 | 25.6% | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 28.1% | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 26.2% | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 25.2% | 22.0% | 27.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 24.3% | 18.5% | 28.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Arab World
More economy & growth data for Arab World
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 109.61 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1627 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) -0.4924 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 1,308 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1733 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.6095 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 69.31 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 55.18 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -58.14 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Arab World?
- Travel services in Arab World was 26.2% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Arab World?
- The highest recorded value was 28.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Arab World?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.5% in 2020.
- How does Arab World rank for travel services?
- Arab World ranks 11th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Arab World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Arab World 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 imports, BoP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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 imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.