Travel services in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Travel services was 20.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Dominican Republic, 1968–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 20.5% for travel services in 2025.
That represents a change of up 13.8% on the previous year and up 40.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Dominican Republic peaked at 45.6% in 1979 and was at its lowest, 6.6%, in 2020.
That places Dominican Republic 95th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 58 years of available data.
Travel services in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 43.5% | — |
| 1969 | 45.3% | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 42.9% | -5.2% |
| 1971 | 37.1% | -13.7% |
| 1972 | 36.0% | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 36.3% | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 31.1% | -14.4% |
| 1975 | 31.8% | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 39.8% | +25.1% |
| 1977 | 41.3% | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 43.3% | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 45.6% | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 41.6% | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 34.9% | -16.1% |
| 1982 | 31.4% | -10.0% |
| 1983 | 29.4% | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 29.7% | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 30.4% | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 31.5% | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 26.5% | -16.0% |
| 1988 | 32.0% | +21.0% |
| 1989 | 29.3% | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 32.7% | +11.7% |
| 1991 | 32.0% | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 28.6% | -10.7% |
| 1993 | 14.5% | -49.3% |
| 1994 | 15.7% | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 17.9% | +14.1% |
| 1996 | 17.7% | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 18.8% | +6.6% |
| 1998 | 19.3% | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 21.2% | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 22.5% | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 22.6% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 22.5% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 22.3% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 25.5% | +14.7% |
| 2005 | 23.8% | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 21.0% | -11.7% |
| 2007 | 18.4% | -12.6% |
| 2008 | 16.4% | -10.6% |
| 2009 | 19.3% | +17.5% |
| 2010 | 15.3% | -20.9% |
| 2011 | 13.7% | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 13.6% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 13.7% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 13.7% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 14.6% | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 14.9% | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 16.0% | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 14.0% | -12.7% |
| 2019 | 14.6% | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 6.6% | -55.0% |
| 2021 | 15.8% | +139.0% |
| 2022 | 17.2% | +9.2% |
| 2023 | 21.8% | +26.3% |
| 2024 | 18.0% | -17.2% |
| 2025 | 20.5% | +13.8% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 20.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 22.9%, 89% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 20.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.1%, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Dominican Republic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +139.0% | 6.6% | 15.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44.4% | 43.5% | 45.3% | 2 |
| 1970s | 38.5% | 31.1% | 45.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 31.7% | 26.5% | 41.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.8% | 14.5% | 32.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.4% | 16.4% | 25.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.4% | 13.6% | 16.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.6% | 6.6% | 21.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More economy & growth data for Dominican Republic
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.27 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.04 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -114.00 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0009 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -9.9 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 4.92 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 9.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0386 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 426.96 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 9.71 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Dominican Republic?
- Travel services in Dominican Republic was 20.5% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 45.6% in 1979.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.6% in 2020.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for travel services?
- Dominican Republic ranks 95th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.
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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 imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.