Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Travel services was 37.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 37.1% for travel services in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 49.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 13.5%, in 1982.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 1st of 47 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 13.5% | — |
| 1983 | 15.3% | +13.5% |
| 1984 | 14.5% | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 16.4% | +13.1% |
| 1986 | 18.2% | +11.2% |
| 1987 | 18.1% | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 18.1% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 16.2% | -10.4% |
| 1990 | 17.7% | +9.2% |
| 1991 | 18.3% | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 21.0% | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 19.5% | -6.8% |
| 1994 | 18.5% | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 16.1% | -13.1% |
| 1996 | 17.6% | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 19.3% | +9.3% |
| 1998 | 22.5% | +16.5% |
| 1999 | 24.4% | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 25.2% | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 26.4% | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 25.4% | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 22.1% | -13.0% |
| 2004 | 22.5% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 22.0% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 21.4% | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 21.0% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 20.7% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 24.9% | +20.4% |
| 2010 | 26.0% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 26.4% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 31.6% | +19.6% |
| 2013 | 33.9% | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 45.4% | +33.9% |
| 2015 | 49.5% | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 49.2% | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 47.8% | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 46.4% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 45.9% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 29.1% | -36.6% |
| 2021 | 21.4% | -26.3% |
| 2022 | 23.3% | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 32.7% | +40.1% |
| 2024 | 37.0% | +13.3% |
| 2025 | 37.1% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16.3% | 13.5% | 18.2% | 8 |
| 1990s | 19.5% | 16.1% | 24.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.1% | 20.7% | 26.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 40.2% | 26.0% | 49.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.1% | 21.4% | 37.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More economy & growth data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 176.21 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 3.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3857 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 4,008 current US$ per person (2024)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.3602 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 3,905 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2184 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 2,368 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 37.1% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 49.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.5% in 1982.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for travel services?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 1st out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high 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 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.