Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries): Travel services was 37.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 49.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 13.5%, in 1982.
That places East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 1st out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it 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 (IDA & IBRD countries), 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
More economy & growth data for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 5,894 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), annual growth rate 6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5649 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 6,195 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5375 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (current US$), per capita 10,966 current US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9789 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added (constant 2015 US$) 3,980 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Travel services in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 49.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.5% in 1982.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for travel services?
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 1st out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- 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 (IDA & IBRD countries) 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.