Travel services in Egypt
Egypt: Travel services was 14.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Egypt, 1977–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 14.5% for travel services in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Egypt peaked at 26.2% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 1988.
That places Egypt 125th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Travel services in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 9.5% | — |
| 1978 | 13.5% | +42.3% |
| 1979 | 10.9% | -19.5% |
| 1980 | 7.2% | -34.1% |
| 1981 | 7.0% | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 6.6% | -6.1% |
| 1983 | 5.4% | -17.2% |
| 1984 | 4.7% | -13.3% |
| 1985 | 3.3% | -29.6% |
| 1986 | 1.7% | -47.6% |
| 1987 | 2.8% | +63.4% |
| 1988 | 1.4% | -51.1% |
| 1989 | 2.6% | +90.4% |
| 1990 | 3.4% | +28.6% |
| 1991 | 6.7% | +96.4% |
| 1992 | 18.9% | +182.0% |
| 1993 | 19.5% | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 18.9% | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 26.2% | +38.7% |
| 1996 | 25.9% | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 19.9% | -23.2% |
| 1998 | 17.8% | -10.8% |
| 1999 | 16.7% | -6.0% |
| 2000 | 14.3% | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 16.1% | +12.7% |
| 2002 | 19.1% | +18.8% |
| 2003 | 20.4% | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 15.7% | -23.2% |
| 2005 | 15.5% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 15.4% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 17.1% | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 16.6% | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 18.2% | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 15.2% | -16.5% |
| 2011 | 15.7% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 15.9% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 18.4% | +15.4% |
| 2014 | 17.9% | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 19.6% | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 23.8% | +21.4% |
| 2017 | 12.1% | -49.2% |
| 2018 | 14.3% | +17.7% |
| 2019 | 16.6% | +16.4% |
| 2020 | 13.8% | -16.9% |
| 2021 | 14.2% | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 21.4% | +50.6% |
| 2023 | 23.6% | +10.5% |
| 2024 | 14.8% | -37.4% |
| 2025 | 14.5% | -2.1% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 14.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17.0%, 85% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 14.5% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 21.7%, 67% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +182.0% | 6.7% | 18.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.3% | 9.5% | 13.5% | 3 |
| 1980s | 4.3% | 1.4% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.4% | 3.4% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.8% | 14.3% | 20.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.0% | 12.1% | 23.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.0% | 13.8% | 23.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 122 Micronesia, Federated States of 15.4% compare
- 123 Azerbaijan 15.1% compare
- 124 Saint Lucia 14.9% compare
- 126 Chile 14.4% compare
- 127 Hungary 14.2% compare
- 128 Estonia 13.9% compare
More economy & growth data for Egypt
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.11 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.63 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 695.90 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 5.88 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 15.45 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -66.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0423 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 130.55 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 8.8 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Egypt?
- Travel services in Egypt was 14.5% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 26.2% in 1995.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 1988.
- How does Egypt rank for travel services?
- Egypt ranks 125th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.