Travel services in Euro area
Euro area: Travel services was 19.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Euro area, 1975–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 19.2% for travel services in 2025.
The figure is up 25.8% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Euro area peaked at 31.2% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 7.7%, in 2020.
Euro area ranks 29th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 43 years of available data.
Travel services in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 29.1% | — |
| 1976 | 26.8% | -7.8% |
| 1977 | 28.0% | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 28.6% | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 28.4% | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 28.5% | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 25.6% | -10.3% |
| 1982 | 25.8% | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 25.8% | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 25.6% | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 26.2% | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 29.6% | +12.9% |
| 1987 | 30.9% | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 31.2% | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 30.3% | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 30.7% | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 30.8% | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 29.5% | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 28.1% | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 27.7% | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 28.4% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 25.6% | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 24.0% | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 22.8% | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 22.2% | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 21.8% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 22.4% | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 20.9% | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 20.6% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 19.7% | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 19.5% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 18.9% | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 16.1% | -14.7% |
| 2016 | 16.3% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 16.5% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 16.7% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 15.7% | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 7.7% | -50.9% |
| 2021 | 8.8% | +14.3% |
| 2022 | 12.8% | +45.9% |
| 2023 | 14.8% | +15.5% |
| 2024 | 15.2% | +2.8% |
| 2025 | 19.2% | +25.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Euro area 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -50.9% | 15.7% | 7.7% |
| 2022 | +45.9% | 8.8% | 12.8% |
| 2025 | +25.8% | 15.2% | 19.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 28.2% | 26.8% | 29.1% | 5 |
| 1980s | 28.0% | 25.6% | 31.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.7% | 30.7% | 30.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 25.3% | 21.8% | 29.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.1% | 15.7% | 20.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.1% | 7.7% | 19.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
- 26 Qatar 39.4% compare
- 27 Republic of Moldova 39.4% compare
- 28 Iraq 38.1% compare
- 29 Central African Republic 38.0% compare
- 30 Andorra 37.8% compare
- 31 Macau, China 37.8% compare
- 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.6% compare
More economy & growth data for Euro area
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.4051 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per capita 37,260 current US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.742 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 8.5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 20,341 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 26,432 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 8.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.5264 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 1.87 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Euro area?
- Travel services in Euro area was 19.2% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 31.2% in 1988.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.7% in 2020.
- How does Euro area rank for travel services?
- Euro area ranks 29th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area 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.