Travel services in High income
High income: Travel services was 19.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in High income, 1976–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in High income is 19.9%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 9.5% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in High income peaked at 32.9% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 8.5%, in 2020.
That places High income 26th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 48 years of available data.
Travel services in High income, year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 24.1% | — |
| 1977 | 24.9% | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 26.0% | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 25.0% | -3.9% |
| 1980 | 25.0% | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 23.0% | -7.8% |
| 1982 | 25.7% | +11.7% |
| 1983 | 26.1% | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 28.7% | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 29.3% | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 31.0% | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 32.4% | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 32.9% | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 32.3% | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 32.4% | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 29.9% | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 30.5% | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 30.4% | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 30.4% | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 29.9% | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 29.6% | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 30.8% | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 29.4% | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 28.2% | -4.0% |
| 2002 | 28.1% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 27.9% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 26.9% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 25.8% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 24.4% | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 24.0% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 22.8% | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 23.1% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 22.6% | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 22.2% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 22.0% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 21.9% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 21.4% | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 20.2% | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 20.3% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 20.5% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 20.4% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 19.7% | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 8.5% | -56.9% |
| 2021 | 9.1% | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 14.4% | +58.6% |
| 2023 | 17.9% | +24.7% |
| 2024 | 18.1% | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 19.9% | +9.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in High income 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +58.6% | 9.1% | 14.4% |
| 2020 | -56.9% | 19.7% | 8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 25.0% | 24.1% | 26.0% | 4 |
| 1980s | 28.6% | 23.0% | 32.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.5% | 29.6% | 32.4% | 8 |
| 2000s | 26.0% | 22.8% | 29.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.1% | 19.7% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.6% | 8.5% | 19.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near High income
- 23 Comoros 39.6% compare
- 24 French Polynesia 39.6% compare
- 25 Philippines 39.4% compare
- 26 Qatar 39.4% compare
- 27 Republic of Moldova 39.4% compare
- 28 Iraq 38.1% compare
- 29 Central African Republic 38.0% compare
More economy & growth data for High income
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0126 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1461 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 2.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 8,900 current US$ per person (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1748 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 5.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 679.7 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 855.36 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 1.22 trillion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0158 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in High income?
- Travel services in High income was 19.9% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in High income?
- The highest recorded value was 32.9% in 1988.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.5% in 2020.
- How does High income rank for travel services?
- High income ranks 26th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in High income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.