Travel services in IDA & IBRD total
IDA & IBRD total: Travel services was 30.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in IDA & IBRD total, 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
In 2025, travel services in IDA & IBRD total stood at 30.1%.
That represents a change of up 3.8% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in IDA & IBRD total peaked at 35.2% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 16.8%, in 2021.
That places IDA & IBRD total 7th out of 47 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Travel services in IDA & IBRD total, year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 20.0% | — |
| 1983 | 18.3% | -8.6% |
| 1984 | 18.7% | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 18.6% | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 19.2% | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 19.6% | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 20.6% | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 20.8% | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 21.9% | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 22.9% | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 23.5% | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 23.2% | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 24.3% | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 23.4% | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 24.1% | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 24.1% | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 25.2% | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 24.9% | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 26.2% | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 26.4% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 26.5% | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 25.0% | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 24.7% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 22.9% | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 22.4% | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 21.8% | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 21.7% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 23.2% | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 23.4% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 23.9% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 26.1% | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 27.7% | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 32.8% | +18.0% |
| 2015 | 35.2% | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 35.0% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 35.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 34.4% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 34.0% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 19.8% | -41.7% |
| 2021 | 16.8% | -14.9% |
| 2022 | 21.0% | +24.5% |
| 2023 | 27.1% | +29.2% |
| 2024 | 29.0% | +6.9% |
| 2025 | 30.1% | +3.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in IDA & IBRD total 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 | -41.7% | 34.0% | 19.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 19.5% | 18.3% | 20.8% | 8 |
| 1990s | 23.8% | 21.9% | 25.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 24.1% | 21.7% | 26.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.7% | 23.4% | 35.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.0% | 16.8% | 30.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near IDA & IBRD total
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 64.2% compare
- 5 Ukraine 56.5% compare
- 6 Lebanon 55.7% compare
- 7 Kosovo 55.4% compare
- 7 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 55.4% compare
- 9 Curaçao 52.3% compare
- 10 Russian Federation 52.0% compare
More economy & growth data for IDA & IBRD total
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 42.58 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 457.59 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 297.79 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0064 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 5.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5782 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 3,824 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5252 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 3,473 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in IDA & IBRD total?
- Travel services in IDA & IBRD total was 30.1% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in IDA & IBRD total?
- The highest recorded value was 35.2% in 2015.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in IDA & IBRD total?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.8% in 2021.
- How does IDA & IBRD total rank for travel services?
- IDA & IBRD total ranks 7th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in IDA & IBRD total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA & IBRD total 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.