Travel services in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Travel services was 29.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Low & middle income, 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
Low & middle income recorded 29.9% for travel services in 2025.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Low & middle income peaked at 36.2% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 17.4%, in 2021.
Low & middle income ranks 9th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Travel services in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 20.3% | — |
| 1983 | 18.3% | -10.2% |
| 1984 | 18.7% | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 18.7% | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 19.5% | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 19.9% | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 20.9% | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 21.4% | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 22.1% | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 23.5% | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 24.2% | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 23.7% | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 22.6% | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 20.4% | -10.0% |
| 1996 | 21.9% | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 22.1% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 23.7% | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 23.6% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 24.2% | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 24.7% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 24.6% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 23.2% | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 22.5% | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 20.9% | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 20.6% | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 20.4% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 20.6% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 22.3% | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 22.4% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 23.1% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 25.2% | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 26.8% | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 32.8% | +22.6% |
| 2015 | 35.9% | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 36.2% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 36.0% | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 35.3% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 34.8% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 20.9% | -40.0% |
| 2021 | 17.4% | -16.5% |
| 2022 | 21.1% | +20.9% |
| 2023 | 26.9% | +27.8% |
| 2024 | 28.9% | +7.2% |
| 2025 | 29.9% | +3.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Low & middle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -40.0% | 34.8% | 20.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 19.7% | 18.3% | 21.4% | 8 |
| 1990s | 22.8% | 20.4% | 24.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.4% | 20.4% | 24.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.8% | 22.4% | 36.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.2% | 17.4% | 29.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More economy & growth data for Low & middle income
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0065 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 267.99 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- GDP (current US$), per capita 6,107 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (current US$), per capita 3,519 current US$ per person (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 5.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5412 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Services, value added (constant 2015 US$), per capita 3,305 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- GDP (current US$), annual growth rate 5.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.9385 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross domestic savings (current US$), annual growth rate 0.7748 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Low & middle income?
- Travel services in Low & middle income was 29.9% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 36.2% in 2016.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.4% in 2021.
- How does Low & middle income rank for travel services?
- Low & middle income ranks 9th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle 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.