Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Travel services was 23.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 1977–2024
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 23.6% for travel services in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.2% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 30.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 14.1%, in 1982.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 16th out of 47 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 18.6% | — |
| 1978 | 16.1% | -13.6% |
| 1979 | 27.5% | +71.1% |
| 1980 | 20.3% | -26.2% |
| 1981 | 15.1% | -25.7% |
| 1982 | 14.1% | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 16.0% | +13.1% |
| 1984 | 16.1% | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 16.9% | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 14.5% | -14.4% |
| 1987 | 15.0% | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 16.2% | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 15.3% | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 14.3% | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 19.7% | +37.9% |
| 2005 | 18.9% | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 18.8% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 19.2% | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 17.1% | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 18.4% | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 20.5% | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 19.6% | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 19.6% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 21.2% | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 21.4% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 25.1% | +17.5% |
| 2016 | 26.9% | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 26.4% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 26.0% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 30.0% | +15.5% |
| 2020 | 18.2% | -39.4% |
| 2021 | 22.9% | +26.1% |
| 2022 | 28.2% | +22.9% |
| 2023 | 29.1% | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 23.6% | -19.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +71.1% | 16.1% | 27.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 20.7% | 16.1% | 27.5% | 3 |
| 1980s | 16.0% | 14.1% | 20.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.0% | 14.3% | 19.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 18.5% | 17.1% | 19.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 23.7% | 19.6% | 30.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.4% | 18.2% | 29.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
More economy & growth data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 2.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 390.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 3.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.1599 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 452.38 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1,931 current US$ per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.7447 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 4.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.138 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 0.6825 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 23.6% in 2024, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 30.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.1% in 1982.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for travel services?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 16th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.