Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: Travel services was 24.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, 2011–2024
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 recorded 24.7% for travel services in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.1% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan peaked at 26.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16.1%, in 2020.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 14th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20.5% | — |
| 2012 | 21.6% | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 22.3% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 23.4% | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 24.7% | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 26.4% | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 25.9% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 24.6% | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 26.0% | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 16.1% | -38.2% |
| 2021 | 20.0% | +24.1% |
| 2022 | 23.5% | +17.6% |
| 2023 | 26.6% | +13.3% |
| 2024 | 24.7% | -7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 23.9% | 20.5% | 26.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 22.2% | 16.1% | 26.6% | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 100.54 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 1,005 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.162 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.4665 % change on previous year (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 1,080 current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1741 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0097 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 59.93 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 83.25 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- Travel services in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan was 24.7% 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?
- The highest recorded value was 26.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.1% in 2020.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank for travel services?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 14th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 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.