Travel services in Middle income
Middle income: Travel services was 30.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Travel services in Middle income, 1982–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
Middle income recorded 30.0% for travel services in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and down 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Middle income peaked at 36.8% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 17.6%, in 2021.
That places Middle income 8th 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 Middle income, year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 20.5% | — |
| 1983 | 18.4% | -10.3% |
| 1984 | 18.8% | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 18.9% | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 19.6% | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 20.1% | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 20.9% | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 21.4% | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 22.2% | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 23.7% | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 24.4% | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 23.8% | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 22.6% | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 20.4% | -10.1% |
| 1996 | 21.9% | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 22.1% | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 23.6% | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 23.5% | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 24.2% | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 24.7% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 24.6% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 23.2% | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 22.6% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 21.0% | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 20.6% | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 20.4% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 20.7% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 22.5% | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 22.5% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 23.4% | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 25.6% | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 27.2% | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 33.4% | +22.7% |
| 2015 | 36.5% | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 36.8% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 36.5% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 35.8% | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 35.3% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 21.3% | -39.6% |
| 2021 | 17.6% | -17.2% |
| 2022 | 21.4% | +21.4% |
| 2023 | 27.3% | +27.5% |
| 2024 | 29.2% | +7.0% |
| 2025 | 30.0% | +2.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in 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 | -39.6% | 35.3% | 21.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 19.8% | 18.4% | 21.4% | 8 |
| 1990s | 22.8% | 20.4% | 24.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.4% | 20.4% | 24.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.3% | 22.5% | 36.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.5% | 17.6% | 30.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Middle income
More economy & growth data for Middle income
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 267.98 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.081 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 2,171 current US$ per person (2024)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 2.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.3019 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per capita 2,046 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), annual growth rate 5.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.242 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$), per capita 1,641 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 3.33 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Middle income?
- Travel services in Middle income was 30.0% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 36.8% in 2016.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.6% in 2021.
- How does Middle income rank for travel services?
- Middle income ranks 8th out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.