Travel services in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Travel services was 18.9% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Travel services in Post-demographic dividend, 1975–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for travel services in Post-demographic dividend is 18.9%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 33.0% in 1988 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 2020.
Post-demographic dividend ranks 31st of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
Travel services in Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 26.6% | — |
| 1976 | 25.3% | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 26.3% | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 27.1% | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 27.0% | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 27.2% | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 25.8% | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 25.8% | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 26.1% | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 28.8% | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 29.4% | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 31.1% | +5.8% |
| 1987 | 32.5% | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 33.0% | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 32.5% | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 32.6% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 29.7% | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 31.2% | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 30.3% | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 30.3% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 29.9% | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 30.0% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 29.6% | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 29.4% | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 30.7% | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 29.0% | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 27.8% | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 27.7% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 27.6% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 26.5% | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 26.1% | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 24.5% | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 24.0% | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 23.0% | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 23.4% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 22.7% | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 22.5% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 22.0% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 21.8% | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 21.3% | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 20.5% | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 21.0% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 21.2% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 21.1% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 20.9% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 8.9% | -57.1% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 15.1% | +62.8% |
| 2023 | 18.3% | +21.4% |
| 2024 | 18.6% | +1.8% |
| 2025 | 18.9% | +1.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Travel services in Post-demographic dividend 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +62.8% | 9.3% | 15.1% |
| 2020 | -57.1% | 20.9% | 8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 26.5% | 25.3% | 27.1% | 5 |
| 1980s | 29.2% | 25.8% | 33.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.4% | 29.4% | 32.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.5% | 20.5% | 22.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.8% | 8.9% | 18.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Post-demographic dividend
- 28 Iraq 38.1% compare
- 29 Central African Republic 38.0% compare
- 30 Andorra 37.8% compare
- 31 Macau, China 37.8% compare
- 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.6% compare
- 33 Aruba 37.5% compare
- 34 Rwanda 36.7% compare
More economy & growth data for Post-demographic dividend
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) 4.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0169 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,006 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 821.52 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -12.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 1.14 trillion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0122 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 725.33 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) 0.147 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current US$) 4.16 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is travel services in Post-demographic dividend?
- Travel services in Post-demographic dividend was 18.9% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 33.0% in 1988.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 2020.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for travel services?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 31st out of 47 groups with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Post-demographic dividend 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.