Travel services (% of commercial service exports) by country
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 exports which are commercial...
Countries reporting
196
Highest
95.9%
Turks and Caicos Islands
Lowest
1.1%
Papua New Guinea
Median
38.2%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,473
What the numbers show
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 95.9% in Turks and Caicos Islands; the lowest is 1.1% in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.2%, and the mean is 40.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 90.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 115 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 61,408.8%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 85.0%).
Travel services: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 95.9% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 2 | Maldives | 95.3% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 3 | Bahamas | 94.8% | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 4 | Sao Tome and Principe | 94.5% | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 5 | Palau | 93.9% | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 6 | Saint Lucia | 93.5% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 7 | Gambia | 89.8% | 2024 | up 23.5% | falling |
| 8 | Macao | 89.4% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 9 | Grenada | 88.9% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 10 | Aruba | 88.8% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 11 | Syria | 87.9% | 2010 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 12 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 85.5% | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 13 | Tuvalu | 85.4% | 2023 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 14 | Andorra | 85.2% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 15 | Antigua and Barbuda | 84.4% | 2025 | up 12.7% | falling |
| 16 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 83.8% | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 17 | East Timor | 82.7% | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 18 | Jamaica | 82.6% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 19 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 81.1% | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 20 | Cape Verde | 80.3% | 2025 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 80.2% | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 22 | Bhutan | 77.5% | 2024 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 23 | Comoros | 77.0% | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 24 | Jordan | 76.7% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 25 | Guyana | 76.1% | 2023 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Micronesia (country) | 75.7% | 2014 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 27 | Cambodia | 75.2% | 2025 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 28 | Laos | 74.9% | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Uganda | 73.4% | 2024 | up 52.2% | falling |
| 30 | Iraq | 73.3% | 2024 | up 30.8% | falling |
| 31 | Samoa | 72.9% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 32 | Dominica | 72.3% | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 33 | Barbados | 72.0% | 2017 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 34 | Belize | 71.1% | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 35 | Sudan | 70.0% | 2022 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Lebanon | 68.5% | 2023 | up 62.9% | flat |
| 37 | Tonga | 68.4% | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 38 | Albania | 68.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Rwanda | 67.6% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 40 | Lesotho | 67.2% | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 41 | Curacao | 67.1% | 2023 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 42 | Croatia | 66.0% | 2024 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 43 | Zambia | 64.9% | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Bolivia | 64.8% | 2025 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 45 | South Sudan | 64.4% | 2023 | up 2,149.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Eritrea | 64.2% | 2000 | up 1,980.3% | rising |
| 47 | Saudi Arabia | 63.7% | 2025 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 48 | Botswana | 63.2% | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 49 | Australia | 61.0% | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 50 | El Salvador | 60.7% | 2025 | up 79.0% | rising |
| 51 | Thailand | 59.4% | 2025 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 52 | Tanzania | 57.4% | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 53 | French Polynesia | 56.7% | 2016 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 54 | Georgia | 56.0% | 2025 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 55 | Benin | 55.6% | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 56 | Montenegro | 55.6% | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 57 | Fiji | 55.2% | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 58 | Seychelles | 54.9% | 2024 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 59 | Mexico | 54.9% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 60 | Egypt | 54.4% | 2025 | up 62.3% | rising |
| 61 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 53.3% | 2025 | up 61,408.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.2% | 2025 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 63 | Peru | 53.2% | 2025 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 64 | Sierra Leone | 53.1% | 2024 | up 210.6% | rising |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 52.8% | 2022 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 66 | Madagascar | 52.0% | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 67 | New Zealand | 51.7% | 2025 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 68 | Marshall Islands | 51.1% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 69 | Uzbekistan | 50.5% | 2025 | up 124.0% | rising |
| 70 | Chad | 49.8% | 1994 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 71 | Colombia | 48.7% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 72 | Turkey | 48.2% | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 73 | Portugal | 48.2% | 2024 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 74 | Mauritius | 48.1% | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 75 | Ecuador | 48.1% | 2025 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 76 | Oman | 47.2% | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 77 | Spain | 46.8% | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 78 | Kenya | 46.7% | 2024 | up 136.9% | falling |
| 79 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.5% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 80 | Senegal | 46.5% | 2023 | up 24.8% | falling |
| 81 | Zimbabwe | 46.2% | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 82 | Sri Lanka | 46.1% | 2024 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 83 | New Caledonia | 46.1% | 2016 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 84 | Morocco | 45.4% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 85 | Iceland | 44.7% | 2025 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 86 | Armenia | 44.4% | 2025 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 87 | Indonesia | 43.2% | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 42.9% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 89 | Greece | 42.2% | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 90 | Haiti | 41.8% | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 91 | Cote d'Ivoire | 41.5% | 2024 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 92 | Mongolia | 39.7% | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Malaysia | 39.4% | 2024 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 94 | Mali | 38.9% | 2024 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 95 | Italy | 38.6% | 2025 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 96 | South Africa | 38.5% | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 97 | Myanmar | 38.4% | 2019 | up 117.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Kiribati | 38.2% | 2025 | up 56.4% | rising |
| 99 | Nepal | 38.1% | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 100 | Venezuela | 38.1% | 2016 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.3% | 2025 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 102 | Iran | 36.9% | 2000 | up 352.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Guatemala | 36.4% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 104 | Brunei | 36.4% | 2025 | up 55.3% | falling |
| 105 | Namibia | 34.8% | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 106 | Niger | 34.6% | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 107 | Bermuda | 34.4% | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 33.9% | 1993 | up 125.5% | rising |
| 109 | Uruguay | 33.9% | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 110 | Paraguay | 33.5% | 2025 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 111 | San Marino | 33.3% | 2023 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 112 | Palestine | 32.9% | 2025 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 113 | Panama | 32.8% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 114 | Yemen | 32.4% | 2016 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 115 | Bahrain | 31.8% | 2024 | up 125.5% | flat |
| 116 | Costa Rica | 30.9% | 2025 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 117 | Chile | 30.6% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 118 | Moldova | 30.4% | 2025 | up 31.4% | flat |
| 119 | Canada | 30.1% | 2025 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 29.1% | 2024 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 121 | Austria | 27.8% | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 122 | Argentina | 27.3% | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 123 | Japan | 26.4% | 2025 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 26.2% | 2025 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 125 | Slovenia | 26.1% | 2025 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 126 | Tunisia | 25.8% | 2024 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 127 | Burkina Faso | 23.7% | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Liberia | 23.3% | 2024 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Honduras | 23.2% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | 23.2% | 2025 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 23.0% | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 132 | Solomon Islands | 22.8% | 2024 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Qatar | 22.2% | 2025 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 134 | Hungary | 21.7% | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 135 | Czechia | 21.4% | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 136 | Hong Kong | 20.7% | 2024 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 137 | France | 20.6% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 138 | Faroe Islands | 19.9% | 2011 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 139 | Russia | 19.8% | 2025 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 140 | Brazil | 19.5% | 2025 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 141 | North Macedonia | 19.1% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 142 | Tajikistan | 19.1% | 2025 | up 4,781.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Serbia | 19.1% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 144 | Mozambique | 18.1% | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 145 | Cayman Islands | 17.8% | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 146 | United States | 17.7% | 2025 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 147 | Kuwait | 17.5% | 2025 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Latvia | 17.0% | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 149 | Philippines | 16.9% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 150 | Ghana | 16.8% | 2025 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Togo | 16.1% | 2020 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 152 | Suriname | 15.8% | 2025 | down 69.9% | falling |
| 153 | Norway | 15.2% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 154 | South Korea | 14.9% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 155 | China | 14.4% | 2025 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 156 | Ethiopia | 14.3% | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Libya | 14.1% | 2020 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Angola | 13.9% | 2025 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Nigeria | 13.6% | 2025 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Malawi | 13.5% | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 161 | Cyprus | 13.4% | 2025 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 162 | Cameroon | 13.0% | 2024 | down 57.6% | rising |
| 163 | Slovakia | 12.6% | 2025 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 164 | United Kingdom | 12.6% | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 165 | Switzerland | 12.3% | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Estonia | 12.1% | 2025 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 167 | Poland | 11.9% | 2025 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Romania | 11.6% | 2025 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 169 | Afghanistan | 10.8% | 2020 | up 202.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Malta | 10.7% | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Pakistan | 10.0% | 2025 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 172 | Finland | 9.7% | 2025 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 173 | Sweden | 9.5% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 174 | Gabon | 9.2% | 2015 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Guinea | 9.2% | 2024 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Denmark | 8.8% | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 177 | Eswatini | 8.5% | 2024 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Germany | 8.4% | 2025 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 179 | India | 7.7% | 2025 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Netherlands | 7.4% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 181 | Lithuania | 7.2% | 2025 | down 58.9% | falling |
| 182 | Bangladesh | 7.1% | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 183 | Singapore | 6.5% | 2025 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Ukraine | 6.3% | 2024 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Djibouti | 6.2% | 2024 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Nauru | 6.1% | 2024 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Belgium | 6.0% | 2025 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 188 | Luxembourg | 4.3% | 2025 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 189 | Burundi | 4.2% | 2025 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 190 | Belarus | 4.1% | 2021 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 191 | Israel | 3.5% | 2025 | down 74.7% | falling |
| 192 | Congo | 3.4% | 2021 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 193 | Algeria | 3.1% | 2024 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Mauritania | 2.8% | 2024 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 195 | Ireland | 1.5% | 2024 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Papua New Guinea | 1.1% | 2024 | down 31.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 75.7%
- Pacific island small states 46.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 43.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 42.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 42.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 41.9%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 41.9%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 39.7%
- Low income 39.4%
- Pre-demographic dividend 38.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 38.3%
- Caribbean small states 37.6%
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 exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.