🧳 Most Tourism-Dependent Service Exports
Travel as a share of service exports in the balance of payments.
MaldivesSaint LuciaGambiaMacauLaosDominican RepublicCape VerdeTimor-LesteSão Tomé and PríncipeSamoaCambodiaIraqTongaLesothoSeychellesUgandaBoliviaAustraliaGeorgiaBotswanaEgyptMexicoPeruNew ZealandColombiaOmanPortugalGreeceEcuadorMadagascarIcelandMoroccoIndonesiaSouth AfricaGuatemalaMongoliaNepalUruguayParaguayCosta RicaCanadaChileBermudaKiribatiJapanKazakhstanFranceRussiaBrazilTajikistanUnited StatesLatviaPhilippinesGhanaSudanVenezuelaMalawiNorwayChinaAngolaNigeriaFinlandPakistanBurundiIreland
1
🇲🇻Maldives
96.1%
2
🇱🇨Saint Lucia
93.3%
3
🇬🇲Gambia
92.9%
4
🇲🇴Macau
90.4%
5
🇬🇩Grenada
88.8%
6
🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
85.1%
7
🇦🇩Andorra
84.4%
8
🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda
84.3%
9
🇯🇲Jamaica
81.2%
10
🇱🇦Laos
81.0%
11
🇩🇴Dominican Republic
78.4%
12
🇨🇻Cape Verde
78.3%
13
🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis
78.2%
14
🇿🇲Zambia
76.6%
15
🇹🇱Timor-Leste
74.6%
16
🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe
74.5%
17
🇼🇸Samoa
72.9%
18
🇰🇭Cambodia
72.6%
19
🇮🇶Iraq
71.4%
20
🇩🇲Dominica
71.1%
21
🇹🇴Tonga
69.7%
22
🇧🇿Belize
68.1%
23
🇱🇸Lesotho
68.1%
24
🇦🇱Albania
67.7%
25
🇸🇨Seychelles
67.0%
26
🇭🇷Croatia
66.0%
27
🇺🇬Uganda
64.6%
28
🇧🇴Bolivia
64.6%
29
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
61.4%
30
🇦🇺Australia
60.3%
31
🇸🇻El Salvador
59.3%
32
🇹🇭Thailand
58.7%
33
🇲🇪Montenegro
55.6%
34
🇬🇪Georgia
55.2%
35
🇧🇼Botswana
55.2%
36
🇪🇬Egypt
53.5%
37
🇲🇽Mexico
53.2%
38
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
53.1%
39
🇵🇪Peru
51.9%
40
🇨🇩DR Congo
51.5%
41
🇳🇿New Zealand
51.2%
42
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
50.4%
43
🇹🇷Türkiye
48.9%
44
🇨🇴Colombia
48.4%
45
🇴🇲Oman
48.4%
46
🇵🇹Portugal
48.1%
47
🇦🇲Armenia
47.9%
48
🇪🇸Spain
46.7%
49
🇬🇷Greece
46.7%
50
🇪🇨Ecuador
46.0%
Highlights
As of 2025, Maldives ranks first with 96.1%, followed by Saint Lucia (93.3%) and Gambia (92.9%).
Across 135 countries and territories, values run from 96.1% (Maldives) to 1.5% (Ireland), with a median of 32.6%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from the Americas, 3 from Asia, 1 from Africa and 1 from Europe.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Travel services (% of service exports, BoP), 2025. Unit: %.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 16, 2026