Barbados vs High income: Travel services (% of commercial service exports)
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) over time
- Barbados
- High income
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 72.0% against 20.1% in High income, a difference of 51.9%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 3.6 times High income's.
Across all 41 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 38th and High income ranks 35th of 198 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | High income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 79.5% | 27.9% | 51.6% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 78.5% | 29.1% | 49.4% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 76.8% | 31.4% | 45.4% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 76.2% | 23.7% | 52.5% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 72.8% | 22.4% | 50.5% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Barbados or High income?
- Barbados, at 72.0% against 20.1% in High income as of 2017.
- What is the difference in travel services between Barbados and High income?
- 51.9%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and High income?
- 41 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2017.
- How do Barbados and High income rank globally for travel services?
- Barbados ranks 38th and High income ranks 35th of 198 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Travel services (% of commercial service exports). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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 exports which are commercial services provided by residents to non-residents.