Barbados vs Samoa: Travel services
Barbados
72.0%
in 2017
Samoa
72.9%
in 2025
Barbados rank
35th
Samoa rank
33rd
Travel services over time
- Barbados
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 72.9% against 72.0% in Barbados, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 35th and Samoa ranks 33rd of 198 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 79.5% | 57.1% | 22.4% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 78.5% | 59.1% | 19.4% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 76.8% | 64.8% | 11.9% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 78.6% | 65.3% | 13.3% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 72.8% | 72.0% | 0.8% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Barbados or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 72.9% against 72.0% in Barbados as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Barbados and Samoa?
- 0.9%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Samoa?
- 37 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2017.
- How do Barbados and Samoa rank globally for travel services?
- Barbados ranks 35th and Samoa ranks 33rd 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.