Cape Verde vs Upper middle income: Travel services
Travel services over time
- Cape Verde
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 80.3% against 25.1% in Upper middle income, a difference of 55.2%.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 3.2 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Upper middle income ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 20th and Upper middle income ranks 21st of 198 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 3 and Upper middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.0% | 37.8% | 30.8% | Upper middle income |
| 1990s | 21.7% | 39.0% | 17.3% | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 50.8% | 37.6% | 13.3% | Cape Verde |
| 2010s | 68.3% | 32.9% | 35.4% | Cape Verde |
| 2020s | 71.7% | 19.8% | 51.9% | Cape Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Cape Verde or Upper middle income?
- Cape Verde, at 80.3% against 25.1% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Cape Verde and Upper middle income?
- 55.2%, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Upper middle income?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2025.
- How do Cape Verde and Upper middle income rank globally for travel services?
- Cape Verde ranks 20th and Upper middle income ranks 21st 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.