Canada vs Costa Rica: Travel services
Canada
30.1%
in 2025
Costa Rica
30.9%
in 2025
Canada rank
121st
Costa Rica rank
118th
Travel services over time
- Canada
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 30.9% against 30.1% in Canada, a difference of 0.8%.
Across all 49 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 121st and Costa Rica ranks 118th of 198 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 37.4% | 51.4% | 14.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 34.1% | 49.0% | 14.9% | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 32.1% | 51.1% | 19.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 24.1% | 57.1% | 33.1% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 23.9% | 41.6% | 17.7% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 23.0% | 26.5% | 3.5% | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Canada or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 30.9% against 30.1% in Canada as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Canada and Costa Rica?
- 0.8%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Costa Rica?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Costa Rica rank globally for travel services?
- Canada ranks 121st and Costa Rica ranks 118th 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.