High income vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Travel services

High income
20.1%
in 2025
Lao People's Democratic Republic
74.9%
in 2024
High income rank
31st
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
30th

Travel services over time

  • High income
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
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How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 74.9% against 20.1% in High income, a difference of 54.8%.

That makes Lao People's Democratic Republic's figure about 3.7 times High income's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1988 it was High income ahead.

High income ranks 31st and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 30th of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, High income averaged higher in 1 and Lao People's Democratic Republic in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Lao People's Democratic Republic Difference Ahead
1980s 32.7% 12.6% 20.1% High income
1990s 30.9% 43.0% 12.1% Lao People's Democratic Republic
2000s 23.7% 74.6% 50.9% Lao People's Democratic Republic
2010s 22.3% 81.8% 59.5% Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020s 16.5% 70.1% 53.6% Lao People's Democratic Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, High income or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 74.9% against 20.1% in High income as of 2024.
What is the difference in travel services between High income and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
54.8%, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
31 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2024.
How do High income and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for travel services?
High income ranks 31st and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 30th of 45 groups.
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

Indicator
Travel services (% of commercial service exports)
Unit
% of commercial service exports
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 9,495 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.