Jamaica vs Upper middle income: Travel services (% of commercial service exports)
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) over time
- Jamaica
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 81.7% against 27.0% in Upper middle income, a difference of 54.7%.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 3.0 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 44 years both countries report, Jamaica has been ahead every year.
Jamaica ranks 17th and Upper middle income ranks 20th of 198 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 74.9% | 37.8% | 37.2% | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 72.4% | 39.0% | 33.4% | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 68.1% | 37.6% | 30.5% | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 78.9% | 32.9% | 46.0% | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 77.3% | 20.1% | 57.2% | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Jamaica or Upper middle income?
- Jamaica, at 81.7% against 27.0% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Jamaica and Upper middle income?
- 54.7%, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Upper middle income?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2025.
- How do Jamaica and Upper middle income rank globally for travel services?
- Jamaica ranks 17th and Upper middle income ranks 20th 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.