Lesotho vs Lower middle income: Travel services
Travel services over time
- Lesotho
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 67.2% against 16.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 51.1%.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 4.2 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 50 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 42nd and Lower middle income ranks 42nd of 198 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 66.5% | 34.5% | 32.1% | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 86.2% | 33.8% | 52.4% | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 85.2% | 32.3% | 52.9% | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 83.7% | 26.4% | 57.3% | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 68.9% | 28.5% | 40.4% | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 64.0% | 17.0% | 47.0% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Lesotho or Lower middle income?
- Lesotho, at 67.2% against 16.1% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Lesotho and Lower middle income?
- 51.1%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Lower middle income?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Lower middle income rank globally for travel services?
- Lesotho ranks 42nd and Lower middle income ranks 42nd 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.