Lesotho vs World: Travel services (% of commercial service exports)
Lesotho
75.5%
in 2025
World
21.9%
in 2025
Lesotho rank
31st
World rank
29th
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) over time
- Lesotho
- World
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 75.5% against 21.9% in World, a difference of 53.6%.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 3.5 times World's.
Across all 44 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 31st and World ranks 29th of 198 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 93.7% | 32.5% | 61.2% | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 85.2% | 33.7% | 51.4% | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 83.7% | 27.6% | 56.1% | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 68.9% | 25.4% | 43.5% | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 67.7% | 17.2% | 50.5% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Lesotho or World?
- Lesotho, at 75.5% against 21.9% in World as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Lesotho and World?
- 53.6%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and World?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and World rank globally for travel services?
- Lesotho ranks 31st and World ranks 29th 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.