Lower middle income vs Tonga: Travel services

Lower middle income
16.1%
in 2025
Tonga
68.4%
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
42nd
Tonga rank
39th

Travel services over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Tonga
20406080197119982025

How they compare

Tonga currently reports 68.4% against 16.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 52.3%.

That makes Tonga's figure about 4.2 times Lower middle income's.

Across all 43 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.

Lower middle income ranks 42nd and Tonga ranks 39th of 45 groups.

Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Tonga Difference Ahead
1970s 34.5% 77.9% 43.4% Tonga
1980s 33.8% 69.1% 35.3% Tonga
1990s 33.3% 68.1% 34.8% Tonga
2000s 26.4% 52.5% 26.1% Tonga
2010s 28.5% 63.8% 35.4% Tonga
2020s 17.2% 53.5% 36.3% Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, Lower middle income or Tonga?
Tonga, at 68.4% against 16.1% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in travel services between Lower middle income and Tonga?
52.3%, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Tonga?
43 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
How do Lower middle income and Tonga rank globally for travel services?
Lower middle income ranks 42nd and Tonga ranks 39th 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.