Lower middle income vs Tonga: Travel services (% of commercial service exports)
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) over time
- Lower middle income
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 72.3% against 17.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 54.5%.
That makes Tonga's figure about 4.1 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 44 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 38th and Tonga ranks 37th 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 | 28.4% | 62.8% | 34.4% | Tonga |
| 2020s | 17.4% | 49.3% | 31.9% | 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 72.3% against 17.8% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Lower middle income and Tonga?
- 54.5%, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Tonga?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2025.
- How do Lower middle income and Tonga rank globally for travel services?
- Lower middle income ranks 38th and Tonga ranks 37th 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
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.