Lower middle income vs Zambia: Travel services

Lower middle income
16.1%
in 2025
Zambia
64.9%
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
42nd
Zambia rank
45th

Travel services over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 64.9% against 16.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 48.8%.

That makes Zambia's figure about 4.0 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 42 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Lower middle income ahead.

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

Across the 6 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Zambia Difference Ahead
1970s 35.4% 13.3% 22.0% Lower middle income
1980s 33.8% 18.4% 15.5% Lower middle income
1990s 30.1% 28.6% 1.4% Lower middle income
2000s 26.4% 73.8% 47.3% Zambia
2010s 28.5% 75.8% 47.3% Zambia
2020s 17.2% 77.6% 60.4% Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, Lower middle income or Zambia?
Zambia, at 64.9% against 16.1% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in travel services between Lower middle income and Zambia?
48.8%, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Zambia?
42 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Lower middle income and Zambia rank globally for travel services?
Lower middle income ranks 42nd and Zambia ranks 45th 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.