Macao vs Palau: Travel services (% of commercial service exports)
Macao
90.4%
in 2025
Palau
93.9%
in 2023
Macao rank
7th
Palau rank
4th
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) over time
- Macao
- Palau
How they compare
Palau currently reports 93.9% against 90.4% in Macao, a difference of 3.5%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Macao ahead.
Macao ranks 7th and Palau ranks 4th of 198 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Macao averaged higher in 2 and Palau in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Macao | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 90.7% | 86.0% | 4.7% | Macao |
| 2010s | 94.0% | 91.5% | 2.5% | Macao |
| 2020s | 81.7% | 85.2% | 3.4% | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Macao or Palau?
- Palau, at 93.9% against 90.4% in Macao as of 2023.
- What is the difference in travel services between Macao and Palau?
- 3.5%, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Macao and Palau?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
- How do Macao and Palau rank globally for travel services?
- Macao ranks 7th and Palau ranks 4th 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.