Maldives vs Palau: Travel services (% of commercial service exports)
Maldives
96.3%
in 2025
Palau
93.9%
in 2023
Maldives rank
1st
Palau rank
4th
Travel services (% of commercial service exports) over time
- Maldives
- Palau
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 96.3% against 93.9% in Palau, a difference of 2.4%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 1st and Palau ranks 4th of 198 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 2 and Palau in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 94.3% | 86.0% | 8.2% | Maldives |
| 2010s | 91.3% | 91.5% | 0.1% | Palau |
| 2020s | 94.5% | 85.2% | 9.4% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Maldives or Palau?
- Maldives, at 96.3% against 93.9% in Palau as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Maldives and Palau?
- 2.4%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Palau?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
- How do Maldives and Palau rank globally for travel services?
- Maldives ranks 1st 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.