Africa Eastern and Southern vs El Salvador: Travel services

Africa Eastern and Southern
13.5%
in 2024
El Salvador
35.4%
in 2025
Africa Eastern and Southern rank
45th
El Salvador rank
42nd

Travel services over time

  • Africa Eastern and Southern
  • El Salvador
10203040197620002025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 35.4% against 13.5% in Africa Eastern and Southern, a difference of 21.9%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 2.6 times Africa Eastern and Southern's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was El Salvador ahead.

Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 45th and El Salvador ranks 42nd of 47 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, Africa Eastern and Southern averaged higher in 2 and El Salvador in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Eastern and Southern El Salvador Difference Ahead
1970s 19.4% 37.7% 18.3% El Salvador
1980s 19.0% 31.6% 12.6% El Salvador
1990s 25.4% 18.8% 6.6% Africa Eastern and Southern
2000s 25.5% 19.1% 6.4% Africa Eastern and Southern
2010s 17.8% 20.7% 2.9% El Salvador
2020s 11.7% 20.8% 9.1% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, Africa Eastern and Southern or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 35.4% against 13.5% in Africa Eastern and Southern as of 2025.
What is the difference in travel services between Africa Eastern and Southern and El Salvador?
21.9%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Eastern and Southern and El Salvador?
48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Africa Eastern and Southern and El Salvador rank globally for travel services?
Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 45th and El Salvador ranks 42nd of 47 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 imports). 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 imports)
Unit
% of commercial service imports
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
245 places, 9,575 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 imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.