Argentina vs IDA blend: Travel services
Travel services over time
- Argentina
- IDA blend
How they compare
Argentina currently reports 41.5% against 22.2% in IDA blend, a difference of 19.3%.
That makes Argentina's figure about 1.9 times IDA blend's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Argentina ahead.
Argentina ranks 20th and IDA blend ranks 21st of 198 countries.
Argentina has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | IDA blend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 38.7% | 13.7% | 25.1% | Argentina |
| 1980s | 36.7% | 16.3% | 20.5% | Argentina |
| 1990s | 47.6% | 20.9% | 26.7% | Argentina |
| 2000s | 42.0% | 19.4% | 22.5% | Argentina |
| 2010s | 38.0% | 20.8% | 17.2% | Argentina |
| 2020s | 25.7% | 19.0% | 6.7% | Argentina |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Argentina or IDA blend?
- Argentina, at 41.5% against 22.2% in IDA blend as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Argentina and IDA blend?
- 19.3%, with Argentina ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and IDA blend?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Argentina and IDA blend rank globally for travel services?
- Argentina ranks 20th and IDA blend ranks 21st 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 imports). 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 imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.