East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Laos: Travel services

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
37.5%
in 2025
Laos
64.3%
in 2024
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
1st
Laos rank
4th

Travel services over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Laos
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How they compare

Laos currently reports 64.3% against 37.5% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 26.8%.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.7 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1991 it was East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ahead.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 1st and Laos ranks 4th of 47 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) averaged higher in 2 and Laos in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Laos Difference Ahead
1990s 22.3% 14.8% 7.5% East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 25.9% 25.8% 0.1% East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2010s 40.5% 83.8% 43.4% Laos
2020s 29.0% 47.7% 18.7% Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Laos?
Laos, at 64.3% against 37.5% in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in travel services between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Laos?
26.8%, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Laos?
34 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2024.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Laos rank globally for travel services?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 1st and Laos ranks 4th 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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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.