Gambia vs Jamaica: Travel services (% of commercial service imports)
Gambia
9.2%
in 2025
Jamaica
8.8%
in 2025
Gambia rank
161st
Jamaica rank
164th
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) over time
- Gambia
- Jamaica
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 9.2% against 8.8% in Jamaica, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Jamaica ahead.
Gambia ranks 161st and Jamaica ranks 164th of 198 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 2 and Jamaica in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.0% | 9.0% | 2.0% | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 11.1% | 15.8% | 4.7% | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 26.4% | 12.9% | 13.5% | Gambia |
| 2000s | 11.4% | 14.2% | 2.8% | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 15.8% | 10.4% | 5.4% | Gambia |
| 2020s | 7.4% | 8.3% | 0.9% | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Gambia or Jamaica?
- Gambia, at 9.2% against 8.8% in Jamaica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Gambia and Jamaica?
- 0.4%, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Jamaica?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Jamaica rank globally for travel services?
- Gambia ranks 161st and Jamaica ranks 164th 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.