Which has higher travel services, Italy or United States?

Italy, at 21.8% against 21.8% in United States as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and United States?

56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.

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.

Italy vs United States: Travel services

Italy

21.8%

in 2025

United States

21.8%

in 2025

Italy rank

86th

United States rank

87th

Travel services over time

Italy
United States

How they compare

Italy currently reports 21.8% against 21.8% in United States, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 56 shared years of data; in 1970 it was United States ahead.

Italy ranks 86th and United States ranks 87th of 198 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and United States in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	United States	Difference	Ahead
1970s	16.5%	39.4%	22.9%	United States
1980s	15.4%	39.0%	23.6%	United States
1990s	30.7%	36.3%	5.5%	United States
2000s	24.6%	25.8%	1.2%	United States
2010s	24.5%	21.5%	3.0%	Italy
2020s	18.6%	16.8%	1.7%	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, Italy or United States?: Italy, at 21.8% against 21.8% in United States as of 2025.
What is the difference in travel services between Italy and United States?: 0.0%, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and United States?: 56 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2025.
How do Italy and United States rank globally for travel services?: Italy ranks 86th and United States ranks 87th 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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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: 17 September 2026

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.