Kuwait vs North America: Travel services
Travel services over time
- Kuwait
- North America
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 44.5% against 22.4% in North America, a difference of 22.1%.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 2.0 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1975 it was North America ahead.
Kuwait ranks 16th and North America ranks 19th of 198 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 5 and North America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 32.1% | 36.5% | 4.4% | North America |
| 1980s | 55.6% | 38.0% | 17.6% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 58.0% | 35.6% | 22.4% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 59.2% | 26.2% | 33.0% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 48.2% | 23.0% | 25.2% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 45.2% | 17.2% | 28.0% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Kuwait or North America?
- Kuwait, at 44.5% against 22.4% in North America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Kuwait and North America?
- 22.1%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and North America?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and North America rank globally for travel services?
- Kuwait ranks 16th and North America ranks 19th 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.