Kuwait vs Syria: Travel services (% of commercial service imports)
Kuwait
44.5%
in 2025
Syria
43.9%
in 2010
Kuwait rank
16th
Syria rank
17th
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) over time
- Kuwait
- Syria
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 44.5% against 43.9% in Syria, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 16th and Syria ranks 17th of 198 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 33.3% | 18.8% | 14.5% | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 55.6% | 34.2% | 21.4% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 58.0% | 38.4% | 19.6% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 59.2% | 33.6% | 25.6% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 44.9% | 43.9% | 1.0% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Kuwait or Syria?
- Kuwait, at 44.5% against 43.9% in Syria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Kuwait and Syria?
- 0.6%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Syria?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2010.
- How do Kuwait and Syria rank globally for travel services?
- Kuwait ranks 16th and Syria ranks 17th 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.