Kuwait vs World: Travel services
Kuwait
44.5%
in 2025
World
23.7%
in 2025
Kuwait rank
16th
World rank
15th
Travel services over time
- Kuwait
- World
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 44.5% against 23.7% in World, a difference of 20.8%.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.9 times World's.
Across all 43 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.
Kuwait ranks 16th and World ranks 15th of 198 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 56.1% | 26.6% | 29.5% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 58.0% | 28.8% | 29.2% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 59.2% | 26.3% | 32.9% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 48.2% | 25.4% | 22.8% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 45.2% | 18.7% | 26.5% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Kuwait or World?
- Kuwait, at 44.5% against 23.7% in World as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Kuwait and World?
- 20.8%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and World?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and World rank globally for travel services?
- Kuwait ranks 16th and World ranks 15th 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.