Lesotho vs Upper middle income: Travel services
Travel services over time
- Lesotho
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 77.7% against 32.7% in Upper middle income, a difference of 45.0%.
That makes Lesotho's figure about 2.4 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 44 years both countries report, Lesotho has been ahead every year.
Lesotho ranks 1st and Upper middle income ranks 4th of 198 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 92.7% | 18.9% | 73.8% | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 87.6% | 25.1% | 62.6% | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 72.3% | 26.6% | 45.8% | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 64.6% | 34.4% | 30.2% | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 74.8% | 25.8% | 49.0% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Lesotho or Upper middle income?
- Lesotho, at 77.7% against 32.7% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Lesotho and Upper middle income?
- 45.0%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Upper middle income?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2025.
- How do Lesotho and Upper middle income rank globally for travel services?
- Lesotho ranks 1st and Upper middle income ranks 4th 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.