Low & middle income vs Vanuatu: Travel services (% of commercial service imports)

Low & middle income
28.8%
in 2025
Vanuatu
51.5%
in 2022
Low & middle income rank
9th
Vanuatu rank
12th

Travel services (% of commercial service imports) over time

  • Low & middle income
  • Vanuatu
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How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 51.5% against 28.8% in Low & middle income, a difference of 22.7%.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.8 times Low & middle income's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Low & middle income ranks 9th and Vanuatu ranks 12th of 47 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Low & middle income averaged higher in 4 and Vanuatu in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Low & middle income Vanuatu Difference Ahead
1980s 17.5% 10.8% 6.6% Low & middle income
1990s 23.1% 10.8% 12.3% Low & middle income
2000s 24.7% 17.7% 7.0% Low & middle income
2010s 30.9% 28.5% 2.4% Low & middle income
2020s 19.5% 49.2% 29.7% Vanuatu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, Low & middle income or Vanuatu?
Vanuatu, at 51.5% against 28.8% in Low & middle income as of 2022.
What is the difference in travel services between Low & middle income and Vanuatu?
22.7%, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low & middle income and Vanuatu?
41 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2022.
How do Low & middle income and Vanuatu rank globally for travel services?
Low & middle income ranks 9th and Vanuatu ranks 12th of 47 groups.
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, 9,670 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.