Lower middle income vs Philippines: Travel services (% of commercial service imports)
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) over time
- Lower middle income
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 40.0% against 20.2% in Lower middle income, a difference of 19.8%.
That makes Philippines's figure about 2.0 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 29th and Philippines ranks 26th of 47 groups.
Across the 6 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 3 and Philippines in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.8% | 5.6% | 5.1% | Lower middle income |
| 1980s | 11.4% | 7.0% | 4.4% | Lower middle income |
| 1990s | 15.4% | 10.7% | 4.7% | Lower middle income |
| 2000s | 17.5% | 34.8% | 17.4% | Philippines |
| 2010s | 18.7% | 47.1% | 28.4% | Philippines |
| 2020s | 17.5% | 26.3% | 8.7% | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Lower middle income or Philippines?
- Philippines, at 40.0% against 20.2% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Lower middle income and Philippines?
- 19.8%, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Philippines?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2025.
- How do Lower middle income and Philippines rank globally for travel services?
- Lower middle income ranks 29th and Philippines ranks 26th 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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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.