Mauritania vs Sierra Leone: Travel services
Travel services over time
- Mauritania
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 4.6% against 3.9% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.7%.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 183rd and Sierra Leone ranks 180th of 198 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 23.8% | 8.6% | 15.2% | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 12.5% | 14.8% | 2.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 18.7% | 46.5% | 27.9% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 5.5% | 8.3% | 2.8% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 5.7% | 2.7% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Mauritania or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 4.6% against 3.9% in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in travel services between Mauritania and Sierra Leone?
- 0.7%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Sierra Leone rank globally for travel services?
- Mauritania ranks 183rd and Sierra Leone ranks 180th 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.