Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) vs Qatar: Travel services

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
22.5%
in 2024
Qatar
42.7%
in 2025
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
16th
Qatar rank
18th

Travel services over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
  • Qatar
10203040197720012025

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 42.7% against 22.5% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 20.2%.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.9 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 14 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Qatar ranks 18th of 47 groups.

Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Qatar Difference Ahead
2010s 23.1% 27.0% 3.9% Qatar
2020s 23.4% 34.3% 10.9% Qatar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) or Qatar?
Qatar, at 42.7% against 22.5% in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2025.
What is the difference in travel services between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Qatar?
20.2%, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Qatar?
14 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2024.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) and Qatar rank globally for travel services?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 16th and Qatar ranks 18th 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, 9,575 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.