Nepal vs Upper middle income: Travel services

Nepal
65.8%
in 2024
Upper middle income
32.7%
in 2025
Nepal rank
3rd
Upper middle income rank
4th

Travel services over time

  • Nepal
  • Upper middle income
204060197620002025

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 65.8% against 32.7% in Upper middle income, a difference of 33.1%.

That makes Nepal's figure about 2.0 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Nepal ahead.

Nepal ranks 3rd and Upper middle income ranks 4th of 198 countries.

Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nepal Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1980s 28.6% 18.9% 9.7% Nepal
1990s 37.2% 25.1% 12.2% Nepal
2000s 39.2% 26.6% 12.6% Nepal
2010s 45.3% 34.4% 11.0% Nepal
2020s 45.3% 24.4% 21.0% Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, Nepal or Upper middle income?
Nepal, at 65.8% against 32.7% in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in travel services between Nepal and Upper middle income?
33.1%, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Upper middle income?
43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Nepal and Upper middle income rank globally for travel services?
Nepal ranks 3rd 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

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.