Nicaragua vs Zambia: Travel services (% of commercial service imports)
Nicaragua
16.2%
in 2024
Zambia
17.0%
in 2025
Nicaragua rank
119th
Zambia rank
116th
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) over time
- Nicaragua
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 17.0% against 16.2% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.8%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 119th and Zambia ranks 116th of 198 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 53.8% | 8.6% | 45.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 11.2% | 14.9% | 3.7% | Zambia |
| 1990s | 27.5% | 14.3% | 13.2% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 21.5% | 13.1% | 8.4% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 18.7% | 15.0% | 3.7% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 12.4% | 19.1% | 6.7% | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Nicaragua or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 17.0% against 16.2% in Nicaragua as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Nicaragua and Zambia?
- 0.8%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Zambia?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
- How do Nicaragua and Zambia rank globally for travel services?
- Nicaragua ranks 119th and Zambia ranks 116th 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.