Panama vs Uruguay: Travel services (% of commercial service imports)
Panama
21.8%
in 2025
Uruguay
21.2%
in 2025
Panama rank
89th
Uruguay rank
92nd
Travel services (% of commercial service imports) over time
- Panama
- Uruguay
How they compare
Panama currently reports 21.8% against 21.2% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Uruguay ahead.
Panama ranks 89th and Uruguay ranks 92nd of 198 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18.6% | 45.0% | 26.5% | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 12.8% | 47.9% | 35.1% | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 13.7% | 27.6% | 13.9% | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 15.6% | 27.5% | 11.9% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 19.1% | 25.8% | 6.7% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 19.1% | 16.9% | 2.1% | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Panama or Uruguay?
- Panama, at 21.8% against 21.2% in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Panama and Uruguay?
- 0.6%, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Uruguay?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2025.
- How do Panama and Uruguay rank globally for travel services?
- Panama ranks 89th and Uruguay ranks 92nd 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.