Palau vs Upper middle income: Trade in services
Trade in services over time
- Palau
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Palau currently reports 38.0% against 6.9% in Upper middle income, a difference of 31.1%.
That makes Palau's figure about 5.5 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 19 years both countries report, Palau has been ahead every year.
Palau ranks 48th and Upper middle income ranks 45th of 200 countries.
Palau has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Palau | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59.6% | 8.3% | 51.3% | Palau |
| 2010s | 68.7% | 7.5% | 61.1% | Palau |
| 2020s | 35.7% | 6.1% | 29.6% | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher trade in services, Palau or Upper middle income?
- Palau, at 38.0% against 6.9% in Upper middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in trade in services between Palau and Upper middle income?
- 31.1%, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Upper middle income?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
- How do Palau and Upper middle income rank globally for trade in services?
- Palau ranks 48th and Upper middle income ranks 45th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Trade in services (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total trade in services includes services provided by residents to non-residents plus services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.