Lower middle income vs Palau: Transport services

Lower middle income
26.5%
in 2025
Palau
56.0%
in 2023
Lower middle income rank
22nd
Palau rank
21st

Transport services over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Palau
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How they compare

Palau currently reports 56.0% against 26.5% in Lower middle income, a difference of 29.5%.

That makes Palau's figure about 2.1 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Palau ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 22nd and Palau ranks 21st of 47 groups.

Palau has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Palau Difference Ahead
2000s 35.6% 58.7% 23.2% Palau
2010s 29.5% 45.7% 16.2% Palau
2020s 30.7% 42.6% 11.9% Palau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher transport services, Lower middle income or Palau?
Palau, at 56.0% against 26.5% in Lower middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in transport services between Lower middle income and Palau?
29.5%, with Palau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Palau?
19 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
How do Lower middle income and Palau rank globally for transport services?
Lower middle income ranks 22nd and Palau ranks 21st of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Transport services (% of service imports, BoP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Transport services (% of service imports, BoP)
Unit
% of service imports, BoP
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 9,663 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Transport services covers the process of carriage of people and objects from one location to another as well as related supporting and auxiliary services. Also included are postal and courier services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.