Barbados vs World: Travel services
Barbados
70.7%
in 2017
World
19.2%
in 2025
Barbados rank
32nd
World rank
34th
Travel services over time
- Barbados
- World
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 70.7% against 19.2% in World, a difference of 51.5%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 3.7 times World's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 32nd and World ranks 34th of 198 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 75.9% | 29.8% | 46.2% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 75.1% | 33.3% | 41.9% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 74.5% | 26.3% | 48.2% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 70.9% | 24.0% | 47.0% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Barbados or World?
- Barbados, at 70.7% against 19.2% in World as of 2017.
- What is the difference in travel services between Barbados and World?
- 51.5%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and World?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2017.
- How do Barbados and World rank globally for travel services?
- Barbados ranks 32nd and World ranks 34th 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 service exports, BoP). 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 exports which are services provided by residents to non-residents.