Botswana vs Lower middle income: Travel services
Travel services over time
- Botswana
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 63.2% against 14.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 48.4%.
That makes Botswana's figure about 4.3 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Botswana ranks 45th and Lower middle income ranks 43rd of 198 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 5 and Lower middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19.8% | 34.8% | 15.0% | Lower middle income |
| 1980s | 33.4% | 32.1% | 1.2% | Botswana |
| 1990s | 62.7% | 34.0% | 28.7% | Botswana |
| 2000s | 70.2% | 29.9% | 40.3% | Botswana |
| 2010s | 61.2% | 23.9% | 37.3% | Botswana |
| 2020s | 57.0% | 14.3% | 42.7% | Botswana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Botswana or Lower middle income?
- Botswana, at 63.2% against 14.8% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in travel services between Botswana and Lower middle income?
- 48.4%, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Lower middle income?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Lower middle income rank globally for travel services?
- Botswana ranks 45th and Lower middle income ranks 43rd 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.