Caribbean Small States vs Maldives: Travel services

Caribbean Small States
72.5%
in 2025
Maldives
95.1%
in 2024
Caribbean Small States rank
1st
Maldives rank
2nd

Travel services over time

  • Caribbean Small States
  • Maldives
20406080100197520002025

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 95.1% against 72.5% in Caribbean Small States, a difference of 22.6%.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.3 times Caribbean Small States's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Caribbean Small States ahead.

Caribbean Small States ranks 1st and Maldives ranks 2nd of 45 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, Caribbean Small States averaged higher in 2 and Maldives in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Caribbean Small States Maldives Difference Ahead
1970s 71.4% 57.4% 14.0% Caribbean Small States
1980s 74.9% 51.8% 23.1% Caribbean Small States
1990s 73.4% 90.5% 17.1% Maldives
2000s 74.5% 93.1% 18.6% Maldives
2010s 76.3% 91.1% 14.8% Maldives
2020s 73.2% 94.4% 21.2% Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, Caribbean Small States or Maldives?
Maldives, at 95.1% against 72.5% in Caribbean Small States as of 2024.
What is the difference in travel services between Caribbean Small States and Maldives?
22.6%, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean Small States and Maldives?
48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Caribbean Small States and Maldives rank globally for travel services?
Caribbean Small States ranks 1st and Maldives ranks 2nd of 45 groups.
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

Indicator
Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)
Unit
% of service exports, BoP
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 9,495 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.