East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Laos: Travel services

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
23.4%
in 2025
Laos
74.9%
in 2024
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
25th
Laos rank
25th

Travel services over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
  • Laos
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How they compare

Laos currently reports 74.9% against 23.4% in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 51.5%.

That makes Laos's figure about 3.2 times East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1988 it was East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 25th and Laos ranks 25th of 45 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) averaged higher in 2 and Laos in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) Laos Difference Ahead
1980s 46.3% 5.5% 40.8% East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s 40.6% 39.7% 0.9% East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s 35.2% 65.5% 30.3% Laos
2010s 34.5% 80.4% 46.0% Laos
2020s 16.3% 70.1% 53.8% Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) or Laos?
Laos, at 74.9% against 23.4% in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2024.
What is the difference in travel services between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Laos?
51.5%, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Laos?
36 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2024.
How do East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Laos rank globally for travel services?
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 25th and Laos ranks 25th 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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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.