Lesotho vs Tanzania: Travel services
Lesotho
58.7%
in 2025
Tanzania
57.0%
in 2024
Lesotho rank
50th
Tanzania rank
52nd
Travel services over time
- Lesotho
- Tanzania
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 58.7% against 57.0% in Tanzania, a difference of 1.7%.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Lesotho ahead.
Lesotho ranks 50th and Tanzania ranks 52nd of 198 countries.
Lesotho has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 53.2% | 9.8% | 43.4% | Lesotho |
| 1980s | 70.2% | 20.4% | 49.7% | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 72.3% | 57.8% | 14.5% | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 73.8% | 64.8% | 9.0% | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 63.0% | 59.5% | 3.5% | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 55.2% | 47.8% | 7.4% | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Lesotho or Tanzania?
- Lesotho, at 58.7% against 57.0% in Tanzania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Lesotho and Tanzania?
- 1.7%, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Tanzania?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Lesotho and Tanzania rank globally for travel services?
- Lesotho ranks 50th and Tanzania ranks 52nd 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.