Lower middle income vs Saudi Arabia: Travel services
Travel services over time
- Lower middle income
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 61.4% against 14.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 46.6%.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 4.1 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 43rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 46th of 45 groups.
Across the 5 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 1 and Saudi Arabia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34.8% | 53.9% | 19.1% | Saudi Arabia |
| 1980s | 33.9% | 24.1% | 9.8% | Lower middle income |
| 2000s | 27.0% | 47.0% | 20.0% | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 23.9% | 62.9% | 39.0% | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 14.4% | 53.6% | 39.2% | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Lower middle income or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 61.4% against 14.8% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in travel services between Lower middle income and Saudi Arabia?
- 46.6%, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Saudi Arabia?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2025.
- How do Lower middle income and Saudi Arabia rank globally for travel services?
- Lower middle income ranks 43rd and Saudi Arabia ranks 46th 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
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.