Which has higher travel services, Italy or Sri Lanka?

Italy, at 21.8% against 21.7% in Sri Lanka as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Sri Lanka?

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Travel services (% of service imports, BoP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs Sri Lanka: Travel services

Italy

21.8%

in 2025

Sri Lanka

21.7%

in 2024

Italy rank

83rd

Sri Lanka rank

84th

Travel services over time

Italy
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Italy currently reports 21.8% against 21.7% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 83rd and Sri Lanka ranks 84th of 198 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 4 and Sri Lanka in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1970s	12.3%	7.2%	5.1%	Italy
1980s	14.9%	10.9%	4.0%	Italy
1990s	30.5%	14.2%	16.3%	Italy
2000s	24.1%	15.4%	8.7%	Italy
2010s	24.0%	30.1%	6.1%	Sri Lanka
2020s	17.8%	23.1%	5.4%	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, Italy or Sri Lanka?: Italy, at 21.8% against 21.7% in Sri Lanka as of 2025.
What is the difference in travel services between Italy and Sri Lanka?: 0.1%, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Sri Lanka?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Italy and Sri Lanka rank globally for travel services?: Italy ranks 83rd and Sri Lanka ranks 84th 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 imports, 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 imports, BoP)
Unit: % of service imports, BoP
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 245 places, 9,575 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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 imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.