Lebanon vs Upper middle income: Travel services

Lebanon
55.7%
in 2023
Upper middle income
33.3%
in 2025
Lebanon rank
6th
Upper middle income rank
4th

Travel services over time

  • Lebanon
  • Upper middle income
20406080198220032025

How they compare

Lebanon currently reports 55.7% against 33.3% in Upper middle income, a difference of 22.4%.

That makes Lebanon's figure about 1.7 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Lebanon ahead.

Lebanon ranks 6th and Upper middle income ranks 4th of 198 countries.

Lebanon has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lebanon Upper middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 40.2% 23.5% 16.6% Lebanon
2010s 38.2% 35.2% 3.1% Lebanon
2020s 43.9% 23.9% 20.0% Lebanon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, Lebanon or Upper middle income?
Lebanon, at 55.7% against 33.3% in Upper middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in travel services between Lebanon and Upper middle income?
22.4%, with Lebanon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Upper middle income?
22 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2023.
How do Lebanon and Upper middle income rank globally for travel services?
Lebanon ranks 6th and Upper middle income ranks 4th 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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About this data

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

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.