Malta vs Sierra Leone: Travel services

Malta
3.9%
in 2024
Sierra Leone
4.3%
in 2024
Malta rank
183rd
Sierra Leone rank
181st

Travel services over time

  • Malta
  • Sierra Leone
0204060197119972024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 4.3% against 3.9% in Malta, a difference of 0.4%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 183rd and Sierra Leone ranks 181st of 198 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malta Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1970s 18.4% 8.1% 10.3% Malta
1980s 24.5% 13.8% 10.7% Malta
1990s 26.4% 40.6% 14.2% Sierra Leone
2000s 12.7% 28.5% 15.7% Sierra Leone
2010s 4.1% 7.3% 3.2% Sierra Leone
2020s 2.7% 5.2% 2.5% Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher travel services, Malta or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 4.3% against 3.9% in Malta as of 2024.
What is the difference in travel services between Malta and Sierra Leone?
0.4%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Sierra Leone?
48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Malta and Sierra Leone rank globally for travel services?
Malta ranks 183rd and Sierra Leone ranks 181st 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
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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.