Malta vs Sierra Leone: Travel services
Travel services over time
- Malta
- Sierra Leone
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
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.