Panama vs Sri Lanka: Travel services
Panama
21.4%
in 2025
Sri Lanka
21.7%
in 2024
Panama rank
86th
Sri Lanka rank
84th
Travel services over time
- Panama
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 21.7% against 21.4% in Panama, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Panama ahead.
Panama ranks 86th and Sri Lanka ranks 84th of 198 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16.5% | 10.5% | 5.9% | Panama |
| 1980s | 12.2% | 10.9% | 1.3% | Panama |
| 1990s | 13.2% | 14.2% | 0.9% | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 15.1% | 15.4% | 0.3% | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 18.7% | 30.1% | 11.4% | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 18.2% | 23.1% | 4.9% | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher travel services, Panama or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 21.7% against 21.4% in Panama as of 2024.
- What is the difference in travel services between Panama and Sri Lanka?
- 0.3%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Sri Lanka?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Panama and Sri Lanka rank globally for travel services?
- Panama ranks 86th 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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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.