International tourism, expenditures (current US$) in Curacao
Curacao: International tourism, expenditures (current US$) was 127.00 million current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures in Curacao, 2002–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for international tourism, expenditures in Curacao is 127.00 million current US$, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 69.1% on the previous year and down 55.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures in Curacao peaked at 452.00 million current US$ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 127.00 million current US$, in 2020.
That places Curacao 138th out of 192 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures (current US$) in Curacao, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 137.00 million current US$ | — |
| 2003 | 176.00 million current US$ | +28.5% |
| 2004 | 195.00 million current US$ | +10.8% |
| 2005 | 164.00 million current US$ | -15.9% |
| 2006 | 191.00 million current US$ | +16.5% |
| 2007 | 223.00 million current US$ | +16.8% |
| 2008 | 229.00 million current US$ | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 258.00 million current US$ | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 282.00 million current US$ | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 321.00 million current US$ | +13.8% |
| 2012 | 357.00 million current US$ | +11.2% |
| 2013 | 377.00 million current US$ | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 383.00 million current US$ | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 419.00 million current US$ | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 428.00 million current US$ | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 447.00 million current US$ | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 452.00 million current US$ | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 411.00 million current US$ | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 127.00 million current US$ | -69.1% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 127.00 million current US$ is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.33 billion current US$, 10% of the median. (68 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 127.00 million current US$ is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 291.00 million current US$, 44% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where International tourism, expenditures (current US$) in Curacao changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -69.1% | 411.00 million current US$ | 127.00 million current US$ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 196.62 million current US$ | 137.00 million current US$ | 258.00 million current US$ | 8 |
| 2010s | 387.70 million current US$ | 282.00 million current US$ | 452.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 127.00 million current US$ | 127.00 million current US$ | 127.00 million current US$ | 1 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
- 135 Niger 144.50 million current US$ compare
- 136 Papua New Guinea 134.00 million current US$ compare
- 137 Benin 130.00 million current US$ compare
- 138 Rwanda 127.00 million current US$ compare
- 140 Malawi 119.00 million current US$ compare
- 141 Democratic Republic of Congo 115.00 million current US$ compare
More private sector data for Curacao
- Merchandise trade 71.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports 397.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 2,541 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1379 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -19.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 14,892 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.5776 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), annual growth rate 13.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Commercial service exports (current US$), per capita 9,814 current US$ per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures in Curacao?
- International tourism, expenditures in Curacao was 127.00 million current US$ in 2020, according to Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism.
- What is the highest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 452.00 million current US$ in 2018.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 127.00 million current US$ in 2020.
- How does Curacao rank for international tourism, expenditures?
- Curacao ranks 138th out of 192 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curacao data come from?
- The figures come from Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as part of International tourism, expenditures (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.