International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) in Curacao
Curacao: International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) was 102.00 million current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Curacao, 2007–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
Curacao recorded 102.00 million current US$ for international tourism, expenditures for travel items in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 70.1% on the previous year and down 54.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Curacao peaked at 384.00 million current US$ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 102.00 million current US$, in 2020.
That places Curacao 133rd out of 191 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) in Curacao, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 203.00 million current US$ | — |
| 2008 | 203.00 million current US$ | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 209.00 million current US$ | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 226.00 million current US$ | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 267.00 million current US$ | +18.1% |
| 2012 | 278.00 million current US$ | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 299.00 million current US$ | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 310.00 million current US$ | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 346.00 million current US$ | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 359.00 million current US$ | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 370.00 million current US$ | +3.1% |
| 2018 | 384.00 million current US$ | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 341.00 million current US$ | -11.2% |
| 2020 | 102.00 million current US$ | -70.1% |
Curacao compared with similar countries
- Curacao's 102.00 million current US$ is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.16 billion current US$, 9% of the median. (69 countries reporting)
- Curacao's 102.00 million current US$ is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 142.00 million current US$, 72% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) 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 | -70.1% | 341.00 million current US$ | 102.00 million current US$ |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 205.00 million current US$ | 203.00 million current US$ | 209.00 million current US$ | 3 |
| 2010s | 318.00 million current US$ | 226.00 million current US$ | 384.00 million current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 102.00 million current US$ | 102.00 million current US$ | 102.00 million current US$ | 1 |
Countries ranked near Curacao
More private sector data for Curacao
- Merchandise trade 71.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 2.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service imports 922.75 million current US$ (2023)
- Merchandise exports 397.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Commercial service exports 1.52 billion current US$ (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is international tourism, expenditures for travel items in Curacao?
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Curacao was 102.00 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 for travel items recorded in Curacao?
- The highest recorded value was 384.00 million current US$ in 2018.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Curacao?
- The lowest recorded value was 102.00 million current US$ in 2020.
- How does Curacao rank for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
- Curacao ranks 133rd out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures for travel items rising or falling in Curacao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.9%. 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 for travel items (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. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.