International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Curaçao
Curaçao: International tourism, expenditures for travel items was 102.00 million current US$ in 2020. ▲ Rising
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Curaçao, 2007–2020
Source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism. Measured in current US$.
Analysis
Curaçao recorded 102.00 million current US$ 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 Curaçao peaked at 384.00 million current US$ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 102.00 million current US$, in 2020.
That places Curaçao 133rd out of 191 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Curaçao, year by year
| Year | current US$ | 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% |
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 Curaçao
More private sector data for Curaçao
- 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 for travel items in Curaçao?
- International tourism, expenditures for travel items in Curaçao 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 Curaçao?
- The highest recorded value was 384.00 million current US$ in 2018.
- What is the lowest international tourism, expenditures for travel items recorded in Curaçao?
- The lowest recorded value was 102.00 million current US$ in 2020.
- How does Curaçao rank for international tourism, expenditures for travel items?
- Curaçao ranks 133rd out of 191 countries with data for 2020.
- Is international tourism, expenditures for travel items rising or falling in Curaçao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Curaçao 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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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.